Hi Richard,
For those of us who don't know, which engine do you have that is giving
you so much carb trouble?
On Dec 7, 2003, at 12:34 PM, Richard Holder wrote:
>
> Hi Team
>
> As a diversion from trying to balance my carbs today (don't ask - not
> good
> news) I decided I would adjust my brakes. I use the two tri-gear master
> cylinders but in the wheel well, to provide finger brakes.
>
> The first one went well (adjustment involves adding brake fluid into
> the
> filler hole in the master cylinder), the second went really badly and
> I have
> ended up cross-threading the filler screw.
>
> Damn, big mistake as accessibility in there is not good.
>
> Retapping is possible but I will have to be careful to keep the swarf
> away
> and indeed to clean it out well.
>
> Does anyone know what size the thread is ? It would seem to be the
> same size
> as the drain plug on the oil reservoir.
>
> Alternatively a new master cylinder is called for :-( Does anyone have
> a
> spare or a source for this item ?
>
> For now I have got the filler screw in and it doesn't leak but it is
> not a
> permanent fix.
>
> Tomorrow I will test-fly AGAIN to see if I have fixed the misfire. I
> found
> that one throttle cable outer where it is fixed to the throttle lever
> housing was loose. Access to that was fun too (involved removal from
> the
> carbs) ! And of course that meant I had to balance the carbs again. I
> have
> bought the 52 carb balancer but it gave weird readings, not helped by
> the
> "Cable breaks -> full throttle" aviation approach. If I got the thing
> balanced at 5000 rpm then it never got a sensible idle. Either one
> carb in
> the green or the other - never both !
>
> Does anyone have any advice ? I ended up making the adjustments until
> it
> felt right ! So much for the balancing gauges ! I must have started it
> up 30
> times today. Each time I got in, started up, took reading, stopped,
> jumped
> out, made adjustments; got in .... All at Stapleford in the cold and
> on the
> grass.
>
> I am losing confidence in this thing - I have done 55 hours of which
> 25 have
> been since the misfire started - it happens randomly but too often for
> comfort. I never travel far from my home base now.
>
> Richard
> Richard F.W. Holder 01279 842804 (POTS)
> Bell House, Bell Lane, 01279 842942 (fax)
> Widford, Ware, Herts, 07860 367423 (mobile)
> SG12 8SH email : rholder@avnet.co.uk
> Europa Classic Tri-gear : G-OWWW, EGSG (Stapleford)
> PA-28-181 : Piper Archer : G-JANA, EGSG (Stapleford)
>
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