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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:31:12 -0500
From: Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@allvantage.com>
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: First engine start!
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You get the gold star, Joe...
It turned out to be a bad ground where the engine connects to the 
battery negative!
Cranks fine now...{:>)

Now I just need to work on my starting skills.  I am prone to flood the 
engine....

Thanks everybody for your help!

Bill B


Subject:
 > RE: [FlyRotary] First engine start!
 > From:
 > "Joe Hull" <joeh@PilgrimTech.com>
 > Date:
 > Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:21:51 -0800
 >
 >
 > Bill,
 > It sure sounds like it's still not getting enough juice. When you tried
 > freshly charged battery and jumping with your truck - did you try 
grounding
 > the starter housing directly to the battery? If the ground path is 
weak it
 > would produce those same symptoms.
 >
 > You can also try by-passing the starter solenoid by applying current 
to the
 > big wire attached to the solenoid that disappears into the housing - that
 > will rule out a bad solenoid.
 >
 > It's always fun working on the starter - that just happens to be within
 > inches of that big slice-O-matic attached to re-drive :)
 >
 > Joe Hull
 > Redmond/Seattle WA, Cozy-Mazda Rotary 71hrs
 >