Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 383383 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:30:11 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040829142940.CDEK1789.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:29:40 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] redrive oil return, was Re: New Cooling Setup Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:30:02 -0500 Message-ID: <019301c48dd4$ab846420$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0194_01C48DAA.C2AE5C20" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0194_01C48DAA.C2AE5C20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Rusty....My 13b has an aluminum plate covering the old injection = pump location. Do I just drill and tap for an NPT fitting in the plate = covering the old pump?=20 =20 Ooops, I just remembered that I'm actually returning to the turbo oil = drain location on the front cover, and not the injector pump location. When I took the turbo off, I just made an aluminum cover plate with a hole = tapped for 1/4" NPT. =20 =20 You don't by chance have an old picture lying around that shows your = plate and/or fitting going into the engine do you?=20 =20 Amazingly, I don't have a picture that shows it. =20 =20 My return line presently goes to the oil pan, but to drain the oil, I = have to first remove the PSRU drain line. It would be better to run it to the = oil oil injection location. Thanks for the info. Paul Conner=20 =20 I ran my oil drain to the oil pan plug location on the original engine. This violates the rule of returning oil below the level of oil in the = pan, but it worked fine. Having to remove the PSRU drain line to drain the = oil was the best part of that system. I left the line free, so I could = remove it at the redrive, then lower it toward my catch pan to drain the oil. = It was totally mess-free. I miss that now, especially when I have to drain = a little oil to make up for the pre-mix scavenging. =20 Rusty =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0194_01C48DAA.C2AE5C20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Hi, Rusty....My 13b has an aluminum plate = covering the=20 old injection pump location. Do I just drill and tap for an NPT fitting = in the=20 plate covering the old pump? 
 
Ooops, I just remembered that I'm actually = returning to=20 the turbo oil drain location on the front cover, and not the = injector pump=20 location.  When I took the turbo off, I just made an aluminum = cover=20 plate with a hole tapped for 1/4"=20 NPT.   
 
 You don't=20 by chance have an old picture lying around that shows your plate and/or = fitting=20 going into the engine do you? 
 
Amazingly, I don't have a picture that shows it. =20     
 
 My return=20 line presently goes to the oil pan, but to drain the oil, I have to = first remove=20 the PSRU drain line. It would be better to run it to the oil oil = injection=20 location.  Thanks for the info.  Paul Conner 
 
I ran my oil drain to the oil pan plug location on the = original=20 engine.  This violates the rule of returning oil below the level of = oil in=20 the pan, but it worked fine.  Having to remove the PSRU drain line = to drain=20 the oil was the best part of that system.  I left the line free, so = I could=20 remove it at the redrive, then lower it toward my catch pan to drain the = oil.  It was totally mess-free.  I miss that now, especially = when I=20 have to drain a little oil to make up for the pre-mix=20 scavenging.
 
Rusty
   

 

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