---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 07/28/03: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:17 PM - Ride to Oshkosh (Chris Wall) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:17:43 PM PST US From: "Chris Wall" Subject: Commander-List: Ride to Oshkosh --> Commander-List message posted by: "Chris Wall" 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