oil leak fixed - breaking in new cylinders

I'll look into it. Thanks for the advice.

Michael

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:dIYab.525738$Ho3.88748@sccrnsc03...

Michael, I highly recommend adding a little (in aviation terms!) to your
bill at this time, and add a multi-channel engine monitor to your panel.

When we put in our rebuilt O-540 last year, I considered it a "must have".
As opposed to the old single-channel EGT/CHT meter, our JPI EDM-700
enables
us to graphically monitor each cylinder's performance in real-time, and
allows us to adjust mixture and throttle settings in order to equalize
temperatures between cylinders. It also gives precise oil temperature
and
fuel flow information.

Compared to the cost of an engine, the cost of installation is
insignificant.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com

Jay,

I agree, and am glad I took your advice earlier this summer when I did mine. It
has already paid for itself in troubleshooting dollars saved, as I've been
having episodes of rough running on leveling out. With the monitor, I know it
is the #1 cylinder. Without it, we'd probably still be chasing things that were
easily ruled out with the monitor. Thanks for the advice. BTW, I did the
install myself including moving a few things around on the panel to make it
fit. Took me about 16 hours, about 6 of which was the actual install. A&P
supervised it, checked my work when I finished and signed it off in the logs and
337. The install is easy to do if you have a hole already available. The
longest part of the install is tie wrapping the wires. To help in making the
harness, I used some shrink tubing to reduce the number of ties as well as add a
protective layer over the actual wires.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Just an update - flew a 2.5 hour break in flight today (Longmont to the
South Dakota line and back). What a difference. 5-8 knots greater IAS,
better climb with lower MP settings, and just a better feel - kind of more
solid feeling in the vibration. Of course, all of this might be
rationalization for a 5-6K bill...

Michael, I highly recommend adding a little (in aviation terms!) to your
bill at this time, and add a multi-channel engine monitor to your panel.

When we put in our rebuilt O-540 last year, I considered it a "must have".
As opposed to the old single-channel EGT/CHT meter, our JPI EDM-700 enables
us to graphically monitor each cylinder's performance in real-time, and
allows us to adjust mixture and throttle settings in order to equalize
temperatures between cylinders. It also gives precise oil temperature and
fuel flow information.

Compared to the cost of an engine, the cost of installation is
insignificant.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com

--
--Ray Andraka, P.E.
President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759

I agree, and am glad I took your advice earlier this summer when I did
mine. It
has already paid for itself in troubleshooting dollars saved, as I've been
having episodes of rough running on leveling out. With the monitor, I
know it
is the #1 cylinder. Without it, we'd probably still be chasing things
that were
easily ruled out with the monitor. Thanks for the advice.

That's great, Ray -- glad to hear my advice helped.

We love our engine monitor, although (thankfully) it hasn't shown anything
alarming. But the knowledge that it is there, displaying the internal
workings of our engine in real time, is worth the price of installation.

To help in making the
harness, I used some shrink tubing to reduce the number of ties as well as
add a
protective layer over the actual wires.

I really like that idea, although it must've made getting the whole mess
through the firewall a bitch. It was tough enough, pulling them through one
or two at a time!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I pulled them through the firewall first, then split the bundle according to
which side of the engine and put those bundles in separate shrink tubes, then
put both through a short (about 8") piece of tube, shrank it all then pulled it
back through the firewall and looped it in the top of the baggage compartment
(it is a CHerokee SIx), to leave about a foot of slack should I ever need it,
and tye wrapped that to secure it. For the branch that went to the right side
of the engine, I actually used two pieces of shrink tube so that the oil and
carb temp wires come out of the bundle at the center of the firewall, and the
rest are still in the shrink tube till it gets to the #5 cylinder. That shrink
tube is great stuff, and makes for a very neat looking install.

Jay Honeck wrote:

I agree, and am glad I took your advice earlier this summer when I did
mine. It
has already paid for itself in troubleshooting dollars saved, as I've been
having episodes of rough running on leveling out. With the monitor, I
know it
is the #1 cylinder. Without it, we'd probably still be chasing things
that were
easily ruled out with the monitor. Thanks for the advice.

That's great, Ray -- glad to hear my advice helped.

We love our engine monitor, although (thankfully) it hasn't shown anything
alarming. But the knowledge that it is there, displaying the internal
workings of our engine in real time, is worth the price of installation.

To help in making the
harness, I used some shrink tubing to reduce the number of ties as well as
add a
protective layer over the actual wires.

I really like that idea, although it must've made getting the whole mess
through the firewall a bitch. It was tough enough, pulling them through one
or two at a time!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

--
--Ray Andraka, P.E.
President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759

Ray Andraka wrote:
: rest are still in the shrink tube till it gets to the #5 cylinder. That shrink
: tube is great stuff, and makes for a very neat looking install.

... and you can get stuff that has heat-activated glue inside for
a water-tight seal. It also provides better strain-relief for soldered
connections.

-Cory


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