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  • JETmachine
    JETmachine replied to the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?!.
    Roger that! The holiday got in the way. They are the source, without a doubt. While waiting, today's static tests revealed: prestart oil...
  • JETmachine
    JETmachine reacted to reileyr's post in the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?! with Like Like.
    Single wire plus an airframe ground works the same. Testing resistance will only tell if the probe is within specs. Tells nothing about...
  • H
    Nope. It got stuck beyond all welds (obviously except the one at the very top). I suspect that Piper drilled a hole just above that...
  • B
    Nope. It got stuck beyond all welds (obviously except the one at the very top). I suspect that Piper drilled a hole just above that...
  • H
    Thanks Bob, so, if there was some sort of boring tool, it might clear the rudder post for an easy fit well past where you have it ? The...
  • MBarrieault
    Got the 4 foot tube today. It slipped easily up to where you see the blue tape. This, of course, is only one rudder. I would have to...
  • B
    Got the 4 foot tube today. It slipped easily up to where you see the blue tape. This, of course, is only one rudder. I would have to...
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  • J
    johnandchadj3 reacted to reileyr's post in the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?! with Like Like.
    Single wire plus an airframe ground works the same. Testing resistance will only tell if the probe is within specs. Tells nothing about...
  • reileyr
    reileyr replied to the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?!.
    Single wire plus an airframe ground works the same. Testing resistance will only tell if the probe is within specs. Tells nothing about...
  • R
    robertc replied to the thread Tachometer Question.
    That was my thought too Bob, I was just checking to see if anyone had gone that route. The tach that I had overhauled by Keystone during...
  • JETmachine
    JETmachine replied to the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?!.
    This is a single-wire probe. Continental advised that the airframe factory selects/installs the oil temperature probe. Reaching out to...
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  • JETmachine
    JETmachine reacted to reileyr's post in the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?! with Like Like.
    The easy way to check the probe is using a multimeter to measure resistance (ohms) between the two disconnected leads at different...
  • reileyr
    reileyr replied to the thread 2600rpm oil temp 250* ?!.
    The easy way to check the probe is using a multimeter to measure resistance (ohms) between the two disconnected leads at different...
  • L
    lycominglou replied to the thread Oil pump overhaul.
    im running that in my 90, so far so good, but not many hours on it. i have a thread on here somewhere?
  • reileyr
    reileyr replied to the thread Oil pump overhaul.
    Same C cover plate. If memory serves, machine the tach drive off an A-65 gear leaving the stud proud to fit a C-Series cover plate. An...
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