---------------------------------------------------------- L29-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 03/25/17: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:59 PM - Flares Hydraulic Filter (Anthony Royal) 2. 05:37 PM - Re: Flares Hydraulic Filter (William Geipel) 3. 08:07 PM - Re: Flares Hydraulic Filter (Anthony Royal) 4. 08:48 PM - Re: Flares Hydraulic Filter (William Geipel) 5. 10:12 PM - Re: Reduction valve (N777ZE) 6. 10:19 PM - Re: Flares Hydraulic Filter (N777ZE) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:59:39 PM PST US From: Anthony Royal Subject: L29-List: Flares Hydraulic Filter Two questions for anyone. =C2- (1) Does anyone have the part number or ? =C2-for the flares that go into the tail? Still looking for all four unfired...red, white, green, and yell ow. May be able to get from the Czech Republic if I know the part number. =C2-Anyone out there who has them and would like to sell, send me a price off line. (2) I've never changed the hydraulic oil filter. I didn't see anything in t he service manual about procedure for changing it. Anything special I shoul d be aware of? =C2-How much fluid is lost when I unscrew the bottom of th e filter? For the previous post concerning finding metal in the oil filter, I was loo king thru the service manual for the M701 and I happen to find a paragraph on metal in the oil filter. The manual says if metal is found, to clean the filters and continue in service. If metal is found the next time the filte rs are removed, to take out of service. It did not specify a time between t he two filter checks but that may be in the inspection section. Tony ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:37:05 PM PST US From: William Geipel Subject: Re: L29-List: Flares Hydraulic Filter Like I said, Finding them will take time. Sounds like you are in a rush. So just let me know if u find them elsewhere. Shipping flares; Have you any idea of the ramifications or cost of shipping =9CLive Ordinance=9D in the mail? Just a thought. Any idea of the ramifications of importing, owning and admitting to owning, on this site, a controlled ammunition. Just thinking. And of course they are illegal to have on the jet. They look good on your mantle above the fire place. Good conversation piece. Make some fake ones for the airplane. Just like guys that put fake guns on. Most hydraulic filters are metal. Just clean them both. Big and little one. Before you remove the filter, stuff many, many rags underneath the filter housing, on top of the fire bottle. MANY! And a drain pan under the jet. Have you sent in an oil sample? That will tell you the type of metal in the filters. We found IRON twice in the sample. The test facility said don=99t fly it. IRON? The bearings are steel??? The hand pump we used on the barrel was putting iron in the oil. Send your oil sample in for testing. That is probably in your maintenance program. every 25 hours?? You need to extract oil from the fill site, not the drain. Do it within 15 minutes of shut-down while the particles are in suspension. How often do you run the engine? U said you are using Royco 481. Yes? Have you ever run Exxon 2380 or an equivalent? Even just adding a quart on the road. Unlike piston engines, jet oil is rarely changed. No combustion, no dirt. We usually just add. However, I usually change oil at the annual regardless of hours flown. Cheap insurance. How many hours have you flown the jet since purchase? Have you checked the exhaust pipe for wear-thru and cracks? I think I did it when I imported your airplane but I can=99t remember. How is the fuel filter and fuel sump samples looking? Bill > On Mar 25, 2017, at 15:56, Anthony Royal wrote: > > Two questions for anyone. > > (1) Does anyone have the part number or ? for the flares that go into the tail? Still looking for all four unfired...red, white, green, and yellow. May be able to get from the Czech Republic if I know the part number. Anyone out there who has them and would like to sell, send me a price off line. > > (2) I've never changed the hydraulic oil filter. I didn't see anything in the service manual about procedure for changing it. Anything special I should be aware of? How much fluid is lost when I unscrew the bottom of the filter? > > For the previous post concerning finding metal in the oil filter, I was looking thru the service manual for the M701 and I happen to find a paragraph on metal in the oil filter. The manual says if metal is found, to clean the filters and continue in service. If metal is found the next time the filters are removed, to take out of service. It did not specify a time between the two filter checks but that may be in the inspection section. > > Tony ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:07:59 PM PST US From: Anthony Royal Subject: Re: L29-List: Flares Hydraulic Filter Sorry Bill.....I thought you said you had them, not could get them. I'm a l ittle confused.....If the ramifications are that severe, I'm surprised you openly offered to supply them to me over this site, and even the seat charg es. =C2-Aren't they explosive? Aren't you putting yourself in more legal liability by offering them to me?? I'm sure there is a way.