I used to fly a piper Archer ii ( pa-28-180) with steam gauges and older avionics. Great plane, loved it.I particularly loved the Gem2 engine analyzer.. It displayed each cylinder EGT as well as each Cylinder CHT. I really liked how i could monitor my engine cylinder temps.
I upgraded in time to an archer iii llx with the Garmin g1000. It took little getting used to but is also wonderful with tons of capability and information i never had. But.... it's missing something..... believe it or not...with all the advanced technology and capability... it only has a 4 probe EGT on the MFD...no CHT at all.
Does anyone know if it is possible to install a GEM 2 so i can have a 4 cylinder CHT information? It already has a 4 probe EGT so it can't use those probes to talk to the Gem 2 engine analyzer ...or am i wrong. I don't want to mess up the G1000 but geez, i kind of miss the 4 probe CHT i used to have to monitor cylinder head temps. Is there a separate 4 probe CHT that can be installed in the archer which would be independent of the g1000?
Thank you
John

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Thanks Steve, it has been quite a project - something I did not planned for!

But it is what it is, and when the mechanics (yes, plural - I had 4 Powerplant mechanics, 2 Airframe, I stainless steel artisan and 1 Instrument mechanic working on this plane) are done with -LCZ it should be in very good shape. My only concern is the condition of the RH engine, since no paperwork is available from 2013 when it was taken down. Nevertheless a good top overhaul was performed and it does not look that bad (the only clear hint that work was perform are the nuts that close the engine block which are different from the LH engine).

I am lucky that I travel quite often to the US, otherwise it would have been impossible to get it back in shape. I spent at least $ 16.000 in spares which down in Argentina would have been at least $ 30.000 - and I also had access to Aircraft Spruce & Specialty endless catalog for those miscellaneous parts. The guys at Precision Aerospace were also great with the missing plastic parts.

I do plan to start the engines before the end of September and after I secure the Airworthiness Certificate I will publish all 4 pages of all work done - cannot do it before, my country is quite unique with red tape.

My experience with Senecas is limited to the Seneca III that I got to fly while getting trained at the Air Force, and mine will be quite different. I truly hope it lives up to the expectations. If after the initial 50 hours everything looks fine I will commit to dual G5s and a G255 NAV/COM on the panel. But one step at a time.

D

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