pa38112
Well Known Member
My son's 6 is stuck and he is trying to get home for work tomorrow. He has been having trouble with starting recently, but noticed that letting go of the switch lets it start. I assumed a weak impulse mag, or a switch problem.
We took the Impulse magneto off of my plane and put it on his. Now the impulse mag is completely dead. It checks out fine with the squawk box, but the engine dies when the right mag is shut off.
We removed the P lead completely, but same thing. Next we took the cap and wiring harness off of my plane - no improvement. Now we have two dissembled planes, and he needs to be heading back to North Carolina.
What am I missing? How can a good mag and harness move to another plane and check out good during the timing and synchronization, but be completely dead when running?
Thank you!
We took the Impulse magneto off of my plane and put it on his. Now the impulse mag is completely dead. It checks out fine with the squawk box, but the engine dies when the right mag is shut off.
We removed the P lead completely, but same thing. Next we took the cap and wiring harness off of my plane - no improvement. Now we have two dissembled planes, and he needs to be heading back to North Carolina.
What am I missing? How can a good mag and harness move to another plane and check out good during the timing and synchronization, but be completely dead when running?
Thank you!