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malpass
Joined: 27 Aug 2007
Posts: 39
Location: Marietta, Georgia
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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: Starter problems. Help! |
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I just had to repair my starter, and believe me, it would be easier to
remove the engine to get to the starter than to try to repair while still in
the plane.
Dont try to get at the starter from the cabin side,
it is futile..............Got to take the engine out to repair. (good time
to go ahead and do a decarb job on the pistons). Or other maintenance if
required.
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Guy Buchanan
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: Starter problems. Help! |
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At 06:02 AM 10/21/2008, you wrote:
| Quote: | What is the best way to get the starter out. It looks like I will
have to pull the motor. Can I pull it out with the mount still
atached? That looks the easiest. Do i have to pull it all the way
out, or can I unhook, just a few wires and hoses, and move it out
just a few inches to get to it?
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Andrew,
It's surprisingly easy to get a 582 out, once you've
committed to do so. It takes me about 30 minutes. I've done it
myself, but of course it's easier if you have two. You can remove the
mount with the engine, but I think that's harder. After disconnecting
the exhaust at the elbow, the start cable and grounds and charge
circuits, and the coolant tubes, I disconnect the carbs and lay them
against the firewall. I have the side engine mount and have found
it's easiest if I remove the left rear lord mount support from the
engine. The other three I leave on the engine. It's then pretty easy
to muscle the engine out forward. Note that you don't have to remove
the prop if you have a stand for the engine that will keep it safe.
(AKA work bench.) If I have two I wrap the engine with line which
goes over a 2x4 which we lift with our shoulders. This leaves our
hands free to manipulate the engine. If you have a hoist, so much the better.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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