Niko182 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 I departed Truckee today and had a decent amount of engine roughness. Landed again and left mag was doing pretty bad. Any one know where I can get one soon - ish. Looks like I'm getting a replacement engine within the next month or two so I don't really care if it's new or not. I just want something that can get me home. Thanks Nik 949 267 8813. Quote
Boilermonkey Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 Are you sure it's the mag and not one of the plugs gone bad? I had a similar problem last week (also expecting a new engine soon). The engine was rough and the EGT on #3 dropped when on the left mag. I was able to replace that plug and the problem went away. (sorry if this is obvious part of trouble shooting, people have different experience levels.) Quote
Yetti Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 yep I had a bad plug last week too. Cleaned it and all happy and good. It was pretty obvious on the engine monitor which cylinder. Quote
Niko182 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Posted January 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Yetti said: yep I had a bad plug last week too. Cleaned it and all happy and good. It was pretty obvious on the engine monitor which cylinder. 700rpm drop and running really really rough when i turn the good mag off. 10rpm drop when i turn the bad mag off. Quote
Yetti Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Niko182 said: 700rpm drop and running really really rough when i turn the good mag off. 10rpm drop when i turn the bad mag off. That can be a bad plug. Engine monitor? Quote
Niko182 Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Posted January 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, Yetti said: That can be a bad plug. Engine monitor? All egts were affected. 1 Quote
Boilermonkey Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Niko182 said: All egts were affected. Like you said, that sounds like a mag issue then. Quote
ilovecornfields Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 Let me know if you find one. I might head up there Saturday if I can talk my family into it. Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted January 26, 2022 Report Posted January 26, 2022 If there is a mechanic, have him pull the points cover off and check if the gap went to nothing. If it did, just set it to about a 0.010 gap. Your internal timing will be close enough, it might be worthwhile to check the engine timing. It will probably get you home. Quote
rbp Posted January 27, 2022 Report Posted January 27, 2022 Tom Roush at top gun in stocktin is closest Quote
carusoam Posted January 27, 2022 Report Posted January 27, 2022 http://www.topgunaviation.net Tom Roush Ph: (209) 983-8082 Fax: (209-983-8084 See if @Alan Fox has access to mags… (S6RN-25 Mag needed) M20S Eagle -a- Quote
thinwing Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 ALso closest shop is Rancho Murrieta.....Lasar 1 Quote
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