Original Posted By: "gbowen(at)ptialaska.net"
Pieters;After endless fiddling with trying to replace one of the spark plug leads on my left mag, unsuccessfully, I've come to the conclusion that I don't want to fly behind a mag harness that I've Mickey-Mouse'd together. Can someone recommend a good shop or parts house that can work with me on a new harness? It's a Bendix S4RN-20 mag. The magneto ends of the wires have small screw-on springs that I believe are what Slick uses, this makes it easy to remove the wires from the plate that holds the ends of the wires and also the orange-brown insulating gasket that goes behind the plate. I have these parts off and can send them to a shop to install new ignition leads in it rather than have to buy a new plate and insulator. A harness with plate and all is more than $250 from what I see in the catalogs and I'd like to cut that way down.This is for an A-65, lower plugs, and I understand that with the new flexible ignition wiring and no tight cowl, I can dispense with the metal elbows at the spark plug ends but I'm still learning. I ordered the "Magneto book" from Sacramento Sky Ranch to help educate myself on these babies.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Bendix mag harness
RE: Pietenpol-List: fuel tank testing
Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga taildrags(at)hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: fuel tank testingYou can test the entire fuel system by doing the following: a) disconnecthose at carb., put in shut off valve at this point, b) seal off the gas capwith little silicone and solid block wood or AL, c) connect vacuum hose tofuel tank overflow/tank vent at filler neck and connect this hose to analtimeter, d) now pull vacuum on carb hose so the altimeter reads about5000', e) close off hose at carb and see if altimeter holds at 5000'.Gordon Bowen Original Message:-----------------
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: fuel tank testingYou can test the entire fuel system by doing the following: a) disconnecthose at carb., put in shut off valve at this point, b) seal off the gas capwith little silicone and solid block wood or AL, c) connect vacuum hose tofuel tank overflow/tank vent at filler neck and connect this hose to analtimeter, d) now pull vacuum on carb hose so the altimeter reads about5000', e) close off hose at carb and see if altimeter holds at 5000'.Gordon Bowen Original Message:-----------------