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Did you have to replace the two low cylinders or what! WOW. Ouch. Bam. [/quote]



Hey Mike!

Well, looks like I need what amounts to a top overhaul...

Yep... looks like the cylinders (2 and 3) that at this time last year were running 66/80 and 70/80 are.... get this...

[color:"red"] 13/80 (yeah.... thirteen) and 37/80. [/color]

Go figure. I saw it myself.

So, looks like I'm gonna have all four of 'em... (number one was 77/80, and number 4 was 64/80) looked at. I was told by the chief pilot of the FBO who also is a captain for Continental and two other people, that it is a good idea to have the entire set of jugs worked on at the same time. Oh well.... new valve guides, new exhaust valves...a bit of a honing job on the cylinders and whatever else they do on the pistons and rings.

They said it should be available by Thursday.

Man....

I love flying and owning, but Mary Lou.... lady that she is...

makes me think I've got a HUMAN girlfriend here.


[color:"blue"] Yes, Dear.. [/color]



Should be ready for Saturday's Texas Brady Fly-In. (YAY!) [color:"blue"]I told them that it absolutely positively has to be ready.[/color] So, let's hope. At least I'll be able to wow ya'll with the new-found ooooooomph of fresh jugs and V.G.'s.

On a related note, it seems some of the line rampers at the airport have been just a bit rough on planes. Yup... Looks like they let a towbar fall on the nose wheel fairing a time or two. Yeppers, what was once a pristine, flawless blue and white nose fairing has a few dings from where the towbar fell on it after disconnecting. Plus, it appears that there is a bit of a scratch on the prop - about 4 or six inches from the tip on the outside trailing edge of the prop. Since the prop stops in the canted 45-degree or so position off vertical, it seems that someone got in a bit of a rush when they were repositioning the bird sometime last week, and scratched the black paint and the prop a bit with a towbar. The AI told me when I pointed it out to him that it can indeed be dressed out, but still....


It irritates me for two reasons- first, I strive my utmost to keep Mary Lou in pristine condition. I do anything needed BEFORE the fact to keep her airworthy and looking good. After all, it is [color:"red"] ***MY***[/color] bird that I've wanted since I was four years old in kindergarten (I'm 48 now.... ) and [color:"red"] ***MY*** [/color] a** up there (as well as EVERYONE on the ground beneath me on the line.

Secondly, geeeeeezzzzzz..... these are [color:"blue"]AIRPLANES[/color] for crying out loud, and moreover, not their property... hell...it's MINE, and a quite expensive collection of intricately arranged metal and fluids and instruments, I might add.


You know, years ago, in the early 1970's when I was a lot younger and working out at the airport as a line boy, I made durn sure I was careful. Then, when I was on the ramp at IAH, I made doubly sure I was careful. Hey.... ya know what? I still do. Imagine that...


It's not that hard, people!!!


Thanks for letting me vent.

It's just so


[color:"red"] * * * * * * I N C R E D I B L Y * * * * * *


* * * * * * A G G R A V A T I N G * * * * * * [/color]



I'll shut up now.