Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.160.13] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.2) with HTTP id 383896 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:02:14 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine run - Good news/bad news To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.2 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:02:14 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote: """ Heck, see if the inlet fitting even has a hole in it. I've found AN bolts with no threads, platenuts with no threads, Aeroquip type hose fittings without threads, and even washers without the center punched out. AN hardware ain't perfect :-) """ Excellent point, one I wish I'd thought to mention sometime earlier myself. I, too, have seen the various defects Rusty describes (and others), but I just never thought to bring it to anyone's attention. The most aggravating is the thread-less plate nuts... who thinks to try them out before installing them? I know I sure didn't 8-(