Slick Nick

It’s likely an issue with the gauge.

You don’t need it on the ground during the daytime. Your previous post said you never turned it off, ever, so I assumed that meant during the day as well. If it’s night and you need it to see, absolutely. But during the day, using some discretion is good airmanship.

It's bad airmanship to taxi around with it on if you're pointed in someone else's direction.

I just use a dollar store Tupperware container on the hat rack. If I’m going up where I need oxygen, the bottle is strapped down and ready with a cannula in the back seat. Otherwise it lives in the cargo compartment.

A little bit of anti sieze on stainless fasteners seems to help immensely.

That’s exactly what I’m getting at. The numbers don’t add up.

Looks like that isn’t even at full throttle? Something doesn’t add up.

Q: "How can I fix this?" A: Install new nut plates. Not sure how that didn't answer your question? Most nut plates are squished at the end so they will retain the fastener. Tapping it out removes that, which is why it's best to replace them. Not sure if the cowl ones are like that, but replacing it would be the easiest and most professional solution.

Just drill out the rivets and put some new nut plates in.

I'd still prefer to have it done myself. The first 3 hours on a new engine are the most important in determining the engine's health moving forward. If I was the one putting those hours on, I'd feel much better about everything from then on out.

I did mine by myself. The headliner needs to drop down in one piece. Once the tubes and wiring are disconnected, you can remove the three screws holding the two halves together and remove the headliner in two pieces. That’s the only way to get it through the door. You can see in one of my photos where I reinforced the nuts for those three screws with cement.

The Wemacs are riveted into the ducts, then permanently attached to the headliner. I removed them because I had two where the clips came out and they were just loose in there. Of course, they all got a good cleaning while apart. It was such a pain in the ass I never want to have to do that again. Cut the housings open, drilled out the rivets, and the wemacs come free. Clean them, re-rivet them in, then glue the housings back to the headliner. I used ABS or PVC cement I can’t remember which, the yellow stuff. Works like a hot damn and the bond is as good as new.

That’s all well and good, perhaps my question wasn’t clear. Why did you choose the Hartzell over the C214 from McCauley? The 214 would have been an upgrade from your 212.

If you were really looking for a new prop, is there a reason you went with the Hartzell over a C214?

If I was a potential buyer, I’d rather buy an aircraft that needed an overhaul as opposed to one that just had an overhaul. Assuming it’s priced accordingly of course. As a buyer, I’d look at that as an opportunity to do whichever upgrades I wanted, in addition to knowing exactly how every single hour post overhaul was flown behind the engine, instead of having to worry about how someone may have broken it in too easily, etc.