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I was contemplating putting on my winterization plate and decided to go through the motions as I'd never done it before. In doing so, I dropped a screw into the cowl. Spent 90 minutes fishing around for that thing before I finally found it. But, in doing so, I encountered what appears to be a VERY loose carb heat valve.
That thing below with the two screws in it that I am shining the light on is very wobbly. The entire piece wobbles. The knob on the dash does operate the vavle. I am able to get an acceptable RPM drop on run up. But, I'll admit, I don't have a baseline with which to compare this thing. This deep into the cowl is usually outside the scope of my preflight inspections. I just happened to notice due to fishing around for that screw.
I posted this picture on the Piper facebook group with several responses that this doesn't look right. Gonna have my IA take a look ASAP, but wanted to post on here for any commentary as well. I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Is this another one of the previous owner's hack jobs?
That thing below with the two screws in it that I am shining the light on is very wobbly. The entire piece wobbles. The knob on the dash does operate the vavle. I am able to get an acceptable RPM drop on run up. But, I'll admit, I don't have a baseline with which to compare this thing. This deep into the cowl is usually outside the scope of my preflight inspections. I just happened to notice due to fishing around for that screw.
I posted this picture on the Piper facebook group with several responses that this doesn't look right. Gonna have my IA take a look ASAP, but wanted to post on here for any commentary as well. I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Is this another one of the previous owner's hack jobs?
