X-Junk-Score: 0 [] X-KAS-Score: 0 [] From: "Charlie England ceengland7@gmail.com" Received: from mail-ed1-f43.google.com ([209.85.208.43] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.4.0) with ESMTPS id 3248543 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:22:27 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.208.43; envelope-from=ceengland7@gmail.com Received: by mail-ed1-f43.google.com with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-57cad4475e0so1696560a12.1 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:22:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1718230929; x=1718835729; darn=lancaironline.net; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=tRHDLA5DalTFBnuEkTTuZ2ohmqPOWjlsb1vy0Q00M/A=; b=CwqxLD/XVaIILbz20dwrKZc9S2Kf9xu4fkXrK4R52Utk6yehrKww3LpVO56F2KnhVb A8PcTR/RAQNVQflUkQG8Otg2P24KeYVlEq+P02i7bsRumVvcEtVPKjopV9PYgWsPCO2e VyqClKuBoEmIBJa0HMC4rR+IBHQsQxprfIKlkWLvyZwQx1UtnPwTYxloBDEUmjjvle5F zwGiodUGSrvWtLYhMV1hEGqoCLqvj7xTnj0OE09U6b8lnu2wxplbg8nHntgtMfCgNjgT n41xsjLs7xS41BxJZn4/zzBBBI3UmqopahU0yYTYE62DZZJmvmVVSNftrCNNjAFscMQx p+xw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1718230929; x=1718835729; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=tRHDLA5DalTFBnuEkTTuZ2ohmqPOWjlsb1vy0Q00M/A=; b=V68oU5GRSS8zX0DDBASOm9Posj/GNFYUxsBVZQAhjrOJJiqniNHndkhpMyUnofkz5k lB1Oc9Pry6MHGwgc2wpyUBTg6pp49UpMCrWPTbaAapB24QFyIHH38XCkLsx+087KYVrp +SbllOIrp/ZADtzlk6IiwwPSIVu4Yk97llbcuAGp1mgmt9mAcXX1KtHPuPxHrLthj2Z0 dDN6TpsQLrijKYL/+ppkYFQg2jdkcSUQ3/Xe8SPw3gYSMzaeSFWN4XuWHonHHypXA16S 1gjQSwhUNcrzewzkh4sb9UkyHpAGiPWV/4G3a69qMjiZ0hIa0P89xBaC0n+ILWX+4BBV 3qoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw3IItJ+e29fQP65wutLwt9PQjrwV2mrH4C970UZcYKM9UdH1cD ljvE1qU+P7+/TQG75cmBEgafdiUknj6A1RDnfQluvAbZjF8R42sSHjUGws7hSS0kUnzxuhAy2wB zK7YQ1LxdOuio2Vmji4cCT9e74GnO8Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEg2U+jyxMrdPiZ20v1aQ3bZIDuNC9q3/UbRT0QyZOsiYTM4jortYOrLyRHrhJ1A32RGE6OFpwHtvTAvPfMhBU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:1ecc:b0:57c:758d:86ee with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-57cb4c08d3amr934845a12.14.1718230929105; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:22:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:21:59 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Starter Question To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002beaf4061ab8d087" --0000000000002beaf4061ab8d087 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:27=E2=80=AFAM DOUGLAS LOMHEIM dlomheim@aol.com < flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: > I returned the starter to the original hole and energized it; and while > tapping the starter gear back into its housing, I noticed that action mov= ed > the flywheel slightly. I therefore hit the starter again but this time > moved the psru hub in the direction of rotation, and low and behold if th= e > starter gear didn=E2=80=99t easily retract in its=E2=80=99 own=E2=80=A6 > > Time to mount the exhaust manifold, finish connecting and grounding unuse= d > EM2 wires, hooking up the fuel pump and seeing if it will start=E2=80=A6 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > If you had the engine apart (meaning, had the drive off the engine), did you go through Tracy's drive alignment process of removing the spark plugs = and rotating the engine/drive assy by hand to feel for binding? Those instructions were for my Renesis & 2.85-1 drive. That might move the starter closer to the ring gear (or further away...). Charlie Virus-free.www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> --0000000000002beaf4061ab8d087 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable



On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:27=E2=80=AFAM DOU= GLAS LOMHEIM dlomheim= @aol.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
I returned the starter to the original ho= le and energized it; and while tapping the starter gear back into its housi= ng, I noticed that action moved the flywheel slightly.=C2=A0 I therefore hi= t the starter again but this time moved the psru hub in the direction of ro= tation, and low and behold if the starter gear didn=E2=80=99t easily retrac= t in its=E2=80=99 own=E2=80=A6

Time to mount the exhaust manifold, finish connecting and grounding unused = EM2 wires, hooking up the fuel pump and seeing if it will start=E2=80=A6
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If you had the engine apart (meaning, had the drive off the engine), did= you go through Tracy's drive alignment process of removing the spark p= lugs=C2=A0an= d rotating=C2=A0the engine/drive assy by hand to feel for binding? Those in= structions were for my Renesis & 2.85-1 drive. That might move the star= ter closer to the ring gear (or further=C2=A0away...).

= Charlie

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