Re: First the AI, then the DG, then...?

How old were your gyros?  At 10,000 rpm (just a guess) a gyro revolves
600,000,000 times  in 1000hrs.

Mike
MU-2

"Jay Honeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> A couple of months ago our AI, which had been "coming and going", finally
> went.  We replaced it with a rebuilt unit from "The Gyro House", which had
> the dual effect of getting our autopilot working properly again.
>
> Last month, our DG failed completely and suddenly, after a normal landing
in
> Pella, IA.  Before that landing it worked, after that landing it didn't.
> And the autopilot -- connected to the DG, too -- stopped working again.
>
> So, I've just received a rebuilt unit from the Gyro House.  As a
precaution
> (I'm assuming some sort of contamination caused the second failure), I've
> ordered new vacuum hoses -- enough for my A&P to replace all the hoses,
from
> the vacuum pump to the firewall, and from the firewall to the two vacuum
> instruments.   I'm also having him replace all the filters.
>
> Short of replacing the vacuum pump itself (which is still working fine),
is
> there anything else I should be watching?
> -- 
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
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