Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 757430 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:18:56 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.71; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050224161810.HCRD2375.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:18:10 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Thermal pellet plug with underdrive pulley? Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:18:38 -0600 Message-ID: <061a01c51a8c$7f59eab0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_061B_01C51A5A.34BF7AB0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_061B_01C51A5A.34BF7AB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It was changed at the request of Bruce Turrentine. My engine was built = up by him, several years ago. Sometime in the ensuing years, someone had a = problem that the oil disable pellet was found to not be the right length, and = Bruce sent me a note that the pellet had to be changed. At the Rotary Roundup = in Lake City this year, he gave me the new pellet to install. It looks identical to the old pellet, *except* that the small diameter portion is = a little longer. =20 =20 Thanks Bill. I just hung up with Bruce, and he feels that I have = nothing to worry about. He said your engine was built about a year and a half = before mine, so he's almost 100% certain that mine got the new pellet. He also said that there was a very noticeable difference, and even my cursory comparison between the two would have shown this if I had the old one. = He also mentioned that Tracy flew for about 800 hours with the old pellet, = and underdrive pulley. According to Bruce, you'd see a reduction in oil pressure, particularly when warm, so I'll look for that when I crank it. = =20 =20 I don't suspect I have a problem, but I'm glad you happened to mention = it. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (falling behind schedule for this weekend's cranking) =20 ------=_NextPart_000_061B_01C51A5A.34BF7AB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
It was changed at the request of Bruce = Turrentine.=20 My engine was built up by him, several years ago. Sometime in the = ensuing years,=20 someone had a problem that the oil disable pellet was found to not be = the right=20 length, and Bruce sent me a note that the pellet had to be changed. At = the=20 Rotary Roundup in Lake City this year, he gave me the new pellet to=20 install.  It looks identical to the old pellet, *except* that the = small=20 diameter portion is a little longer.
 
 
Thanks=20 Bill.  I just hung up with Bruce, and he feels that I have nothing = to worry=20 about.  He said your engine was built about a year and a half = before=20 mine, so he's almost 100% certain that mine got the new pellet.  He = also=20 said that there was a very noticeable difference, and even my=20 cursory comparison between the two would have shown this = if I had=20 the old one.  He also mentioned that Tracy flew for about 800 hours = with=20 the old pellet, and underdrive pulley.   According to = Bruce,=20 you'd see a reduction in oil pressure, particularly when warm, so I'll = look for=20 that when I crank it. 
 
I don't=20 suspect I have a problem, but I'm glad you happened to mention = it.  
 
Cheers,
Rusty=20 (falling behind schedule for this weekend's = cranking)  
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