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thomas1142

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  1. On the way back to Melbourne from Marathon. Beautiful evening.
  2. I had to have the maintenance shop change the plugs, but I was right there ready for the next time.
  3. I have Tempest Fine Wire. Thank you all for the advice.
  4. During Annual I was informed they performing as required, and since then I’ve been having starting issues. So…
  5. First time changing the plugs on my 1997 J, anything special I need to know?
  6. Mags were removed and sent back to the shop that rebuild them. Received them yesterday and were reinstalled. I was told that “brushes” were changed out on the starting mag. Airplane started up right away, and I turned it off and waited various time lengths for restarts. All went well. Question, Is a 90 to 100 RPM drop acceptable for rebuilt mags?
  7. The mags were taken off during the annual and sent away for the 500 inspection, then reinstalled. Same mechanic did the work. They were sent to Maxwells Magnetos, Palm Coast FL
  8. Tried to do some trouble shooting today, couldn’t even start the engine. Normal, hot, even flooded start procedures would not work. It would turn over, cough like starting a few times, never actually starting. Really frustrated, memories from when first bought it.
  9. Nope, definitely not acceptable even though it’s within POH margins. Sounds like it they will be going back to the shop. Thanks
  10. Can a MX shop check both internal and external timing, or does it have to go back to the shop for internal timing adjustment?
  11. Timing was spot on when it was checked the second time. I have an EDM 900 for engine instrumentation. If they did not keep the plugs in some type of order (which I’m sure they did not since they didn5 think they would have to reinstall them), and they didn’t get the plugs in the same location that they were removed from, would that creat an issue?
  12. A bit of background. When I first bought 30FM I had a horrible time with engine starts. Hot, cold, flooded normal start, did not matter. I was stranded three different times at a fuel stop. I was ready to sell till maintenance finally took a good look and determined that both mags were not performing correctly and one was even loose and could not hold timing. Mags were replaced and for the next five years I’ve had absolutely no problems staring under any condition . Fast forward, I picked up 30FM from MX after its annual. It was time for the 500hr mag inspection. Did an IRAN on both. Now I have a 120RPM drop on both, before the IRAN the drop was 90-100RPM. Another issue was with the spark plugs. I was told they were not performing correctly when hot. MX had a hard time starting the airplane when it was hot. For five years I had no issue. They did not have any new plugs but did have a used set that were check out as good. I said to go ahead and replace the plugs with the used ones. When I did the run up the engine ran terrible on either plugs, left or right did not matter. Replaced with original plugs and it ran as before, but with the 120RPM drop on the mags. Question(s); Mag drop is not acceptable for redone mags, correct? Could the plugs be causing my issues with starting? (I had them recheck the timing)? How do I know plugs are bad? Any special considerations when changing plugs? thanks Angelos
  13. I got lost/confused in this thread. I have 1997 M20J, and need shock disks, will this help me? thanks
  14. Current price at Aircraft Spruce is $230 each. Crazy!
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