larry(at)macsmachine.com
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: engine-rest for a Stratus |
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Hi guys,
Well, this year’s annual became time to correct a misalignment in one
lower mount bolt and it required I build another adapter mount with a
1/8” vertically corrected hole. The mount wasn’t so difficult as I made
a modified copy from an example purchased earlier from Stratus. It was
easier to make new than modify the original.
Changing it might have been difficult without an engine rest I’d built
some time ago. The engine rest was placed under the oil pan bolts; a
wood horse was placed under the tail. Screws were tightened down to lift
the engine enough to unload the mount-bolts. The lower left mount was
removed and the new dimension mount was bolted in its place. The
correction put the bolt straight thru, was tightened and safetied.
Within 20-minutes, the engine-rest and tail support were removed and all
was good again after 2 years flight.
I mention this because the engine-rest is a great way to safely make
such fixes, replace rubber dampers etc and the weldment only required
some 1-inch angle, ¾-inch square tube, ¼-inch rod and some 3/8-inch
thread stock with nuts. Sounds like a Christmas recipe doesn’t it.
Sometimes the shortest and easiest distance is just such a device.
http://www.macsmachine.com/images/TJH/HScentersection/full/enginerest1.gif
http://www.macsmachine.com/images/TJH/HScentersection/full/enginerest3.gif
http://www.macsmachine.com/images/TJH/HScentersection/full/enginetailrest.gif
Fly safe guys,
Larry McFarland
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