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Mark89114

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  1. Maxwell told me that in flight the engine comes up a bit to make it "fit better". So I don't know if that is meaningful or not, but if it is true and you get this thing all centered on the ground and then fly it, it might be too high? All I know is that mine also doesn't seem to fit 100%. Nobody seems concerned about it and there is enough movement that I can believe Maxwells theory.
  2. As I mentioned, my brakes are still not 100% acceptable. As others have stated here I am going to put a vacuum on the reservoir and let it sit. We tried pushing fluid from calipers up to reservoir, but the air seems to be stuck and I guess has no incentive to move out of the way. And if that doesn't work I am going to leave the vacuum on top and apply fluid pressure through the caliper as well.
  3. I am going to provide some advice that isn't particularly useful. For whatever reason it is a PITA, these people who have flushed their brakes with no problems good for them. I think as long as you flush and don't get air in you are good. The problem gets to be when air gets in, I replaced all of the lines as the exterior lines were quite dry and brittle (somebody who sells lines says every 5 years to replace which is BS, anyway) and i figured why not replace all of them and buy another 20 years of trouble free service. Big mistake. My mechanic who I now recognize isn't that good couldn't get them bled. During the purging process we did get a huge pile of orange snotty material....my brakes never really impressed me from the time I bought the airplane. Because I rebuilt the master cylinders I had access and by changing their position was able to get a lot of additional air out of them. I think the problem comes in the original design, reservoir to pilots MC to copilots MC and then to calipers. I think the bubbles just get transferred back and forth and the near horizontal installation design of the MC allows air to stay trapped in top. Brakes still aren't 100% right, I think the next step I will try is putting a vacuum on reservoir as Shadrach says. I wish I had useful advice and 100% solution for you.
  4. Can you elaborate and provide pictures on how you built up the seat cushions? That is next on my never ending project list.
  5. I should probably buy a spare.....I refuse to pay what they are charging for LED's. My previous plane a C-152 I carried around spare nav and landing lights for nearly 20 years.....didn't use a damn one of them.
  6. I am getting a new 750.....that price seems cheap unfortunately....
  7. I am wondering if we could just make an additional tube type vent that we put in just during fueling to get the extra gallons easier.....hypothetically of course.
  8. It is my understanding that the only operation that can legally repair these is Garmin as they are the only ones who have the repair/support manuals. Personally I don’t care about that for a screen repair. Found a guy in MN who says the screens can be repaired for $400. Going to give it a try.
  9. Yeah, that was me complaining about it....... Garmin clearly doesn't want to support these anymore.
  10. My avionics guy said Garmin issued a Service order that they can no longer repair 430's if they need new displays.....naturally I was about to send mine in..... Anybody know how true this is or isn't or are they just pre-signaling?
  11. Just talked (real talk not voices in my head talking) with the PS folks, super helpful and responsive. This audio panel could come with an option for "talking", it is part of the digital warning and/or recording option. I do have an IRS which I never use. Tech said there are 4 pins and to remove them or the unit is broken internally. All I know is when I pulled power to unit, voices went away and did not come back. I think this is what has been discussed above. Just ready to write the check for a 750 and wanted to avoid unnecessary expense maybe, but the unit is 22 years old.
  12. That is the mystery. No button to acknowledge, no turbo on the plane, have had plane for 8 years. Basic original factory avionics except for the JPI and it is older so not one of them fancy units. It just started talking to me about 10 minutes into the flight. My concern (only for my checkbook) is that this unit is about to start failing.....and while I am in there should I just remove it as well and be done with this as a future problem? Any opinions on the Garmin audio panels?
  13. The audio panel must have heard I was thinking about upgrading the 430's to a 750 and decided it wanted to be jealous. Random training flight and I start getting a repetitive, "check engine speed" and check "boost", started repeating these 2 phrases over and over, started by providing about 15 seconds between them and then continually repeating, never heard it before, my engine monitor is an older JPI 700, so nothing fancy there. Thought it was something in the bluetooth between the phones and ipad, turned all of those off and it still continued, on the pilot side only. Tried to diagnose in the air but just couldn't figure it out. Landed OK, found the audio panel circuit breaker, pulled it, let it sit for a minute, pushed it back in and the female voice is gone. During the quoting process of the 750, not but last week the avionics shop asked me if I had any problems with the audio panel. Naturally I said "no problems", I don't want to pay for a remote audio panel when this one is working fine......Now I am questioning that statement. Everything is 22 years old so maybe it is failing? Need some guidance before I spend money I don't need to spend.
  14. To be honest the original paint didn't look that bad......I wish mine looked that good.
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