----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:32
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Washing Machine Was
The Verdit! c was No Joy on Sun & Fun{:<(
Ed,
Interesting !! I just replaced the exact
part.......Also no diagram......Not
nearly as much fun as tearing into a rotary !!
--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke
Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2
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Original message from "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>:
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I don't know, Finn. I was under the
impression that the seals (not counting Tracy's seals) were fairly brittle
and broke before they bent.
I have the engine back in the shop and was
starting the tear down, when the wife came down and informed me the washing
machine wasn't working AGGHGGG! Of course, the appliance makers
now assume no one does home repair so there is not so much as a parts
exploded diagram. But, managed to get it apart expecting to see belts
- but nope - direct drive. But, I do spot the problem there is a
plastic coupler between the motor and the gear box and it is clearly
broken. Well, because of no parts diagram have to search the inter net
to find a diagram, locate the part number and find a store that had
one. But, great the store will print me out a diagram of the
system! Wife goes to get part while I return to engine. Comes
back with part, but because the lady I talked to had gone to lunch the new
lady didn't know which diagram to print out ARRRGGG!
Anyhow as I write this the wife is cleaning up
the mess around the washer and she has just called, so its back to putting
the washer backtogether and then maybe to the engine
Arrrrrrgggg!
Ed A
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 8:44
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: The Verdit!
c wasRe: [FlyRotary] No Joy on Sun & Fun{:<(
Ed Anderson wrote:
It appears that Al's assessment may be
correct that particularly because of the apparent orientation of the
electrode when I screw it into the hole ending up such that the apex hit
the curved back part rather than the end pointed toward the center
electrode. It appears the apex seal did bounce over that curve
part for a while and either the apex seals finally gave way or the
springs under them did. Perhaps Lynn would know if its possible to
break the springs while leaving the seal intact.
Could the seals be bent to the point they no
longer can more freely in the
grooves?
Finn