X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 30 [X] Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.102] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with ESMTP id 1960517 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:42:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.102; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-024-074-103-061.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.103.61]) by ms-smtp-03.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l31BfRoS008472 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 07:41:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000301c75f23$a117bcd0$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First Start Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 07:41:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Boy, that is one I had not heard of, Bob. Poor injector connector, but glad to hear you have it running. No certain I understood you properly, but if you really mean soldering the wires to the injectors, I would not recommend that. If you mean soldering the wires to the electrical socket terminals then that's OK. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Tilley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 9:12 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] First Start > Ok Folks, > > Tracy did it!!! I bit the bullet and drove the motor on my old pickup > down to Tracy's and he got it started in about 40 minutes! Now that's > after I spent 3 weeks. What we found was that the injector connectors > were not seating correctly. The pins in the injectors were not in the > clip but along side of it! Thus sometimes I would get good readings or > symptoms, then bad readings or not good enough to start the engine. > > Tracy also found a few more squacks that I'll repair before I try to > start it again. I will be soldering the wires on to the injectors so no > more bad connections. The new injectors I purchased came with a slight > difference in the connector, and I though I made it work (NOT). I have > too much play in my thrust bearings, and I'll clean up some changes in > the wiring of the injectors. The timing of the engine seems to be off, > So I'll recheck that. I'd like a exhaust pipe support to reduce the > vibration of the pipe. Then I should be ready to go for more engine runs. > I'll be adding my Ivo Prop, instead of the club prop, and other things I > need to have complete before I install it on the plane. > > Thanks Tracy > Bob Tilley > Albany, Ga > > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html