=C2-You can bu y Czech flares (boxes of them) and flare guns from US stores over the inter net and have them shipped to you. Already talked to the store. =C2-Maybe not an aircraft military item but still a flare. How does Code 1 get the ch arges for the fire extinguisher bottles? They're explosive. Guess taking th e flares out is part of the demilitarization of the aircraft? My understand ing was and read there was no demilitarization required on the L29 other th an the IFF and the Czechs took that out. But I guess you would know since y ou imported them. I was told having the gun sight and weapons panel install ed was illegal too. I fly mine in airshows all the time with both and the F AA and law enforcement looks at it every time and never said a word. Weapon s panel is installed, but of course there are no weapons. But the FAA said it should be installed because it has indicator lights for the aux fuel tan ks and the indicator lights are a required part of the aircraft. Just what the FAA told me. I guess I have to ask the question, if the flares are that illegal and just having them is that illegal and possibly part of the demilitarization of t he aircraft, how was the aircraft sold to Rick with the flares still in it? He told me he was the one that took them out. So, it was imported with and sold with the flares? =C2-I'll check with Code 1 on the flares since I a m told they are the same as for the L39. Sounds like the hydraulic filter is a pain. Do you have to bleed the system afterwards? Sounds like you lose a lot of fluid. Haven't had any problems so maybe I'll wait a while longer.=C2- Yes, oil sampling is in the maintenance program. No metal found. Clean oil and filter screens...clean fuel filter too. Only have 100 hrs SOH. Rick ran the engine every few months when he had it before i bought it. Clean engin e except for a very minor oil weep from the oil pump screws. Engine is run at least once a month, more during the summer months. It is d own for 1-2 months during the winter for the condition inspection and isn't run then. No, don't use Royco 481 anymore. Did previously. I have a full 55 gal drum of the Aeroshell 3SP and only use it. Got half a 5 gallon can of Royco 481 I will sell cheap. =C2-My engine uses no oil. I went two years once betwe en oil changes and never used a drop. I change oil every year and clean oil filter screens every year also. Never found anything in the screens. I too k the screen stacks apart this year and cleaned each individual disk. Clean .. I've flown the jet roughly 60 hours since I bought it. Yes, I check the pipe during condition inspections. It still looks new. The fuel samplings have always been clean from time i bought the aircraft. I drained the main tank several times to look inside for debris and and alg ae formation. Clean as a whistle. Same with drop tanks. Although I did have to wash the aux tanks out before i installed them after I bought it becaus e they were very dirty inside. I use Biobor JF biocide when I run K1 and a lubricity additive. Fuel filters have little to no debris. I have a tank I fuel from when not using Jet A and have a 2 micron particulate and 10 micro n hydro filter. I changed fuel filter every year for the first couple years (remember I was hot to buy a bunch of fuel filters) but because they were always clean, I now change every two years. Probably could go longer but th ese filters are from the 80's and I don't trust the paper. Just took the fu el filter out today and the outer wrapper was very brittle. The filter medi a was still very pliable. Got 50 years worth of fuel filters and oil!=C2- I will be selling the plane and all the support items in the next year or s o. Anybody want one hell of a good plane, let me know. Tony On Saturday, March 25, 2017 8:39 PM, William Geipel wrote: Like I said, =C2-Finding them will take time. Sounds like you are in a r ush. So just let me know if ufind them elsewhere. Shipping flares; Have you any idea of the ramifications or cost of shipping =9CLive Ordinance=9D in the mail? Just a thought.Any idea of t he ramifications of importing, owning and admitting to owning, on this site , a controlled ammunition. Just thinking.And of course they are illegal to have on the jet. They look good on your mantle above the fire place. Good c onversation piece. Make some fake ones for the airplane. Just likeguys that put fake guns on. Most hydraulic filters are metal. Just clean them both. Big and little one. Before you remove the filter, stuff many, many rags underneath the filter housing, on top of the fire bottle. MANY! And a drain pan under the jet. Have you sent in an oil sample? That will tell you the type of metal in the filters. We found IRON twice in the sample. The test facility said don =99t fly it. IRON? The bearings are steel???The hand pump we used on the barrel was putting iron in the oil.