With aapologies if this message gets posted twice - see below
Well its finally happened, my oil pressure sender is giving up the ghost. It
registers 85psi most of the time when the pressure should be nearer 50.
So I thought time to replace and checked out Skydrives current price list
140 ****ing quid. When I recovered from the shock, I then did an internet
search and guess what.
Sonex (USA) - genuine VDO replacemet $35
ETB instruments - VDO but different connections (two instead of one) - 28
Anyone had the same experience?
I would habe been happy to pay 50 for the "genuine article" but a markup of
500% - Skydrive (UK) you have got to be taking the piss !
Also whats the best way of remotely mounting the sensor so it isnt affected
by vibration - I know this subject has been extensively covered before.
Carl Pattinson
G-LABS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Pattinson" <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:15 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Lost message
> <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
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> Is it me or is there a problem with the europa list.
>
> I posted a message last night (about the cost of oil pressure senders) and
> it has dissapeared somewhere (ie not made it on to the board).
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> Just wondered - normally it only takes a couple of hours to arrive. The
> other possibility is that my extremely efficient spam filter (Deathtospam)
> has binned it.
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> Carl Pattinson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.C.Harrison" <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:47 PM
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: Trailer caution
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>> <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
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>> Hi! Ferg
>> Sorry to hear of your misfortune, you must be "gutted". Just for the
>> record my wing carriers are made of spent conveyor belting lined with
>> carpet attached by heavy duty upholstery glue. I don't tie the wings
>> down but the carriers are about 12"/15" wide thereby spreading the load.
>> However since my trailor weighs in, loaded, at about 3 tonnes and has a
>> double axle linked weight transfer suspension nowt bounces! I do think
>> though that to spread the load is very relevant since it reduces the psi
>> point loading on the wing.
>> They are also fixed laterally by the pip pins through the spar holes.
>> Regards
>> Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
>> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
>> Sent: 21 May 2007 15:07
>> To: EUROPALIST
>> Subject: Europa-List: Trailer caution
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Yesterday, a buddy and I went to the airport and recovered the
>> Europa wings on the trailer, from the hangar. The intent was to match
>> same
>> to fuselage for purposes of rationalising feed-through sites for wiring
>> and
>> odd items. By the way, these and the other surfaces were beautifully
>> finished by a local firm to a tough mirror finish.
>> All was normal on the 30-minute trek back home, and we unloaded
>> same
>> onto brackets built to set them vertically (nose-down) prior to
>> installing
>> them. When we began the sequence, I noticed a discolouration on the port
>> leading edge and discovered a smashed leading edge about two inches in
>> diameter, right on the leading edge - right down into the blue foam.
>> This corresponded to the position of the wing in the rubber
>> strap
>> (lined with bubble-wrap). I noted that the pip-pin for the strap
>> structure
>> hinge release sits dead-centre under the strap. Sure enough the strap
>> was
>> pure (?) rubber and I could stretch it downward with just my fist. There
>> is
>> no question that, given the odd bump neatly handled by the trailer,
>> evolved
>> into a surge of the wing down until the pip-pin punctured the wing.
>> This is going to lead to at least a week's delay, in rebuilding
>> the
>> wing and then driving it about 70 miles on country roads to the
>> now-retired
>> re-finisher. He took the tools/fixtures with him to his home airport.
>> So this is a belated warning:
>> (a) reposition the clamp-folding pip-pin to another suitable site away
>> from
>> the wing leading edge, and
>> (b) replace the rubbery slings with some (preferably white) rubber with
>> cloth reinforcement to resist excess stretching. I'm still going to line
>> same with bubble wrap as I have saved acres of it and it works.
>> I will be canvassing McMaster-Carr and similar sources for same.
>> If
>> you are light years ahead of me and already possess same, please advise.
>> All advice gratefully accepted.......
>> Ferg Kyle
>> Classic mono 914 (ten years on 24 May)
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