During preflight today I noticed that the spinner was a little offset and
hanging a bit low,after removing the cowl I found that the l.g. frame had
cracked
& separated just behind the port upper motor mount. I believe the crack
occured when the manifold cross-over tube was disconnected during carb
balancing
several months ago and the 914 ran so rough (with the cross-over disconnected )
that it was shut down for fear of breaking a motor mount. If anyone would
like to see a pic.,let me know where to post it. Sam N77EU
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