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update on no starting lycoming 360 it turns over as if the battery is almost dead. used 3 batteries. all fully charged. one out of a truck. no help used two starters. both recently rebuilt. no help checked voltage across all of the batteries while cranking. 4.5 volts each time. checked...

thanks Dan, William and 455 You all had the same advice and ill do just that today. I was able to talk to one of the only 3 a&ps in my county ystrdy and he gave me the same advice. i also got the number of a man who does nothing but repair starters about an hour drive away in a tiny town of...

arrow flier and all others thanks for your advice the prop will rotate 1/2 to 1 revolution and that is it. i did bench test both starters the old one did feel & sound like a bearing going bad the new one felt fine the only thing that makes any sense is that both starters are bad. the new one...

i ran power right to the starter with same results. when i did that i put the ground clamp on an near by engine bolt not the starter.

the starter of course is bolted to the engine with a solid connection. i did check the voltage between the pos side of the battery and the engine and then the tail pipe and they read the same as between the battery terminals. 13 volts. how about if i run jumper cable from the neg side of the...

the ground was connected to the engine and the exhaust pipe.

ill check the voltage tomorrow.

this is a new problem. the plane has been perfect over all. no maintenance at all for 6 months. first time cowling has been off in 6 months. yes there is a ground strap and all connections seem tight.

The engine would barely crank over. Checked battery and connections. All were fine. Jumped off a truck battery. Same result. Jumped directly to the starter. Same result. Installed a rebuilt started. Same result. Jumped the new starter directly. Same result. Prop rotates as normal. Took out...

last july. Rv7 from far northern Idaho to Northern Ca takes a direct path, no turns, over Spokane, Burns Or, Lakeview Or. and Alturas Ca. Extremely rural country with few airstrips. All high desert country. Oregon had 100 fires going! Briefer said smoke would not be a factor and head...

1973 Cessna 210 has 1 mushy brake. No external leaks. Lock o seal has been replaced. Lines have been bleed many times. At times it works fine. At times very poorly. Mechanics are stumped. So am I? One pattern is: After bleeding the brake its great. Then after flying that brake seems to...

Lots of good ideas. Thanks to all. I read Mike Bush's and the other solvent flush instructions. I always start with the cheapest n easiest solutions on mechanical problems. So ill do a solvent flush after the annual is done. Cost- about $200? If that doesnt work we can take one cylinder off...

thanks for the comments. its all food for thought. my 210 is wonderful for long trips but quite expensive and insurance is ridicules!

thanks guys. Me, Im never on a schedule. Thats maybe why he says that. He couldnt explain the math very well either. Personally I agree with Baked Potato. Ground speed is what it is. No way can you make it up using power in a C210! I recently flew 300 miles with a 30 kt headwind. It was either...

Thanks for everyones' responses. The lower plugs are wet, hot & cold. We borescoped the engine recently. Im going to research Bush's solvent flush now.. Its getting an annual right now. Im going to see if he will pull the worst cylinder and see whats up. Thanks again.

Im thinking of downsizing from a retractable to an RV7A or similar plane. Is insurance hard to get? Does insurance require much or any training from a high performance plane? Can the plane hold golf clubs? A golf driver is about 48in long. Are they good cross country machines? say 500 mile...

My cfi is a retired airline pilot. He says that flying into a headwind, one should push the plane hard and conversely with a tail wind, coast. I did the math off of the poh and I concluded that in both cases, one should not push the plane hard but pick moderate power settings for economy and...

Domenick that is exactly what i was thinking. yes 4 of the bottom spark plugs get wet after shut down. does anyone advocate a gum out oil additive like seafoam for a short period of time prior to an oil change? too risky? just an idea. henryinparadise

thanks Ron i do run 15-50 and keep it around 10 qts. I will do an oil analysis next week. i bought the plane last nov. the compression was low but with use it came up nicely. i was hoping that with use the oil rings would clean up. i think that's the problem. we may take off one cylinder to...

I have a 1973 C210 with a normally aspirated Cont.520 with 500 hrs on it. Recent comp test shows 79 or 80 lbs on all cylinders. It uses 1 qt every 2 to 2.5 hrs. It sat for most of 2022 getting a new spar. It does not leak or make a mess anywhere. I run aero shell 5-35 but im switching to...