Re: [MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-12 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:44:45 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > I do the work, the A/IA "supervises" and does the inspection. It's > called an "owner assisted annual". > > The joys of maintaining a 62 year old aircraft, even though it has less > than 5000 total hours. No, I couldn't

Re: [MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-11 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I do the work, the A/IA "supervises" and does the inspection. It's called an "owner assisted annual". I found a NOS replacement upper cowling nose stamping at a really good price and decided that this was the year to replace the cracked and patched over original part. That led to fabricating a new

Re: [MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-11 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Are you saying the Malone tune added 25 HP or 100-125 HP? Max Dillon Charleston SC Nov 11, 2019 10:04:55 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes : > I think I've got ours sorted too. Fixed a leak at the intercooler which > cleared the CEL and some hard driving seems to have sorted it all. The only >

Re: [MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I think I've got ours sorted too. Fixed a leak at the intercooler which cleared the CEL and some hard driving seems to have sorted it all. The only other thing I did was to look at the vacuum lines around the N75. There were a couple that are maybe questionable but seem to be okay for now. Our

Re: [MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-10 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 20:25:36 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Excellent! > We're about to wrap up a 2½ month annual inspection on the Cessna - > lots of little things that we decided to tackle this year. Apparently you are doing it yourself (my guess, from the length of time it is taking).

Re: [MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-10 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Excellent! We're about to wrap up a 2½ month annual inspection on the Cessna - lots of little things that we decided to tackle this year. On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 1:29 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Got the correct valve installed, and after a week or so and a

[MBZ] N75 valve, Golf TDI

2019-11-10 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Got the correct valve installed, and after a week or so and a few hard acceleration runs in third gear on steep hills, it seems to be working properly. Still get some boost hesitation cold, but once it starts working right it holds all the way to or from work. No CEL, so progress is being