Voting in Australia is compulsory for state and national elections. You can vote "none of the above" , but you still gotta vote. If you don't, you are subject to fines or community service. They always have a good turnout.

Happy day. Parts came in and the shop wasted no time getting it back together.








Won't be long now.

Cheers...Rob

She sure looks pretty! About time they came in. Even though we've never met, I feel like I've been following the story of an old friend!

260Driver wrote:She sure looks pretty! About time they came in. Even though we've never met, I feel like I've been following the story of an old friend!

Our planes look like twins


Cheers

Nice
Can't wait to see your test flight post.

Gorgeous. Now if we could cook up some high tec rocker box oil return line fittings it would stay that way. On the subject of cooking; the photo of the new cylinder puts me in mind of Coyote Ugly's geo cooking experiment. Just throw some stew meat, taters, carrots, celery and fixin's in one of those and drop 'er down in the thermal vent out there in that "Big Ol' Desert" for cookin'. Then soak till done.

Taking it to Madras tomorrow.

Woooo!

Way Cool!!! Looks gorgeous.

You are getting close!
What "break-in" crowd are you in?
Run it hard or baby it?

Terry wrote:You are getting close!
What "break-in" crowd are you in?
Run it hard or baby it?

I'll do what the engine shop says. The first flight is 1 hour. Run it hard! MP 2" over rpm. No lean, no +4000msl.

Hours 2-5 GENTLY lean MP 2" more than RPM, lean 125 ROP, no touch and goes, no instrument approaches, no +4000msl, no short flights -30min.

Hours 5-10 Touch and goes ok, MP and RPM the same, GENTLY lean 100 ROP

At 10 hr change oil and filter, inspect for contaminates, you will find some, use break in oil.

Hours 10-25 Lean as necessary 100 ROP, MP and RPM the same.

At 25 hour change oil and filter, inspect for contaminates. Service with regular oil if oil consumption has stabilized.

Looks like I picked a nice day to drive over the mountains.


Hi Mike and Jason

Cheers..Rob

I just got my Blackstone Laboratories newsletter and it has an interesting article on engine fault diagnosis for Lycoming and Continental engines:

http://www.blackstone-labs.com/Newslett ... 1-2011.php

Got my engine. Headed to Madras now.




Cheers

looks super nice Rob! if u need a longer crosscountry, head it on up to idaho and we'll have dinner at the warbirds cafe my treat! geting some awesome snow right now...

Pilot porn right there! Keep us updated Rob.

I replaced an engine in a Mooney Bravo, TSIO-540, very close break in specs from my shop, just longer flights up to 10 hours, they said for sure run it hard and your rings will be ever grateful, 10 hour oil change a must, i live in Bend if you need a second pilot

mountainmatt wrote:

Pilot porn right there! Keep us updated Rob.

Yaaa nice jugs

Starts going in Monday. Probably won't fly till after Thanksgiving.

Good day

I'll be home in Emmett the weekend after Thanksgiving if you want to do a hard 3 hour flight this way. Then 3 hard hours back to Portland.

OregonMaule wrote: Starts going in Monday. Probably won't fly till after Thanksgiving.

Don't let yourself get rushed-- take your time & do everything right.
I'm curious why you chose to do the engine R&R in Madras. You mainly live in the Portland area, & the engine shop is there too-- seems like it woulda been easier to tear things apart there. is your Madras hangar set up better for this kind of job?