B: Cowl latch adjustments

[Vi Bui]

I have a 1981 A36. The left cowl does not seem to fasten very well and  
popped off a once.

Any tips as to adjusting the pin and / latch?


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On Oct 20, 2008, at 4:54 PM, "Tom Henderson" <thender at adelphia.net>  
wrote:

> Dang....  great idea.  Ensures the screen gets checked before the  
> test, as well as making it easier to do the test itself.
>
> Something to add to the christmas list....
>
> -TH
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hale" <33bonanza at gmail.com>
> To: <beech-owners at beechcraft.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: B: Fuel Pressure Gauges
>
>
>> Dave Monti came up with a clever solution.
>>
>> He took a strainer for the fuel metering valve and
>> drilled and tapped the top for pipe thread.
>>
>> So just unscrew the existing one and screw the other
>> in temporarily.
>>
>> There is safety wire involved.
>>
>> BH
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Lance Fisher <lfisher at cyberoptics.com 
>> >wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know how bad this is on a Bonanza, but access to the  
>>> unmetered
>>> pressure on my Baron's IO-470s is horrible.  I've been tempted to  
>>> add a
>>> short line that permanently attached to the port and capped off so  
>>> that the
>>> gauge can easily be connected.  Seems to me that having such a  
>>> line would
>>> make it far more likely that the fuel pressure setup would get  
>>> checked at
>>> annual.  Has anyone done this?  Would it be "legal" on logbook  
>>> entry?
>>>
>>> -lance
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Rosen wrote:
>>>
>>> Morning Blake,
>>>> Yes, you are correct in assuming that the TCM setup is quite  
>>>> expensive.
>>>> Therefore, I fabricated my own test rig a few years ago.  I don't  
>>>> have the
>>>> sources of the gages, but I know that I got them new from one of  
>>>> the vendors
>>>> on eBay.  You need reasonably accurate liquid filled gages that  
>>>> are approved
>>>> for flammable liquids.  You will need two gages and you want each  
>>>> gage to
>>>> have a range where the test readings you are looking for fall  
>>>> into the
>>>> mid-scale of the gage.  For example, if you are looking for 9-11  
>>>> psi you
>>>> want a gage that reads 0-20 psi, and for the 28-31 psi you want a  
>>>> 0-50 psi.
>>>> When you start researching gages you will see what I am talking  
>>>> about.
>>>> I used NAPA approved rubber fuel hoses and they have to be long  
>>>> enough to
>>>> go from the fuel control units into the cockpit.
>>>> The T-fittings are available at Aircraft Spruce.
>>>> You should be able to make yourself a good rig for well under $100.
>>>> Also, when adjusting your fuel system, it's the norm to have to  
>>>> tweek the
>>>> settings a couple of times after each adjustment until you get  
>>>> the pressures
>>>> where you want them.
>>>> As a matter of fact, I am leaving in a few minutes to help a  
>>>> fellow Lister
>>>> adjust his system IAW TCM SB SID97-3E.
>>>> Tom Rosen S35
>>>> Lincoln, CA
>>>>
>>>> --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Blake Harral <blake.harral at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Blake Harral <blake.harral at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: B: Fuel Pressure Gauges
>>>> To: "beech-owners" <beech-owners at beechcraft.org>
>>>> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 8:25 AM
>>>>
>>>> Good Morning List,
>>>>
>>>> I want to check/set the fuel pressures per the applicable Beech  
>>>> SI (can't
>>>> recall the exact number at the moment).  Has anyone home-brewed a  
>>>> guage
>>>> set-up to accomplish this, and if so, could you provide details  
>>>> on the
>>>> gauges, hose lengths and fittings that are required?
>>>>
>>>> I assume Beech has a tool that is exhorbitantly priced and  
>>>> unavailable,
>>>> but
>>>> if that is a wrong assumption - please advise.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Blake Harral
>>>> 1964 B55 KABQ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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