Dan Thomas

Check with the avionics shop re that. If it's OK, some good silicone dielectric grease would keep the water out. It's frequently used in...

Cessnas (and most others) have small drain holes in the belly. There should be one on each side of all the bulkheads. I usually found...

The cable connector was replaced. Will double-check antenna connector. Transponder passed testing 100% once the cable connector was...

You still need to get that connector real clean. In the antenna end, too.

It might also be zinc chromate paste. Long gone now, but it was commonly found sealing stuff like windshields and windows and antennas...

Not an uncommon idea at all. This is the mount for a Franklin on an 801: It's called a bed mount. Now, a look at the Cessnas that...

That there. There could easily be a intermittent problem inside a contactor, for instance, that shows up again at a really inconvenient...

So in reality he doesn't know that it is fixed. Not sure I'd be comfortable with that answer but that's your plane and your decision ...

So now. tell us what makes the Viking as reliable as a Lycoming. Does it have dual ignition? Does it have electronic ignition and fuel...

And without the details, we learn nothing. Be fair. Educate us. What defects were found?

Separate markets. The guys that want an auto-engined airplane will pay for it. The guys that are skeptical of them won't. In my...

Lycoming published, in 2004, an SB regarding valve guide wear. The new guides in 1999 eliminated the problem, but there were and are...

Add up the costs. That's where the reality hits you. For instance, you can probably buy the engine mount to fit the Lycoming to the 801...

I have found that, but it showed up on compression testing LONG before the valve ever hung up. The valve starts striking the seat just a...

You did this to yourself...