All of Mechanic's Toolbox Tips published from 2008 to 2012. Below is the Table of Contents:
Contents
Don't Forget to Inspect the Rocker Arm
ROTEC radio noise
Glazed cylinder and high oil consumption
Spark plug anti-seize 8
Are Aeroquip fittings usable on Stratoflex hose, and vice versa 9
Lycoming cylinder barrel wear signs 10
Breaking Studs 11
Lycoming Valve sticking Tip 12
Backfiring 13
Faulty NTSB Conclusions N9348S 14
Lycoming camshaft 16
Setting Slick Magneto Point Gap 16
Engine Balance and the Arms Race 17
Lycoming Fluctuating Oil Pressure 18
Should Corrosion Preventive Fluids be used on Riveted Joints? 19
Factory New Limits and other Nonsense 21
Increasing Reliability of your Aircraft's Fluid Delivery System 22
Compass degauss 23
aircraft battery explosion 23
Can you use a torque wrench to inspect a bolt for proper
torque? 24
Mechanic's Toolbox Software for Apple Mac OS X 25
Stuck Piston Rings in Lycoming - What to do 25
Engine Break In 27
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Replacing the Spark Plug Helicoil in Lycoming and Continental
Engines 29
Hose dash size to Inside Diameter 29
How to properly ground a dual magneto? 30
When rings should be replaced on aircraft cylinders? 31
What's wrong with Aircraft Drain Valves? 31
Preflight Inspection Tip - Inspect the muffler 32
Some thoughts on camshaft lobes 34
Rivet Edge Distance 35
Alternator Load Dump by the pilot switching off the alternator
circ... 36
Starters and Worm Gears in Aircraft Piston Engines 36
Inspecting High Strength Materials 38
Fingerprint Corrosion on Aircraft Products 39
Slick magnetos and propeller strikes 40
What is a Finger Doubler? 40
Improvements to the Slick Magneto 41
Do Aftermarket Oil Additives Reduce Wear Metals ? 42
Should you pump the throttle on a carbureted engine? 43
Stuck Valve Check - Quick, Easy, Inexpensive 44
Rough Engine on left mag - nothing you do fixes the problem! 45
Fuel Hose Installation and Electrical Wiring in Aircraft AD2009-15-01 46
Cessna 152 Poor Idle - Carburetor Foam and Hollow Floats Sb-2 47
Bad Valve Seat Job 48
AD2009-16-03 SAP Cylinder Cracking 484
Hose Problems 50
AN Thread Size and AN Fitting Size Chart 51
Use of crush washer on AN Fitting Connections 52
Bastardized AN fittings - Which AN fitting goes into the hole? 53
Sealing Aircraft Engine Cases 55
Inspecting the magneto coil 56
If it's not broke - don't fix it 58
I have this problem with my aircraft engine... 58
Leaning a Carbureted Lycoming or Continental past Peak 59
Oil Filter Examination - continued 59
Bendix D3000 magneto redundancy 61
Aircraft Parts Search Engine - beta 63
Degauss Mooney 64
High oil temperature in Lycoming and Continental engines 65
Removing magnetism from Austenitic Stainless steel 65
Prop strike teardown recommendation 66
Re: question about oil filter examination 67
Re: question about oil filter examination67
