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Well, Morris almost finished. He's trying to figure out the mess they did with air system. Seems like they hooked up the alt air to the vacuum somehow, it's all making very little sense. Morris is bitching about the one piece panel I put in and the tight bundles of avionics the guys did, making work on the air-lines hard. I can see that, but the reality is I needed this on piece panel to make it look like it wasn't stuck in the 60's. So, and to make a case between mechanic-friendly and bringing it into the 21st century, this was it.
Another adjustment: I remember from last flight that I was pretty much power-lever-travelled-out on the trip back from Napa. At 17500ft I was against the stops at on the left engine. She was showing 535 C degrees (limit is 545 continuous), so not entirely full power. My friend Stan Perkins with his 681 said that should never be the case. Even at high alt, you should have some more travel left so you can temp out. So told Morris about all this and he's gonna turn up the top fuel on the fuel controller for me. Only problem is - maybe the old FC is already at max value and can't turned up anymore? What do you do then?