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From: rlr@avsdS.UUCP (Rhode L. Roberts)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Taking the Plunge
Message-ID: <25@avsdS.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-May-85 13:18:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 13:18:57 1985
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Organization: Ampex Audio-Video Engineering, Redwood City, CA
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> Since the net has been so quiet I thought I would share my recent
> experience in buying an airplane with you.
> 
> I was looking for a C-172 or Pa-28-151, preferrable pre-1977 so I
> could use autogas if needed.  I looked at 5 C-172s.
> 
> AVEMCO will not permit autofuel for commercial operations - only private and
> business use. So I'll sit for a bit and see how things start to fall into
> (or out of) place.

*** EGASSEM RUOY HTIW ENIL SIHT ECALPER ***
    (  ^       my message       ^  )

Regarding Auto Gas:

All the results are not in yet but:

I own a PA-28/140(150) 1969 vintage, on a recent cross country (USA for
a month) finding 80 octane was remote east of the mississippi.
Forced to use 100, I added TCP, according to recommended proceedure.
Six months later, the engine started acting up.  It seems that the
float in the carb. sank.  The reason;  the carb. manufacturer felt
that they could save some $$ by using a type of poly-foam float
instead of a metal float...  well the foam job melted from the
chemicals.  Great huh!  I had it rebuilt with a metal float.  I
have heard that auto gas will do the same to the foam floats.

Good Luck ( check out the float ).

R. Roberts
Ampex Corp. Redwood City, Ca.