From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of paul
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:23
PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: redrive
oil return, was Re: New Cooling Setup
Hey, Steve....thanks for the pictures. Since I already
have the aluminum plate covering the oil metering pump, it would be easy to
drill and tap that. After hearing what Rusty had to say, I'm not sure if
I might be better off leaving it as is.....Need to ponder this one.
Thanks for taking the time to share your pictures, and I hope your cooling
temps get under control so you can just go fly and enjoy the fruits of your
labor. Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 29,
2004 10:17 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re:
redrive oil return, was Re: New Cooling Setup
Here are a couple of photos of
mine.
Steve Brooks
-----Original
Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf
Of Russell Duffy
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004
10:30 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
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
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