Categories: Maintenance and Improvements, Braking system, Don't Do This..., Intercom Replacement, Oil Consumption, The Cabin Heating Saga, The Cooling Saga, The Nosedragger Club, True Confessions aka I Have Been A Fool
Modified Carbureter venturi is now installed
by Graham 
As part of the maintenance process that involved the fixing of the oil leak and the addition of an air-oil separator, we fitted the modified carburetor venturi built for me by Ed Spracher from Kenai, AK.
I have not completed any rigorous flight testing… more »
M20 air-oil separator is now installed
by Graham
Last weekend the good folks at J&S Aviation installed an M20 air-oil separator for me. I hope to have some photos up here in a couple of days.
The separator is installed on the left side of the engine (looking from the front of the plane). It is cl… more »
Fuel Caps and fuel cap tethers
by Graham
When I purchased N131JF from Jesse back in 2000, the fuel caps were not equipped with either grounding braid or tethers. Although the fuel caps on a Long-EZ are outside of the prop arc (and even more so since I now use a Catto prop, which has a smaller d… more »
Categories: Maintenance and Improvements, True Confessions aka I Have Been A Fool
11/13/06 04:58:27 pm,
11/13/06 04:58:27 pm, Engine compartment oil leaks
by Graham
Those of you who have struggled with oil leaks will know that it only takes a small amount of oil leakage from around an engine to make a mess of an engine compartment; the air pressure and airflow does a great job of spreading the oil everywhere. In my… more »
Magneto Replacement
by Graham
My plane has one magneto (Slick 4370 non-impulse, on Right side) and one Jeff Rose Electroair electronic ignition system.
The Jeff Rose system has performed without any attention apart from the replacement of the flywheel sensor due to vibration damage… more »