=C2- Send your oil sample in for testing. That is probably in your maintenance p rogram. every 25 hours?? You need to extract oil from the fill site, not th e drain. Do it within 15 minutes of shut-down while the particles are in su spension. How often do you run the engine?U said you are using Royco 481. Yes?Have yo u ever run Exxon 2380 or an equivalent? Even just adding a quart on the roa d.Unlike piston engines, jet oil is rarely changed. No combustion, no dirt. We usually just add. However, I usually change oil at the annual regardles s of hours flown. Cheap insurance.How many hours have you flown the jet sin ce purchase?Have you checked the exhaust pipe for wear-thru and cracks? I t hink I did it when I imported your airplane but I can=99t remember.Ho w is the fuel filter and fuel sump samples looking? Bill On Mar 25, 2017, at 15:56, Anthony Royal wrote: Two questions for anyone. =C2- (1) Does anyone have the part number or ? =C2-for the flares that go into the tail? Still looking for all four unfired...red, white, green, and yell ow. May be able to get from the Czech Republic if I know the part number. =C2-Anyone out there who has them and would like to sell, send me a price off line. (2) I've never changed the hydraulic oil filter. I didn't see anything in t he service manual about procedure for changing it. Anything special I shoul d be aware of? =C2-How much fluid is lost when I unscrew the bottom of th e filter? For the previous post concerning finding metal in the oil filter, I was loo king thru the service manual for the M701 and I happen to find a paragraph on metal in the oil filter. The manual says if metal is found, to clean the filters and continue in service. If metal is found the next time the filte rs are removed, to take out of service. It did not specify a time between t he two filter checks but that may be in the inspection section. Tony ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:48:24 PM PST US From: William Geipel Subject: Re: L29-List: Flares Hydraulic Filter > On Mar 25, 2017, at 21:04, Anthony Royal wrote: > > Sorry Bill.....I thought you said you had them, not could get them. I'm a little confused.....If the ramifications are that severe, I'm surprised you openly offered to supply them to me over this site, and even the seat charges. Aren't they explosive? Aren't you putting yourself in more legal liability by offering them to me?? Yes I am. Finding them in my storage is what I said. > I'm sure there is a way. You can buy Czech flares (boxes of them) and flare guns from US stores over the internet and have them shipped to you. Already talked to the store. Maybe not an aircraft military item but still a flare. How does Code 1 get the charges for the fire extinguisher bottles? Safety requirement and required equipment. If they are in your airplane, they must be current, maintained and in the maintenance program. It is not in your program. And they are not current. > They're explosive. Guess taking the flares out is part of the demilitarization of the aircraft? My understanding was and read there was no demilitarization required on the L29 other than the IFF and the Czechs took that out. But I guess you would know since you imported them. I was told having the gun sight and weapons panel installed was illegal too. You were told wrong. Gun sight not illegal. Weapons panel is hooked up to nothing. The only requirement is that you must deactivate the fuel tank jettison ability. > I fly mine in airshows all the time with both and the FAA and law enforcement looks at it every time and never said a word. Weapons panel is installed, but of course there are no weapons. But the FAA said it should be installed because it has indicator lights for the aux fuel tanks and the indicator lights are a required part of the aircraft. Just what the FAA told me. What does the book tell you about the Green Indicator lights? I demilitarized all of the aircraft. FAA doesn=99t have a clue. > > I guess I have to ask the question, if the flares are that illegal and just having them is that illegal and possibly part of the demilitarization of the aircraft, how was the aircraft sold to Rick with the flares still in it? He told me he was the one that took them out. So, it was imported with and sold with the flares? I'll check with Code 1 on the flares since I am told they are the same as for the L39. > I don=99t think Rick took them out. I did. > Sounds like the hydraulic filter is a pain. Do you have to bleed the system afterwards? Sounds like you lose a lot of fluid. Haven't had any problems so maybe I'll wait a while longer. It=99s not a matter of having problems. It=99s a matter of maintaining the system in proper working order. Self bleeding. Fluid drips out slowly the entire time the filter is off. So clean quickly. Hydraulic fluid is everywhere when it starts dripping. Many folks have found metal in the screen. Comes from the pump. Clean it well. > > Yes, oil sampling is in the maintenance program. No metal found. Clean oil and filter screens...clean fuel filter too. Only have 100 hrs SOH. Rick ran the engine every few months when he had it before i bought it. Clean engine except for a very minor oil weep from the oil pump screws. Make sure you attach the oil report to the logs. Just in case something happens. > > Engine is run at least once a month, more during the summer months. It is down for 1-2 months during the winter for the condition inspection and isn't run then. > > No, don't use Royco 481 anymore. Did previously. I have a full 55 gal drum of the Aeroshell 3SP and only use it. Got half a 5 gallon can of Royco 481 I will sell cheap. Those two are the same. Same manufacturer. Different labels. 