Hey Bud ,
I hope you are able to fly your bird there ,and I do hope to see you and
meet some other owners of the Europas in
Oshkosh.
Bill
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
> In the rush to get your bird ready, don=99t cut corners, have a sa
fe flight
> or drive and bring your shopping list.
> See you all on or about Sunday afternoon.
>
> I was looking at the weather and did my flight planning. I=99m rea
dy to
> go... Well sort of. I went for a confidence flight today (which didn
=99t
> raise my confidence) in preparation for leaving on Thursday to visit my M
om
> on the way up. Over the last three months 12AY has been flying great. I
n
> preparation for the Thursday departure I changed the oil, and put in a ne
w
> battery yesterday, however, my confidence flight went poorly today as 12A
Y
> wouldn=99t start at all (starter now removed as it is spinning at o
nly 250
> rpm on crank, unless charged to 13 volts, and on disassembly one nut was
> found stripped and the armature was coated with baked on grease due to a
> worn front seal (only 400 hours). I had a poor mag check (350 drop
> initially and 300 after running it up) so I pulled the right carb to get
to
> the starter anyway, and found a leaking right carb bowl, I hope I have th
e
> =9CO=9D ring. I could smell gas in the cockpit and noted I de
veloped a small
> fuel leak at the vent hose fitting (I tightened the clamp and it seemed t
o
> work). The climb and cruise checks to 10,000 went well but the fuel low
> light came on at 17 gallons (I hope all I need to do is reset parameters
on
> my fuel totalizer). Worse yet my wife says I have to buy some new clothe
s
> with her tomorrow evening. So it will be a long, long, day tomorrow, but
I
> am really looking forward to seeing you all. If the plane cannot be
> repaired and operate at 100% by tomorrow on its confidence flight, I
=99ll
> drive up in the car.
>
> I=99m heeding my own advice to be safe and not cut corners.
>
> See you all there!
>
> Bud Yerly
>
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