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T&Gs at night, scary. I like the ILS at night, but when I have to, I like the stop and go. Usually not a lot of traffic at night. I have a long runway in KGEG, and it gives you time to reset... like set the flaps if required.

Thanks, good info. So you did this or had it done? I’d like to get rid of my slightly rusty brownish nuts on the wing attach bolts. was it fairly straightforward? thanks!

Ok, so let’s say I did this, could I then replace the slightly corroded nuts and/or bolts? Do you know part numbers and wherr to find em? Hopefully not from the factory...

Agreed. Didn’t have any on hand, so I ordered lps3 and some really good duct tape. Gonna go back in and do it right.

Ok, so I inspected them at annual and the nuts are lightly rusted, bolts good, sprayed LPS 2 on them, IA wasn’t concerned. But holy cow, the tape that “seals” below that outside wing/fuselage trim piece was 50 years old and turning to dust. My IA had me use duct tape and that nasty black 3m caulk strip to seal under the trim, but the caulk strips are a little thick to fit under there. The trim isn’t quite flush. How is that supposed to be sealed?? Seems like those attach bolts would see a constant stream of water with any precip. Maybe 3M 50 tape?

I do have the newer (slower) gears... but to be honest, I lost count. It was a lot. I doubt I would remember to count in flight. Luckily both indicators worked!

I agree with the floor indicator, but you should also have the normal green light with manual extension if possible (1968 F). I just did my annual and did the manual extension. Got through 20-30 cranks, floor indicator looks about right, no green. IA under the plane says, give it a couple more, not quite there... three more cranks, green light comes on. All is well. Floor indicator is like measuring millimeters with a yardstick. I’d trust it if it’s all I had, but the green should also work if there’s power in that circuit.

Curious, what’s “slightly high” and what kind of engine monitor are you using?

I really wish for FIKI. Making me jealous.

I guess I wouldn’t think of it as a significant issue. Maybe $2k-3k to purchase and install. Flyable in the meantime. I’d be more worried about other things on a prebuy. I think if you’re nickle and diming someone about adsb on a ~$50k non turbo airplane you may be missing the bigger picture - engine, corrosion, etc. Now if you need 1090ES, that could definitely run more and be more significant.

You can likely get an ifd440 and some type of simple glass (G5?) for less than $20k to make it a really nice ifr platform without significant changes. Going 170kts vs 140kts only cuts your trip down by ~35 minutes on a 500 mile trip, so you don’t really realize a huge difference. Although you’re talking about caring for 6 cylinders and possibly a turbo and O2 system which your checkbook will definitely notice.

On a J, wingtip or tail beacon is a very reasonable option with low cost and no gps required. Simple enough to install, no avionics shop required. With that in mind, lacking adsb wouldn’t stop me from buying.

Yep. I have a reasonably laid out 6 pack which is currently being converted to 2xG5s. The avionics shop did all the measurements and said the flush mount brackets would not fit between the existing instruments on either side. My panel is one piece all the way across. No way I’m redoing the entire thing just to flush mount!

Mine (68 F) was in similar place pilots side, high, behind the defroster tube. I took everything apart and got “access” to the back of the sos before realizing that there were nut plates there. We simply unhooked the wires, unscrewed the sos, and then reinserted the screws and capped the wires. Every plane is different!

Honestly I don’t know. I think they were fine with either plug size but i don’t have access to the install manual right now. Either a Kelly or Champion harness will work, as long as it’s a “slick” type. Kelly just ended up being quicker and more cost efficient. I have tempest fine wire with normal gap, so I’m hoping not to see plug issues!

My Edm 930 is also programmed with yellow for egts. It’s around 14-1500 degrees. I see it after cruising lop at say 10,000’ and then descending without adjusting mixture at all. Egt in cruise is around 1350. Egt slowly climbs in the descent until I hit the yellow band around 4,000’. I’m not answering your question however...

Wow, I’m gonna be bummed if it eats spark plugs like that! I have fine wires, so fingers crossed!

You can connect to the battery or the hot side of the master bus according to the install manual... although I don’t have it in front of me.

True, but installing some of the newer options like Skybeacon are cheap/easy enough that it wouldn’t discourage me from buying a non-turbo airplane without ads-b already on it. Now if you are going to want access to the flight levels or Canada, a 1090 solution will definitely cost more if it’s not already there.

I also just had one installed at annual, so there’s another ebay left bendix mag... had same issue getting a new left slick harness. Ended up buying a new Kelly slick harness for both sides as that was cheaper than a single sided champion harness anyway and as you said, nobody has the single side in stock. New slick harness from Kelly (total for both sides) was $320 on spruce. So theres a right slick harness for ebay. Along with a sos and a vacuum pump, I’m gonna fill up ebay. Strangely, my sos came off real easy as it appears to be one of the only firewall items with fixed nutplates. We did leave the sos wiring in place, just capped it. I couldn’t justify messing with the switch behind the panel. Too many wires to mess up. Ive got an F so had to take apart the interior and route the wire to the battery in the back and then up through the firewall. That was the hardest part of the whole installation.

That’s cool! Whats your time of useful consciousness up there, 10 seconds?! Be safe!

https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/paprrequest.aspx

Careful, it’s not just required around class B. It’s anywhere a transponder is currently, like above 10,000’, class C, etc. It also greatly improves the traffic picture you will receive on a stratus type device. At this point, it’s relatively cheap to install a skybeacon so it wouldn’t make or break a purchase, but you’re going to need/want it asap.

Try the aopa website, pretty sure I did my last one there. nevermind, its on faasafety website.

That ain’t severe. That ain’t even cold! I use a SIM card enabled socket to start a cheapo electric space heater set on low. Heater has a dryer vent attached and shoved into the cowl flap. Generally run it from bedtime the night before flying. Blanket on top the cowl. Go out to start the airplane at 10deg f and the oil, cylinders, etc is at 60 deg +. Lycoming recommends preheating below 20deg f, I do it anytime below 40. It doesn’t hurt anything and it starts easier/smoother.