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And it was about that time I realized there was no CFI in the right seat, it was that damn loch ness monster!

The starter gear stays extended and won't retract until it goes over a certain RPM (that you normally get to when the engine starts). Its probably too little too late now, but did you check the starter circuit breaker and/or fuse?

That would be it. I just paid a local mechanic to fix it this week, $50 later and I've got a 15 amp switch/breaker just like what was in there. At least the wiring was heavy enough. I would've spent more than that on gas just to fly the plane to the original guy to fix it.

13' 6" is the legal height limit in WI, so it was that or less..

Did you try resetting it? http://support.fesports.com.au/kb/faq.php?id=28

The video shows a picture and it looks like N1678J which is a Cherokee 140 registered in IL.

Looks like the wrong one was put in. The pitot blade was originally unheated, I had a heated one installed last year.

Apparently the circuit breaker is 10 amps built into the switch. I thought there was a separate breaker, but apparently I "mis-remembered" :D. There's a spot on the panel labeled "pitot heat" where the breaker apparently would be with a factory new installation but there is no breaker in the...

Finally got my answer. Pitot heater spec is 15 amps. Looks like I need a new switch for sure, hopefully nothing else like wiring..

When I finally figured out to pay attention to it, I'd say it was 2-3 minutes and it was off. I know right where the sheet is that should tell me how many amps it should be drawing, its in the box with the old pitot blade at the hangar. Forgot to grab it when I was there the other night, but...

I'll have to dig through the paperwork that came with it tonight and find the spec.

The one in your link sure looks like the side profile of what I can see in the panel. I'll have to look at the POH tonight. I wonder if it ever worked right, I had it installed 10 months ago but never flew with it turned on until this past weekend. I'd check it during preflight to make sure...

Well, there goes my theory that the switch was just a switch and was vibrating/falling into the off position. That would've been too easy!

I'm having an issue with a toggle switch, its for the pitot heat in a '68 Cherokee 140. I can turn it on, pitot blade will heat up but after maybe 5-10 minutes the switch will flip itself to the off position. I can turn it back on and after a few more minutes it is off again. There's a "10"...

Entropy happens.

Congrats! I want to take the test in the next couple of weeks, currently using Dauntless and getting high 80's-low 90's consistently on the practice tests so I think I should be alright. I still want to memorize the questions where you have to figure out the hours and minutes a flight should...

5pm would have been dark, and yesterday clouds were broken/overcast around 2000 feet.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/KAT0/24100/N0650.oap?ck=Search_oil+pan+heater_-1_-1&keyword=oil+pan+heater Get one of those and tape it to the bottom of the oil pan, and throw a blanket over the cowl for insulation.

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Just like those sleeper ford lightnings, right? :D