Stupid Question to which i know the answer

[McMooney]

Recently had the following installed: gns480,  new pma8000g audio panel, (USED)md200-306 indicator and davtron thingy ( oat and voltage )

removed, kx170b, intercom, kma20, king ki-201c other bits and bobs

2nd flight out of the avionics shop, the OBS resolver stopped working.  I figured, that's what I get for ebaying airplane parts and purchased a brand new shiny cdi md200-706

well come to find out, the avionics shop hadn't secured the connector.  tightened, everything worked.

now, I have a brand new CDI in a box which I KNOW I should send back even with the restocking penalty.  pretty expensive

I know what I should do but what I want to do is remove the old cdi, sell it on ebay and install the new one.

talk me out of it

[Marauder]

Recently had the following installed: gns480,  new pma8000g audio panel, (USED)md200-306 indicator and davtron thingy ( oat and voltage )
removed, kx170b, intercom, kma20, king ki-201c other bits and bobs
2nd flight out of the avionics shop, the OBS resolver stopped working.  I figured, that's what I get for ebaying airplane parts and purchased a brand new shiny cdi md200-706
well come to find out, the avionics shop hadn't secured the connector.  tightened, everything worked.
now, I have a brand new CDI in a box which I KNOW I should send back even with the restocking penalty.  pretty expensive
I know what I should do but what I want to do is remove the old cdi, sell it on ebay and install the new one.
talk me out of it

New is good. Old is bad.


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[Marauder]

That help?




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[McMooney]

hehe, no help at all 8)

[Yetti]

What's the old CDI?   Sell it here and then you have to put the new one in.

[McMooney]

MidContinent MD200-306,  essential a garmin gi106a

[Marauder]

MidContinent MD200-306,  essential a garmin gi106a

This conversation is bringing back some memories from 2012. I was installing my first GPS, a GTN 650 and the conversation went something like this:

“Wow! $9500 plus installation for a Garmin 650! That seems like a lot. What kind of indicator comes with it?”

“None, that’s extra.”

“What?! Can I reuse my Bendix King CDI?”

“No, it won’t support the GPS function.”

“What will work with it?”

“A GI-106.”

“How much is that?”

“$2000 plus installation.”

“Just for a CDI?”

“Yep.”

This is how you get snowballed into this.



RUN MCMOONEY RUN!


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[steingar]

I spent so much putting old used boxes in my airplane that now I can barely afford to fly it.

[jetdriven]

6 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

This conversation is bringing back some memories from 2012. I was installing my first GPS, a GTN 650 and the conversation went something like this:

“Wow! $9500 plus installation for a Garmin 650! That seems like a lot. What kind of indicator comes with it?”

“None, that’s extra.”

“What?! Can I reuse my Bendix King CDI?”

“No, it won’t support the GPS function.”

“What will work with it?”

“A GI-106.”

“How much is that?”

“$2000 plus installation.”

“Just for a CDI?”

“Yep.”

This is how you get snowballed into this.



RUN MCMOONEY RUN!


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When we did the radio upgrade we installed a Sandel SN3308. The box costs 2 grand but it’s rhe same  as a Garmon indicator. The labor was a little more but it’s an HSI not a CDI.