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From: David Leonard

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 7:27 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Plugging oil outlet in rear housing

Hi All,

I've rummaged through my misc. metric hardware and stopped in a few bolt suppliers and have not been able to find something to use to plug this hole (see attachment). Looks to be a about 10mm x 0.667 th/mm. So what did the rest of you guys use?

Getting close to trying to fire up this thing......

Perry Casson

[David Leonard]

I think the stock application is the oil pressure sensor. However, on some housings there is an identical water port right next to that one that has a temp sensor in it. I plan to see if I can get mine to work as an oil temp sensor in that hole. Otherwise, you can get (somewhere) a little alan plug that goes in there. Maybe from Atkins or Mazda.

I am wondering how I am going to plug the heater water outlet that is in your picture. Anyone have the solution?

Dave Leonard

[Perry Casson]

All the sensors that came with my EIS display are 1/8 NPT so I've had to mount oil temp and oil pressure on the pad where the oil filter used to be. Thanks for the info, I'll stop by an auto wreckers tomorrow and see if I can find a oil pressure sender that fits.

Regarding the heater fitting, I'm not certain but I think that's the inlet not the outlet. I live in Canada so I plan to use it but if I wanted to plug it I'd make or buy a barbed plug and stick it into a short stub of heater hose.

Perry Casson