Cruiser

Quote: N57039 Sorry, no recommendation for cover, but regarding the fuel caps I can comment. Don't worry about covers; just make sure the 2 o-rings in the caps are fresh. That means changed at least once a year. If they are and the spring tension in the cap is correct, you won't have water leaks from the out side. The o-rings are MS29513-338 and MS29513-010. Make sure BOTH are changed everytime.

Quote: 67M20F snip.... I have noticed that i seems to me that at about 20 ft from the rny is seems to loose most of the crosswind, i mean i seems to almost go away. ...........snip

I would start with the Aspen PFD as the first choice and pull one of the 170s to put in an approach legal GPS and get the ability to file IFR direct.

It depends. Really.......... What kind of overhaul? Field, Specialty or Factory? Replace it with a Factory rebuilt. Have the prop and governor overhauled. Combine the engine work with the annual at a good MSC and you are looking in the neighborhood of $40,000.

Quote: deadbug Greg, Cruiser, Thanks for your thoughts. I have flown behind these stock injectors for over 1500 hours and in spite of a brand new overhaul 130 hours (13 months) ago, it acts the same way lean of peak. I have been told it is very common with the Lyc IO-360s using stock injectors. I typically cruise at 7-9000 feet, at approximately 65% power 50-80 ROP and get fuel flow and performance right at book value (interpolating between best pwr/best econ). Just the other day I happenned to record the following EGT/CHT readings: 7000' MSL, OAT: +18C, MP/RPM= 22.9/2400, 60ROP,.....64% power according to the charts EGT/CHT #1 1351/378 #2 1289/362 #3 1338/374 #4 1294/356 What made me think about GAMIs was to equalize the "left bank" (2 & 4) cylinders to the "right" bank (1 & 3); as 1/3 are balanced and 2/4 are also balanced--but the left bank is definitely higher than the right. I thought the GAMIs would maybe help balance this out and as a side bonus, make LOP possible. Oh, BTW, was the GAMI tweaking difficult? My fuel flow indicator is a Hoskins 101 (old) and in spite of a new transducer, seems to indicate 1 GPH higher than actual.

Quote: deadbug My engine will not operate smoothly lean of peak. Has anybody here ever tried putting GAMIS on our little Lyc. I0360 4-bangers? I had heard over the years that they were not really effective on those engines. Just curious...

Is there a bus or terminal connection for adding 12V accessories to the Avionics switch?