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Jim,
I'm sure it varies by location in the country, but in
the PHX area, $400 for a running engine is about par.
$250 for an unknown core seems a little high, but maybe not,
if you get *everything*.
I paid $200 for my first block, but it was missing the
secondary injectors, flywheel and even the counterweight.
They didn't even leave the big nut.
Dale R.
> From: Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net>
> Date: 2005/04/15 Fri AM 09:41:18 EDT
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: V shape Apex Seal Slots?
>
> Lee,
> This would seem to indicate that if one discovered "tapered" slots
> before the seal came out and ate up the engine he could cut them out to
> 3 mm and give the rotor a whole new life.
> Does that make sense? ... Jim S.
> PS For '88 and '89 NA engines, how does $400 for a running engine and
> $250 for a core sound?
>
> Lehanover@aol.com wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 04/15/2005 1:44:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
> >lendich@optusnet.com.au writes:
> >
> >The slot is perfectly straight. No taper at all. If you stand a new or near
> >new apex seal on end in the slot, the exposed end should not move more than
> >(about) 3/16" total. New slot and new seal gives nearly no movement. The 3/16"
> >would be end of life span.
> >
> >For aircraft use, new or nearly new is the way to go.
> >
> >You can take engines apart that have been running fine, and the apex seals
> >are just about to fall out of the slots they are so short. The slots can wear
> >into obvious "V" shapes, and the engine is still running fine. My wife's RX-3
> >did that. I was just sitting at a stop sign one day and whack!! A seal came out
> >of what was left of a big "V" slot and the rotor crushed it against the
> >housing. There was no chrome left on the rotor housings. Big grooves in the irons.
> >The only piece I could use was the crank.
> >The whole thing was scrap.
> >
> >The rotors are made of cast steel. You can weld on them. I have TIGed holes
> >shut and built up gouges and smoothed them off. Again not for aircraft but for
> >a dune buggy or any non critical application, I see no reason for scrapping a
> >piece I can fix quickly.
> >
> >I grew up during W.W.II and you were literally not allowed to throw anything
> >away. So I don't (until recently).
> >
> >Lynn E. Hanover
> >
> >
> >
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