Jeff,
The darn bolt is only about an 8MM so it is too small to drill out for
the 1/8 npt. I guess I will do what James Maher did with his. I was
hoping that someone had come up with a magic drain plug that I could just screw
in the hole. Like everything else, it requires invention,
engineering, intervention, and then repeat several times because the first
invention(and sometimes the second and third) was done poorly.
Don’t mind me, I am having to redo the radiator and oil cooler
install on my plane cause it won’t cool… :>(
Bill B
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Jeff Whaley
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009
3:18 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Renesis
Water drain plug
Bill, why not remove
the plug, center drill and tap it for say 1/8 NPT and install the drain cock in
the plug itself?
Trying to match the
threads or re-tapping the hole is more complicated … IMO.
JWW
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Bradburry
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009
2:28 PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Renesis Water
drain plug
There is a small plug on the left side of the engine as it sits
in the car, (right side in the plane) at the lower part of the center
iron. It is adjacent to the grounding plate for the ignition. This
plug will drain coolant from the engine.
Has anyone tried installing a drain cock similar to what you would see
in the bottom of a radiator in this location? Do you know what the thread
sizes are and what would be necessary to install a drain cock?
Bill B