Return-Path: Received: from [65.54.169.94] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b6) with ESMTP id 220494 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:50:31 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:49:59 -0700 Received: from 65.54.97.144 by bay3-dav64.bay3.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:49:59 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.54.97.144] X-Originating-Email: [lors01@msn.com] X-Sender: lors01@msn.com From: "Tracy Crook" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: LS1 Coil Connector Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:48:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_008C_01C4577D.50C8EC50" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:48:41 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jun 2004 14:49:59.0139 (UTC) FILETIME=[065CFB30:01C4579F] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C4577D.50C8EC50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: DaveLeonard=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 4:05 PM=20 Subject: [FlyRotary] LS1 Coil Connector Hey you guys, with all this chatter you could have built your own. = This was=20 a good job to give my wife. I taught her to solder and she had = them done an=20 hour later on one of those rare evenings she came to help. I = poured in a=20 little resin to fill the space, and later topped it off with some = RTV to=20 soften the transition. Cost: $0. Dave Leonard (a true Tracy Crook disciple) I'll take that as a high complement Dave. Yes, a good solder = joint with proper strain relief is more reliable than any connector and = cheaper to boot. Good idea on the RTV topping, I didn't think of that!=20 =20 Tracy True, but not quite as easy to remove the coil(s). =20 Mark S.=20 The solution to that is to direct wire all the coils to a single = connector (of your choice) so that the coils may be removed as a unit. = That is what I plan to do on my 20B - RV-8 and the 13B - RV-4 when I = update it for the LS-1 coils. Yes, this may complicate the replacement = of a coil if it should be necessary, but I know of ZERO actual coil = failures. (not counting the Mazda ballast resistor failures which would = not require coil replacement anyway). All other reported coil failures = have turned out to be something else when the failure was actually = determined. Chime in if anyone knows of a failure I haven't heard = about. Tracy ------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C4577D.50C8EC50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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From: DaveLeonard=20
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft=20
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 4:05 PM=20
Subject: [FlyRotary] LS1 Coil Connector

Hey you guys, with all this chatter you could have built your=20 own. This was=20
a good job to give my wife. I taught her to solder and = she had=20 them done an=20
hour later on one of those rare evenings she came to = help. I=20 poured in a=20
little resin to fill the space, and later topped it off with = some RTV=20 to=20
soften the transition. Cost: $0.

Dave Leonard (a true Tracy Crook disciple)

I'll take that as a high complement Dave. Yes, a good = solder=20 joint with proper strain relief is more reliable than any = connector and=20 cheaper to boot. Good idea on the RTV topping, I didn't = think of=20 that!=20
=20
Tracy

True, but not quite as easy to remove the coil(s). =

Mark S.=20

The solution to that is to direct wire all the coils to a = single=20 connector (of your choice) so that the coils may be removed as a = unit. =20 That is what I plan to do on my 20B - RV-8 and the 13B - RV-4 = when I=20 update it for the LS-1 coils. Yes, this may complicate the = replacement=20 of a coil if it should be necessary, but I know of ZERO actual coil=20 failures. (not counting the Mazda ballast resistor=20 failures which would not require coil replacement anyway). = All=20 other reported coil failures have turned out to be something else when = the=20 failure was actually determined. Chime in if anyone knows = of a=20 failure I haven't heard about.

Tracy

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