http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/ Miniplane Top 80 Sky PAP Fly Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:06 GMT Keith Pickersgill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2867 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2867 ... The original is mild steel, but it will not hurt to replace these with stainless steel and use a TIG welder to attach them to the exhaust. Stainless will Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:07:00 GMT Dave Price http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2866 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2866 Please can some one advise.  I have a 2007 PAP Top80 with aluminium silencer (muffler) and two part exhaust held together with springs.  What is the metal Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:47:51 GMT Francesco De Santis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2865 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2865 I'm not sure if that question was meant for me? I went out of town before I could test it, returned home on Monday and now I'm working on that test. I Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:39:41 GMT IMA SUPER http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2864 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2864 Hey how did that 3 blade carbon fiber prop work out? Dell To: top80@...: daglocks@...: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:03:35 +0000Subject: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:03:38 GMT Andrew Shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2863 ... Hi Paiboon I am in the UK at the moment flying my top 80 Will be back in Thailand next month. Are you near Sukothai? I am going to a conference there. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:50:16 GMT flyhighman@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2862 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2862 _http://www.miniplane.net/shop/cat048_l2.htm_ (http://www.miniplane.net/shop/cat048_l2.htm) Order straight from Per il Volo (Miniplane)...easy peasy! Scott In Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:58:24 GMT Baldwins Service http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2861 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2861 Hi Andrew You can get most berarings from any good bearing stockest If you take the bearing out there should be a Number on it if not take it with you and they Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:30:36 GMT Paiboon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2860 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2860 Hi Andrew, Are you flying Top80 or Ros125? If it is Ros125, I am also would be interested in getting the spare bearings just in case. Regards, Paiboon _____ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:35:16 GMT Andrew Shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2859 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2859 I have just stripped my engine due to main bearing failure. I had been hearing some rumbling and when I removed the gearbox I found excessive end float on the Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:55:38 GMT rmsshipbroker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2858 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2858 Every 50 hours of running, but then I've only done 62 hours :-) I took the head off but not the barrel or piston. The carbon was on the top of the piston and Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:36:43 GMT Andy Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2857 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2857 Cheers Steve. Hour often do you decoke? And do you take the head/barrel/piston off to do it? Andy ________________________________ From: top80@yahoogroups.com Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:30:19 GMT rmsshipbroker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2856 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2856 Hi Andy I use acetone for removal of the carbon deposits during decokes, (tip courtesy of Stu Smith). Got mine from ebay. Hope this of help Steve Scruton Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:16:55 GMT Andy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2855 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2855 I've had another stuck piston ring! After about 30 hours. Noticed compression down when trying to start it, fired then aok. Thought I had better have a look. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:53:46 GMT Dave Price http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2854 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2854 Thanks for your reply Jeff. I'm glad you think it is a little job. It has been seeming like a disaster to me! Francesco, I've taken a photo of the exhaust Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:44:01 GMT Francesco De Santis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2853 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/top80/message/2853 Is this a PAP muffler or a Top80 muffler? Do you have a picture of it? Can you put it in the photos folder of this newsgroup? ... One ... separated ... welding