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From: "Joe Hull" <joeh@PilgrimTech.com>
To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Engine Rebuild
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:29:29 -0800
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Just got back from a trip to the Middle East =E2=80=93 managed to catch =
a great little airshow in Al Ain, UAE =
(http://www.alainaerobaticshow.com/html/home.asp) while I was there =
=E2=80=93 no rotaries however =E2=98=BA.=20
But now =E2=80=93 back to business=E2=80=A6A couple of months ago I lost =
an apex seal because of a failed spark plug electrode casing =
(that=E2=80=99s the only plausible theory). At the time my daughter was =
living with us and I had no garage because it was full of her furniture. =
But now she=E2=80=99s gone and I=E2=80=99m back =E2=80=93 so =
it=E2=80=99s time to rebuild.=20
The engine has less than 100hrs on it =E2=80=93 (say 6000-10000 miles in =
car terms). And actually it has a lot less because Atkins rebuilt it =
about 30 hours ago because of low oil pressure - I'm just not sure =
whether he used all new seals when he did that.
Which leads me to the question - with those few hours on the engine - =
what seals does it make sense to replace?
Thanx,
Joe Hull
Redmond/Seattle WA, Cozy-Mazda Rotary 71hrs