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dlm34077

Joined: 10 Feb 2007
Posts: 115
Location: AZ

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:29 am Post subject: spare parts box

As my friends have joked, I carry a “machine shop” in the baggage area; one item is a small (less than ten pounds) box of spare parts that include a spare tube for each size of wheel, several extra circuit breakers, brake pads on shoes, alternator diodes, fuel and oil transducers, etc. Remember you are always your own mechanic; carry some tools, spare parts and extra fasteners. Also in this case, if it is truly a pinhole, it may have been possible to air the tire and check time to deflate. Then you know how much time in the air you have to land at a more suitable maintenance location.   

   

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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2872

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:55 pm Post subject: spare parts box

The brakes on shoes aren't a bad idea.  Finding those in the field

would be tough.  I do carry some fuses as required, but breakers I

don't.  I think by swapping less critical stuff around I could

probably juggle breakers OK and not worry about them.

I do carry alternator diodes, mag points, and a mag brush if that's

what it's called, and condenser.  I don't have fuel and oil transducers

though.



I should probably add the o-ring kit for the brakes and prop. I do

have a few spare prop o-rings but haven't added them to my travel

kit yet.  Good idea.  The brake o-rings I should definitely do

too.  They would be light.



For the leaking tank drain I'd suggest a 1/8" NPT plug instead.

If it's gonna leak, just yank the sucker out and plug it to get

home.



So all good ideas there.



I swapped out the tire and tube today...went to a used tire and tube 

from my last tire change...still had a bunch of life left on it anyway.

There was no major damage to the tube.  I haven't yet looked for the

leak but it held a couple PSI with no issue overnight, so it's almost

definitely a pinhole leak like the other tube I bought at the same

time suffered. Maybe it was a bad run of tubes. I could have easily 

patched that leak with the patch kit that I carry.  The only

tough part was being way up in the boonies where nobody had any

real tools or jacks. If I could have located even one RV builder

up there, I probably would have been fine.  As it was, i'd have had an

easier time if I was stuck in the bahamas.  Once I got my tools there

and started today though, it was quick work and I was ready to

go.  So my biggest lesson learned on this one is to buy one of those

1-1/8" saddle clamps so I can jack the thing up easy, and be

prepared for that.  I may also try to see if I can come up with some

sort of lever lifter that I can weld up.  Then if I am flying to

remote places I'll throw it in...not for normal trips.  I can't

take the kitchen sink on every trip.  But, I can prepare better

when I know I'm going to nowheresville.



Tim

On 9/5/2016 10:00 AM, David wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   As my friends have joked, I carry a “machine shop” in the baggage area;

 one item is a small (less than ten pounds) box of spare parts that

 include a spare tube for each size of wheel, several extra circuit

 breakers, brake pads on shoes, alternator diodes, fuel and oil

 transducers, etc. Remember you are always your own mechanic; carry some

 tools, spare parts and extra fasteners. Also in this case, if it is

 truly a pinhole, it may have been possible to air the tire and check

 time to deflate. Then you know how much time in the air you have to land

 at a more suitable maintenance location.



 N46007

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amekler

Joined: 07 Oct 2010
Posts: 164

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:40 pm Post subject: spare parts box

Linen,

What size is the pipe?

Is it threaded?

Very practical



Alan



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		   On Sep 5, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Linn Walters <flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com> wrote:

 

 Here's a picture of what I've done to remove the wheels ......

 

 <WHEEL JACK 02.JPG>

 The pipe doesn't have to be that long ..... it just needs to be long enough to pull the wheel off the axle.  Almost every car now comes with scissors jacks to borrow so you don't have to lug one around.

 Linn

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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2872

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:25 pm Post subject: spare parts box

I was tempted to try that this weekend.  One of the big things that stopped me was the fact that then I would not know the cause of the failure or how bad it was.  In my case it may have worked.  Also, I didn't have the ability to roll the tire to distribute it easily...unless i taxied the plane around for a while.  The tube held air for about 5-10 minutes before deflating.  I just figure the real prudent thing to do is never depart with a known issue.  If you fix it or even just do a field fix that you know will work, you can leave feeling much better about it.

Tim



On Sep 5, 2016, at 8:21 PM, William Greenley <wgreenley(at)gmail.com (wgreenley(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

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		  I wish that were true, but as I have been car shopping, I have found many cars no longer have a spare, just a pressure can that sprays goop in the tire and inflates it.



On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Linn Walters <flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com (flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com)> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		                     Here's a picture of what I've done to remove the wheels ......

     

     <WHEEL JACK 02.JPG>

     The pipe doesn't have to be that long ..... it just needs to be long     enough to pull the wheel off the axle.  Almost every car now comes     with scissors jacks to borrow so you don't have to lug one around.

     Linn

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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 5:24 am Post subject: spare parts box

Iâ€™ve not tried the pipe trick yet as Iâ€™ve always been able to jack up the wing.  But it just occurred to me a tire iron would probably also work and since folks are probably needing to borrow the scissor jack if an off base repair is needed, you can probably find a tire iron as well.

Cheers,

Marcus



On Sep 5, 2016, at 10:56 PM, Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com (Tim(at)myrv10.com)> wrote:



I was tempted to try that this weekend.  One of the big things that stopped me was the fact that then I would not know the cause of the failure or how bad it was.  In my case it may have worked.  Also, I didn't have the ability to roll the tire to distribute it easily...unless i taxied the plane around for a while.  The tube held air for about 5-10 minutes before deflating.  I just figure the real prudent thing to do is never depart with a known issue.  If you fix it or even just do a field fix that you know will work, you can leave feeling much better about it.

Tim

On Sep 5, 2016, at 8:21 PM, William Greenley <wgreenley(at)gmail.com (wgreenley(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  I wish that were true, but as I have been car shopping, I have found many cars no longer have a spare, just a pressure can that sprays goop in the tire and inflates it.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Linn Walters <flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com (flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com)> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
		                     Here's a picture of what I've done to remove the wheels ......          <WHEEL JACK 02.JPG>     The pipe doesn't have to be that long ..... it just needs to be long     enough to pull the wheel off the axle.  Almost every car now comes     with scissors jacks to borrow so you don't have to lug one around.     Linn

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