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As I recall, Ed Anderson had a related incident with the oil pump, he flew
to shady grove, and in applying power for takeoff, lost oil pressure, and
when they removed oil pan found the cotter key.
Glad you found it.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 6:46=E2=80=AFPM DOUGLAS LOMHEIM dlomheim@aol.com <
flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

> I removed my =E2=80=9886 13B from the mount (took two hrs.) and when pull=
ing the
> pan off, found pieces of a cotter key; so knew I=E2=80=99d screwed someth=
ing up!
> Pulled the =E2=80=9Cfront=E2=80=9D cover and found the oil pump shaft but=
 the nut was
> loose, and I=E2=80=99d never bent the locking tab over one flat in the nu=
t.  When I
> spun it up with the starter it immediately tore up and spit out the cotte=
r
> key, which dropped into the pan.  Will do a better job of quality checkin=
g
> my work as it goes back together!
>
> Thanks Dave Leonard for letting me know it should easily prime the oil
> pump if all was installed correctly the first time.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone--
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<div dir=3D"ltr">As I=C2=A0recall, Ed Anderson had a related incident with =
the oil pump, he flew to shady grove, and in applying power for takeoff, lo=
st oil pressure, and when they removed oil pan found the cotter key.<div>Gl=
ad you found it.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
 class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 6:46=E2=80=AFPM DOUGLAS LOMHE=
IM <a href=3D"mailto:dlomheim@aol.com">dlomheim@aol.com</a> &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net">flyrotary@lancaironline.net</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I removed my=
 =E2=80=9886 13B from the mount (took two hrs.) and when pulling the pan of=
f, found pieces of a cotter key; so knew I=E2=80=99d screwed something up!=
=C2=A0 Pulled the =E2=80=9Cfront=E2=80=9D cover and found the oil pump shaf=
t but the nut was loose, and I=E2=80=99d never bent the locking tab over on=
e flat in the nut.=C2=A0 When I spun it up with the starter it immediately =
tore up and spit out the cotter key, which dropped into the pan.=C2=A0 Will=
 do a better job of quality checking my work as it goes back together!=C2=
=A0 <br>
<br>
Thanks Dave Leonard for letting me know it should easily prime the oil pump=
 if all was installed correctly the first time.<br>
<br>
Doug<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone--<br>
Homepage:=C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://www.flyrotary.com/" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">http://www.flyrotary.com/</a><br>
Archive and UnSub:=C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/=
lists/flyrotary/List.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://mail=
.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html</a><br>
</blockquote></div>

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