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| Subject: | Re: Tiger Annual |
> OK, well, this Tiger, the aluminum portion of the breather was installed
> upside down. The cylinder baffles are made of .050 galvanized steel, and
> they are so high that they chafe on the upper cowling. The screws that
> hold on the inner side of the oil coolerr were installed backward with the
> nut against the cylinder. The baffle is being held about 3/8 inch away
> from the cylinder. The upper cowling was mounted UNDER the nose bowl, the
> flange on the nose bowl is cracking away. The inner baffle on #1 that
> curves up in the front is about 2 inches too high. (oh, yea, the owner
> complained of high CHTs. None of the baffle straps around the bottom of
> the cylinders were tied down. The steel brace on the left rear baffle had
> been bent out of the way because, apparently, they didn't know where it
> went. The airbox had been repaired and the phenolic block not installed.
> There is a brace missing in the airbox that holds the airfilter in place.
> The 4" air duct to the carb is SCAT tubing, not the correct duct.
>
> and I'm just getting started.
Well Gary, it seems you have the "misfortune" of getting to work on these
"derelict" planes. Sounds like either a plane that some owner had worked on
himself trying to save money or some ignorant mechanic that should have his
license suspended. Many times it's difficult to tell which unless the owner
admits to it. Probably this is the owners "first" annual after buying his
plane and he wasn't even aware of some of these very obvious problems when
he bought the plane. Hopefully the owner will be happy that you are
correcting these issues and making the plane airworthy again. And hopefully
he won't bitch about the high cost of the infamous dreaded first annual!
Education does not come cheap and neither do good airworthy planes.
I'm sure we'll hear more of your continuing saga.
Cliff A&P/IA
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