Shadrach

I’m very sorry for your loss Cliff. That was one of the most horrific commercial aviation accidents of my lifetime. There was no way out of it. My sincere condolences.

Something as simple as simplifying the mfg certification for parts that are non critical to flight. The FDA classifies medical devices according to risk. The level of regulatory oversight is determined by classification. Then there is FDA approval vs clearance which is a process to determine safety by comparison to an existing approved product. I’m not saying it’s a perfect fit, but we should not be regulating light bulbs and fuel servos under the same set of regs and level of scrutiny. It’s bad for everyone, including the FAA.

So I looked at mine yesterday (good excuse to swap out the o-rings and lubricate). They are not adjustable in terms of clocking position, nor is it really possible to install the locking plate upside down. The orientation of the cleats is fixed when the caps are fabricated.

I would not call it lying exactly, just an unrealistic view of the shop’s liability. There’s always that first case and award that makes rational people think WTF? Hard to talk a service provider out of their policy decisions even if the current facts are on your side. Especially given some of the frivolous payouts awarded by juries.

Maybe he elected to “go around” when he heard the sound of metal on pavement and then landed normally. Would not be the first time.

Ram air cable?

The GA supply chain is in desperate need of some regulatory relief and has been for quite some time. It may be too late to make a difference. I’m nervously watching Univair and Wag Aero.

Indeed, GA suffers from a surplus of capitalism…what we need is greater regulation. That should do it.

This is why I wanted to look closely at mine. I don’t believe you can clock the top piece. I could be wrong.

I don’t think so. I’ll look at them next time I’m at the hangar. No comment on the dirt. I have a T hangar neighbor behind me that squares up his Cessna with his hangar before putting it away. He has a dirt floor and every time he parks he blows a little bit of that floor over the wall and coats everything in my hangar.

Are your left and right fuel caps indexed differently? Ive never seen that.

Are they not peel and stick!

CFR 14 § 27.1541 General. yes, you can install fuel tank placards on your plane.

I am treating it the same way. We IRAN'd in 2010. The main bearings were replaced, but the rod bearings and bolts remained in situ. Not applicable.

“Learning it out” will increase combustion temps thereby heating up the plugs to a temperature that enables lead bromide to convert to gas. I’m not sure what that does for an oil fouled plug. Describing an engine that is only running on three cylinders as a 2-300rpm mag drop is a confusing way to explain what is actually happening.