Here
are a couple of photos of mine.
Steve
Brooks
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From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Russell Duffy
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 10:30
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To: Rotary motors in
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Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re: redrive oil return, was Re: New Cooling Setup
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?
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.
You
don't by chance have an old picture lying around that shows your plate and/or
fitting going into the engine do you?
Amazingly,
I don't have a picture that shows it.
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
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.
Rusty