tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post7117669683606918637..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Red Wire or Blue Wire?Aviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-23966971312798908622008-10-22T20:43:00.000+00:002008-10-22T20:43:00.000+00:00Both the mechanic I spoke to on the phone and the ...Both the mechanic I spoke to on the phone and the mechanic who fixed it said that the shower-of-sparks starter should be on the left magneto. If it had been a mechanic I knew doing the work, I might have hung out and asked questions during the repair, but with someone I don't know that I've just pried away from his roofing job I didn't follow up with curious questions. I'll ask, though, next time I'm in the hangar with the cowlings off and someone who knows.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-38344583607730129722008-10-22T19:44:00.000+00:002008-10-22T19:44:00.000+00:00did you find out if the "extra" wire was indeed a ...did you find out if the "extra" wire was indeed a wire for an "alternate" start? sounds to me like it may be your tachometer wire. but, with that said, I do not know the particular system being used. <BR/><BR/>and to Sarah, sounds like a timing issue to me, not a overly rich condition. but I assume your mechanic has trouble shot the problem and determined it to indeed be a mixture issue, well, I would hope they have. lol <BR/><BR/>I like your blog, I think I may become a follower. cheers. <BR/>Chelimxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470081660382106015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-52823252742697367122008-10-16T16:19:00.000+00:002008-10-16T16:19:00.000+00:00But which wire did you remove? I bet it was the b...But which wire did you remove? I bet it was the blue one.<BR/><BR/>In the movies, you can always determine the correct one by putting your diagonal-cutter on an arbitrary wire, pausing ... and then quickly switching to the other one and cutting it.<BR/><BR/>We've been having similar symptoms in our club's baby Beech. The O320 fouls the right mag plugs. Apparently it really insists on being leaned aggressively even & especially taxiing. At least that's the current theory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com