X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-4.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.111] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTPS id 3552946 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:18:35 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.111; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-4.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.111]) with mapi; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:17:58 -0700 From: Jeff Whaley To: Rotary motors in aircraft Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:17:57 -0700 Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Renesis Water drain plug Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Renesis Water drain plug Thread-Index: AcmowRk3Gm/TLK6kTp+ppD9Clqn0YwABfaYw Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0ED14975DF33EXVMBX0035exc_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0ED14975DF33EXVMBX0035exc_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 Beh= alf 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 ad= jacent to the grounding plate for the ignition. This plug will drain coola= nt from the engine. Has anyone tried installing a drain cock similar to what you would see in t= he bottom of a radiator in this location? Do you know what the thread size= s are and what would be necessary to install a drain cock? Bill B --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0ED14975DF33EXVMBX0035exc_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Bill, why not remove the plug, center drill and tap it for s= ay 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 en= gine 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 wh= at you would see in the bottom of a radiator in this location?  Do you know w= hat the thread sizes are and what would be necessary to install a drain cock?

 

Bill B

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