X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.0) with ESMTP id 1482792 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:06:31 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.8; envelope-from=BMears9413@aol.com Received: from BMears9413@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.c06.70c9cd8 (30738) for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:06:00 -0400 (EDT) From: BMears9413@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:05:59 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: what is it? To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1161144359" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5302 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1161144359 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If rotor motors were dogged around town a lot, and only used the cheap gas, sometimes the motor would seize. Usually when you turned it off and you wouldn't even know it until the next time you went to start it. It would be seized solid as a rock. The Mazda fix...which worked fine... was to remove the starter, insert this tool, and force the engine over backwards. That would release the piece of carbon in the rotor chamber. Reinstall the starter and away you go. It did take this tool to turn the motor backwards. We've tried pushing the cars backwards, turning it backward with the front shaft bolt, or pushing forward in reverse. When the stuck...THEY STUCK! Its obvious how much leverage this tool has with its gear ratio. I only recall this happening to 4 or 5 in the 30 years I've been a dealer. Bob Mears Supermarine Spitfire -------------------------------1161144359 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If rotor motors were dogged around town a lot, and only used the cheap=20= gas,=20 sometimes the motor would seize. Usually when you turned it off and you woul= dn't=20 even know it until the next time you went to start it. It would be seized so= lid=20 as a rock. The Mazda fix...which worked fine... was to remove the starter,=20 insert this tool, and force the engine over backwards. That would release th= e=20 piece of carbon in the rotor chamber. Reinstall the starter and away you go.= It=20 did take this tool to turn the motor backwards. We've tried pushing the cars= =20 backwards, turning it backward with the front shaft bolt, or pushing forward= in=20 reverse. When the stuck...THEY STUCK! Its obvious how much leverage this too= l=20 has with its gear ratio. I only recall this happening to 4 or 5 in the 30 ye= ars=20 I've been a dealer.
 
Bob Mears
Supermarine Spitfire
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