X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth20.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.10) with SMTP id 3323977 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:15:33 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.202.165.36; envelope-from=jerry@jerryhey.com Received: (qmail 24636 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2008 19:14:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (67.236.166.102) by smtpauth20.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.36) with ESMTP; 30 Nov 2008 19:14:57 -0000 Message-Id: <11A79673-B594-4191-86F8-CF7716F03F91@jerryhey.com> From: Jerry Hey To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Question Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:14:56 -0500 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Randy, regarding the dip stick, try rotating it a 90 degrees at a time. They are never straight and may be contacting the sides of the pan. Jerry On Nov 30, 2008, at 2:02 PM, randy echtinaw wrote: > 3 questions: > 1) Can I cut off the ear shown in left photo to gain more clearance > under cowling. It looks like an old alternator mounting brkt. > 2) Need to shorten the oil filler. How is this one removed and can > it be threaded for a much shorter cap or easier to plug and add oil > somewhere else. > 3) And last, I cannot remove the dip stick. Do I need to remove the > pan. It feels like there is something hanging on the other end > Thank you very much, > Randy > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html