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--> Commander-List message posted by: "Chris Wall" <cwall@worldflight2000.com>
I will be flying a 500A Colemill, with the new owner, from LA(John
Wayne) to Oshkosh hope to be leaving evening of July 29 and going as far
as weather and fatigue will allow. Probably head in the direction of
Albuquerque and then north from there. Would anybody along the way like
a ride. We plan to be headed back evening of August 5. If you want a
ride call me 979-218-9888 or if you are up at Oshkosh lets get together
for a beer. The plane we are taking is N811D.
With that said- Hi everyone. Sorry I have been so quiet lately. Life is
good I have been working on numerous commanders and flying all over the
country. Earlier in the month I was down in Orlando working on 333BE
and beautiful 500A Colemill. Bill Boughan is the proud owner of the
airplane. Bill is another one of the many voyeurs on the chat group.
The plane has been having numerous fuel problems. At first we traced it
to vapor lock on the left side and determined that firesleeve would help
solve the problem. After firesleeving all the hoses the problem was
solved. That is for 5 hours the plane worked perfectly until we were
flying out of key west at night cutting across the water and the right
engine started acting up with erratic fuel flow. The boost pump helped
to smooth things out. We replaced the engine driven pump on the right
engine and that solved the problem. Several flights later the left
engine started acting up and we replaced the fuel pump on the left
engine. Life was good for several more hours then today the right engine
starting surging and the boost pump only partially resolved the erratic
fuel flow. The mags check out fine and all other indications show the
engine to be running well, be the old girl is being a real pain and
problems with the fuel system defy all logic. Any thoughts on this
would be helpful.
On a more positive note I did the prebuy on Gary Tillman's 500A and have
been working with Alan Kucheck on his purchase of the aircraft. I
accepted the aircraft on Alan's behalf on July 17. Gary Tillman and I
flew up to Chattanooga to have lunch with Gary Gadbury. Gadbury took us
out to an excellent Thai food restaurant and we had a nice lunch. On
the 17th I flew the plane down to College Station TX, where I worked on
the plane for several days. On July 25 my girlfriend Jill(MEII) and I
flew the plane from College Station to John Wayne via El Paso and
Sedona. Over the weekend Alan got to take his first trip in the plane.
We went up to Oakland for the weekend. Alan is a fresh multi engine
pilot but is catching on very quickly. We did have a vapor lock problem
on his airplane on the way home. Level at 10k the plane was fine. We
took it up to 11k and level off and the right engine started coughing
until I turned on the boost pumps. Later I turned off the boost pump on
the left side to see if it was also vapor locked and sure enough it was.
We are going to be firesleeving all of the fuel lines very soon.
Hope all is well in Commander Land.
Chris wall
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