I’m at the part of the project where I keep saying I’m close to done with wiring, until I remember one more thing I forgot to account for on my wiring schematic. One of those things is the primer.
The primer on my continental O-300 powered 172 hasn’t worked since I’ve owned it, and though I have the parts to fix it, and an A&P friend to supervise my work, I just pump the throttle a few times and it starts up in 2 blades, so I’m not motivated to fix it.
That said I’m thinking I can do the same on my Lycoming O-360 A1A on my RV-8, and save the trouble of one more thing that can break. I’m looking for advice from the collective on why that’s a good idea or why that’s a stupid idea. I live in Wisconsin, but my hangar is heated, and I plan on preheating if I’m away from home for a long period of time in cold weather. Other threads seem to be a mixed bag of “install one” and “don’t bother”, so I’m hoping to get a few fresh opinions and more importantly, the WHY behind them.
Thanks,
Sam
The primer on my continental O-300 powered 172 hasn’t worked since I’ve owned it, and though I have the parts to fix it, and an A&P friend to supervise my work, I just pump the throttle a few times and it starts up in 2 blades, so I’m not motivated to fix it.
That said I’m thinking I can do the same on my Lycoming O-360 A1A on my RV-8, and save the trouble of one more thing that can break. I’m looking for advice from the collective on why that’s a good idea or why that’s a stupid idea. I live in Wisconsin, but my hangar is heated, and I plan on preheating if I’m away from home for a long period of time in cold weather. Other threads seem to be a mixed bag of “install one” and “don’t bother”, so I’m hoping to get a few fresh opinions and more importantly, the WHY behind them.
Thanks,
Sam
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