5 gallons, about 10 years worth. > My engine uses no oil. I went two years once between oil changes and never used a drop. I change oil every year and clean oil filter screens every year also. Never found anything in the screens. I took the screen stacks apart this year and cleaned each individual disk. Clean. Good plan. > > I've flown the jet roughly 60 hours since I bought it. So you have no more money! > > Yes, I check the pipe during condition inspections. It still looks new. It wears holes in 3 places. > > The fuel samplings have always been clean from time i bought the aircraft. I drained the main tank several times to look inside for debris and and algae formation. Clean as a whistle. Same with drop tanks. Although I did have to wash the aux tanks out before i installed them after I bought it because they were very dirty inside. I use Biobor JF biocide when I run K1 and a lubricity additive. Fuel filters have little to no debris. I have a tank I fuel from when not using Jet A and have a 2 micron particulate and 10 micron hydro filter. I changed fuel filter every year for the first couple years (remember I was hot to buy a bunch of fuel filters) but because they were always clean, I now change every two years. Probably could go longer but these filters are from the 80's and I don't trust the paper. Just took the fuel filter out today and the outer wrapper was very brittle. The filter media was still very pliable. Got 50 years worth of fuel filters and oil! > > I will be selling the plane and all the support items in the next year or so. Anybody want one hell of a good plane, let me know. Why? What support equipment do you have? Other than the tail dolly. > > Tony > > > > On Saturday, March 25, 2017 8:39 PM, William Geipel wrote: > > > Like I said, Finding them will take time. Sounds like you are in a rush. So just let me know if u > find them elsewhere. > > Shipping flares; Have you any idea of the ramifications or cost of shipping =9CLive Ordinance=9D in the mail? Just a thought. > Any idea of the ramifications of importing, owning and admitting to owning, on this site, a controlled ammunition. Just thinking. > And of course they are illegal to have on the jet. They look good on your mantle above the fire place. Good conversation piece. Make some fake ones for the airplane. Just like > guys that put fake guns on. > > Most hydraulic filters are metal. Just clean them both. Big and little one. Before you remove the filter, stuff many, many rags underneath the filter housing, on top of the fire bottle. MANY! And a drain pan under the jet. > > Have you sent in an oil sample? That will tell you the type of metal in the filters. We found IRON twice in the sample. The test facility said don=99t fly it. IRON? The bearings are steel??? > The hand pump we used on the barrel was putting iron in the oil. > > Send your oil sample in for testing. That is probably in your maintenance program. every 25 hours?? You need to extract oil from the fill site, not the drain. Do it within 15 minutes of shut-down while the particles are in suspension. > > How often do you run the engine? > U said you are using Royco 481. Yes? > Have you ever run Exxon 2380 or an equivalent? Even just adding a quart on the road. > Unlike piston engines, jet oil is rarely changed. No combustion, no dirt. We usually just add. However, I usually change oil at the annual regardless of hours flown. Cheap insurance. > How many hours have you flown the jet since purchase? > Have you checked the exhaust pipe for wear-thru and cracks? I think I did it when I imported your airplane but I can=99t remember. > How is the fuel filter and fuel sump samples looking? > > Bill > > > > > >> On Mar 25, 2017, at 15:56, Anthony Royal > wrote: >> >> Two questions for anyone. >> >> (1) Does anyone have the part number or ? for the flares that go into the tail? Still looking for all four unfired...red, white, green, and yellow. May be able to get from the Czech Republic if I know the part number. Anyone out there who has them and would like to sell, send me a price off line. >> >> (2) I've never changed the hydraulic oil filter. I didn't see anything in the service manual about procedure for changing it. Anything special I should be aware of? How much fluid is lost when I unscrew the bottom of the filter? >> >> For the previous post concerning finding metal in the oil filter, I was looking thru the service manual for the M701 and I happen to find a paragraph on metal in the oil filter. The manual says if metal is found, to clean the filters and continue in service. If metal is found the next time the filters are removed, to take out of service. It did not specify a time between the two filter checks but that may be in the inspection section. >> >> Tony > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:12:53 PM PST US Subject: L29-List: Re: Reduction valve From: "N777ZE" Mine leaked also, would lose all pressure within 2 hours. You can open it and replace the round diaphram with rubber from a raft patch kit. Mine was hard and flaking apart inside. Take lots of photos, there 2 pins inside that have to go back in the same way. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=467620#467620 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 10:19:52 PM PST US Subject: L29-List: Re: Flares Hydraulic Filter From: "N777ZE" I'll buy your pail of oil if the price is right :) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=467621#467621 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message l29-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/L29-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/l29-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/l29-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.