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  1. Posted

    The inside of the bowls are very clean. No sediment in the bottom. Screens are in good condition and clean. Its just the one float not rising the same as the other and the binding of the shutoff needle.

    Rebuild is cheap, caskets are not...

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  2. Posted · Edited by KFfan

    Aluminum is easier to convert to a tailhook

    Makes nice furrows when you can't help but land

    No braking required

  5. Posted

    Defense Attorney: Will you please state your age?

    Old Lady: I am 94 years old.

    Defense Attorney: Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened the night of April 1st?

    Old Lady: There I was, sitting there in my swing on my front porch on a warm spring evening, when a young man comes creeping up on the porch and sat down beside me.

    Defense Attorney: Did you know him?

    Old Lady: No, but he sure was friendly.

    Defense Attorney: What happened after he sat down?

    Old Lady: He started to rub my thigh.

    Defense Attorney: Did you stop him?

    Old Lady: No, I didn't stop him.

    Defense Attorney: Why not?

    Little Old Lady: It felt good. Nobody had done that since my David died some 30 years ago.

    Defense Attorney: What happened next?

    Old Lady: He began to rub all over my body.

    Defense Attorney: Did you stop him then?

    Old Lady: No, I did not stop him.

    Defense Attorney: Why not?

    Old Lady: His rubbing made me feel all alive and excited. I haven't felt that good in years!

    Defense Attorney: What happened next?

    Old Lady: Well, by then, I was feeling so horny that I just laid down and told him 'Take me, young man. Take me now!'

    Defense Attorney: Did he take you?

    Old Lady: Hell, no! He just yelled, 'April Fool!'   And that's when I shot him, the little bastard.

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  6. Posted

    All you need is the C-box $$$ - I just saw a B-box sell for $404 on ebay.

    I have an A-box, but don't think it will handle the Soob and Warp Drive prop?

    I believe my belt drive puts the prop a higher than the Rotax drive???

    EDMO

    I wonder what rad he used?

    He referred to a VW Rabbit radiator

  7. Posted

    I spent most of the day today looking at things on the plane. I took the Matco assembly with me. It looks like it will bolt onto the Grove spring. If I choose to install it, the pivot bolt looks like it will be very close to, if not, vertical. I plan to analyze the perceived offset of the spring with more precision than "eyeballing" it.

    Drained old fuel from the in cabin tank. Put 3 gal of fresh fuel in to mark a known quantity level on the face of the tank. There were no markings for level of fuel onboard. I could not see any sign of fuel while in level attitude. Saw and marked the level in the 3 point attitude. I will repeat this process with additional known quantities of fuel.

    I also addressed squawks from 2 previous owners of fuel leaking from one of the carbs. The first thing I noticed was the bail securing the bowl on the forward carb was not properly installed! Checking the aft carb I detected a slight binding feel of the needle that shuts off the fuel when the bowl is full. I also noted on that carb that the floats DO NOT rise to the same level. Perhaps a difference of 1//32". My brain causes me to reason that perhaps one low float coupled with the slight binding may be preventing the fuel from shutting off. My intent is to order rebuild parts for the aft carb.

    Any insight/input?

    Thanks

  8. Posted · Edited by KFfan

    I acquired the plane last October & have not yet flown it and probably will not for another month. The spring does not seem to be deformed but rather to have been improperly installed. The purchase included an unused Matco wheel with a 9x3.5 pneumatic tire. Witness marks indicate it was mounted on something but the tire shows no sign of use. The mounting hole has been stripped out. The last owner to fly it advised the Matco was purchased due to the original wheel banging harshly on the runway cracks. He also advised he never mounted it.

     

    I know not what the person from whom I purchased it did. He did not fly it.

     

     

     

     

    edit because of afterthought

  9. Posted

    I had the KF2 in normal flight attitude today giving things a careful visual check. One of the things I noticed is the tailwheel (aft nose wheel) mount points slightly to starboard at the forward end. I'll try to paint a picture since I am encountering script errors when attempting to upload a photo. The "spring" is a square piece of metal, I believe aluminum. It has a bolt at the forward attach point. The square piece continues aft between two bolts passing through a upper and lower plate, bends downward and then level to the rear where the wheel bracket is mounted. The offset from the front mount to the bolts is perhaps an eighth of an inch. The offset at the wheel bracket is, in my opinion, significant. If you understand the picture I have painted, what think you? :dunno:

  13. Posted

    If I just had the funds, not even unlimited, I would have my own airport and fleet of homebuilts with nosewheels!

    EDMO

    That's discrimination! The government won't permit that kind of behaviour.

    Whoever heard of a airport with all nose draggers???

  14. Posted

    IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to his deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him.

    IRS  AUDITOR:  "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them".

    Boat  Owner: "Well, there's Clarence, my deckhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1,000 a week plus free room and board.  Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweisers every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also gets to sleep with my wife occasionally".
     
    IRS  AUDITOR: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one".
       
    Boat  Owner: "That would be me. What would you like to know"?

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  17. Posted

    my .$02

     

    Its all about distracting the public with drama and sensationalism. There is very little NEWS coverage, at least in the U.S. What is available is usually skewed with some political or social agenda!

  18. Posted

    Well, that probably adds 20 years to your lifespan..

    You did swallow, didn't you?

  23. Posted

    I saw a post, somewhere, not long ago about oil coolers and thermostats. I believe it was relavent to a 912 engine. There was mention of the routing path you have described. Hopefully a synapse will fire sooner or later for me....

  24. Posted

    I have two grandsons. One is 4 and the other just shy of four. I would not take the 4 year old with me. I would take the younger one flying in a heartbeat. He is the oldest of two children in the family. The older one is the 3rd child in the family. It all pivots on maturity and if you can trust them to do/not do as they are told. MHO

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  25. Posted

    When that B-25 was here they only wanted $250, I think, for a ride. I know it was substantially in excess of $100.