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Cheap Fixes. Was: Cherokee 140 Oil Temp Creeping Up
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Blanche, your story reminded me of an incident I had a couple years ago. I flew from Jeffco, Denver (BJC) to Centennial, Denver (APA) to have a mechanic look at something. I parked in front of his hangar and shut down. the prop stopped vertical, so, as was my custom at the time, I cleared the area and blipped the starter to move it. Click. Click. No prop movement. The starter was fine at Jeffco and inoperative at Centennial. It turned out that the lug on the high current lead at the starter motor had broken completely free from the wire. Cheapest fix I've ever had. What are the chances of discovering the problem while sitting right in front of the mechanic's hangar! Jon /thread creep "Blanche" wrote in message ... I was seeing oil temps in the red, oil pressure ok but I still landed immediately. Turns out the wire on the oil temp unit on top of the engine (don't know what that is) was loose. Correct wrench to remove the nut, washer and wire. Clean everything. Replace. Tighten correctly (yes, an A&P was there - next door hangar). No more problem with oil temps. The easiest & cheapest fix I've ever had. |
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