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Thanks for the reply. Thought I would experiment more aggressively. Ceramic must be pretty high on the hardness scale. Took a couple of replacements but wet sanding using a dremel with the drum sander completely polished out the foreign matter.

Installing this new Tempest UREM40E I noticed this discoloration streak inside the insulator barrel. No change in appearance after using an electrical contact cleaner on a cleaning cloth to possibly swab it out. I suspect the tooling used in the assembly process was off center. Without knowing...

Thanks guys. Appreciate the guidance. Just a mystery on why the left mag will not provide a spark under cranking speed (impluse or not) but seems to function correctly otherwise (after starting on right). Hesitate to start again until the mag is r/r as I understand that a kick back has the...

For the purpose of flying the plane to the shop location is there a "badness" type failure that would affect more than the magneto or is it self contained and just stop functioning.

Cherokee 180 C with OEM magnetos. If the engine will not start on the left mag but functions normally in all other aspects i.e. drop out check at idle (pre/post flight) and run up then that would be a impulse coupling component failure. Correct?

Wonder if the guys on the 12th green at Westridge took a stroke off their golf card.

Definitely the right time of the year for less stress from the heat and humidity. Would highly recommend a Segway Tour. Excellent knowable guides take you all around the Quarter to explore the history and special out of the way places we would never have been able to find on our own. Rose Ann...

I'll add as somewhat germane to the discussion that a least one half of one runway (and anything on it) I’m personally familiar with was hidden from view at the touch down zones due to the crown in the middle. As far as human factors dragging a shredder along a runway on a lurching tractor...

... and I would add for those there trying to find the purpose and the meaning of life, this has already been exhaustively computed to be 42.

A report from a previous search of a pilot flying in, once you get tied down and unloaded you stuff rags in ever possible opening in the wing and fuselage but dust still permeates the interior. I would have to be in a pretty desperate state of mind to say the dust and now the mud is not...

Same identical temps issue on my PA28-180 but no pink staining. Maybe iron oxide from a rusty upper plug shell after flying in the rain or iron oxide from a leaking exhaust gasket. Never gave much value to the missing air filter housing to lower cowl seal until I read this thread. Replacing...

Located a Cardinal and measured the seat. The height was a good two to three inches lower but the distance between the seat rails was 10 inches vs. 11 in the 182. Thanks for responding to possible alternatives now to consider.

Good ideas and may have to resort to the headliner or seat modifications mentioned. Plane is in Pagosa Springs and the upholsterer Las Cruces so there is the cost of shipping or dropping the plane off then commercial back, repeat to ship or pick up. When you add up just the logistical cost it...

Good idea however the seat we measured on an articulated at its lowest position was the same height.

Corrected -1959 Cessna 182B

Anybody with a Cardinal? Tall pilot head drags the headliner such that a headset has to be worn behind the head. No progress looking at other models. One suggestion over a custom rebuild $$ was to look a Cardinal seats but none accessible. A measurement from the seat bottom (from my finger tip...

Been flying for 50 years but would never have been able to capture this amazing occurrence lurking nearby on my flight today, unseen in the haze, without a flight display.

Second this advice but in all bold and caps. I will add that she has already made up her mind and counseling is waste of time and resources. Went through three attorneys before finding a female gorilla attorney that owns a lamb suit. I traded all the property for custody on my three kids. First...

Just to compliment Mach Diamonds excellent description, there is one power wire (if installed) supplying both elements. The elements ground back through the structure. Remove the service panel nearest to the mast. Using a test meter with an amp clamp, test the amp load on the power wire with the...

Selling to an entity outside a family loop can create a real quagmire for the existing interest holders to negotiate a new lease. Before going down that road offer to the existing interest holders first. A path of common interest that should be shared by all interest holders.