[Rhodes22-list] Re: Sky Car

[Bill Effros]

The guy who owns Marvel Mystery Oil taught me Celestial Navigation.  He 
said it was a mystery to him why people bought the stuff.

Bill Effros

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Mike,
>
> It was a real simple fix.  I threw massive amounts of money at the 
> problem
> and it magically went away!  The engine driven pump came back free of 
> charge
> from the overhaul facility.  They said it bench tested fine but 
> overhauled
> it anyway.  After re-installation, the engine ran fine but wouldn't 
> idle for
> more than 30 seconds.  I was convinced we were sucking air from somewhere
> and the electric back-up pump was the likely culprit.  That, and the 
> fact it
> saved my arse once was reason enough to send it off for overhaul.  
> Actually,
> it saved my arm as much as my arse.  The alternative was to operate the
> manual wobble pump with my right arm and use the other one for the 
> yoke and
> throttle - kinda like using a manual bilge pump to stay afloat while 
> manning
> the tiller and trimming the sails simultaneously.  We installed the
> overhauled electric pump and now she purrs like a kitten.  I flew her 
> to the
> Gulf and back over Christmas to pick-up my brother but have been too 
> busy to
> go chase $100 cheeseburgers since.  Total bill was about $1700.  Value of
> the fun?  Priceless.
>
> The E-series Bonanza guru for the American Bonanza Society is a big 
> believer
> in Marvel Mystery Oil for our older E-series engines.  I've done a little
> research on the subject and started using it in my cars, both oil and 
> fuel
> systems.  Anyone else have any Marvel Mystery experience?
>
> Brad
>
>
> On 1/22/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>>
>> Brad,
>>
>> Speaking of planes for docs, how's the V-tail going?  Did you ever 
>> resolve
>> the fuel pump issue?
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>
>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Monday, January 22, 2007 
>> 11:12 AM
>> > Luis,
>> >
>> > Interesting, but I'll neither fly it or invest in it - too many moving
>> > parts, extremely optimistic performance numbers, and its ugly.  
>> However,
>> if
>> > the doctor or lawyer population gets out of control, it might be a 
>> good
>> > idea!
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> >
>> > On 1/22/07, Luis Guzman <trpclman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Brad,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The Jetsons are coming.
>> > >
>> > > Check this out: http://www.moller.com/m400.htm
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Luis
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ---------------------------------
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>> > > with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.
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