Ed Pulliam

That is great news Rocky. And pics of the E to share? Does it include the turbo prop engine or are you going to have to source it?

Some thoughts given the age of the engine and my experience:

My C model had a 72 Factory reman IO-520. It crapped the bed 6 years ago with a lite case and non-VAR crankshaft-the most logical solution was a factory reman. Not sure what the 73 looks like but a R&R with a factory reman is probably $55-60K if not higher if you do a prop IRAN,…[Read more]

Are you not bringing back the South Africa bird Rocky?

Looks like a good bird. If you guys pass let me know. I think your pricing logic makes sense.

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Thanks Rocky. I hope it goes to someone who intends to get her flying again. They are too nice, and too rare, to be rotting away.

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Ed

Rocky-is there a link for this bird? I would love to at least check it out. Is it an estate auction?

I have the same problem, but my A&P thinks it is related to the linkage to the governor. Like it is not long enough to get that extra 100 RPM and will need some modification. I am going to address over the winter.

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Well, that was not my intent, but glad you did not spend money on something that was not approved.

I saw the note on your exhaust valve. That’s THE reason for borescopes.

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Thomas-that looks like a good solution to deal with the older ones we have as they go bad. Any idea how the STC would work?

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Ed

John-I was at OSH for a couple of days last week and looked for my 200 brethren, but did not dig too hard. Tell Ross hello. F 35’s and F 18’s were awesome!!

I own 196M, which is a 1964 C model. It has a IO 520 factory remain installed Jan 2017 with GAMI’s. I do not do a lot of long distance cross country so I rarely climb above 5K and…[Read more]

Jump in Rocky! Be nice to get that one back to the States.

Rocky-welcome to the 200 family! Have you posted a for sale on your Bo?

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Ed

Stephen-please share if you can. Always willing to see something new.

Paul-see below. If you do a Google search for Duzit cowl fasteners, a bunch of options will show…[Read more]

Thomas-my F&M continues to leak and now the SB has turned into an AD. I am going to take one more shot at securing it and if it still leaks-probably go to an Airwolf.

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Ed

Joseph-exactly what happened to me. Should have left it alone as it was not leaking before we replaced the 2 gaskets.

I am going to try one more time and see what happens. And on to AW most likely if it leaks.

Ed
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I have a SideWinder and it has worked well. I think a golf cart with appropriate hardware is the ticket.

Thanks for sending the SB Dean. We had seen it before and reinstalled per the instructions. I need to make sure we are using the correct crush washers though. And we had torqued to 65 ft lbs as well. Will try again!