Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #20618
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: unsubscribe
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:43:32 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Echo Lake Fishing Resort (Georges Boucher) wrote:

 I guess I'm in the same boat, paid $1500.00 for a "good" 91 13b NA, took it apart, needs 2 rotors , 2 rotor  housing & 3 steels, received 7 more (1 core 7 1 Mazda rebuilt (in 99)"good" runner) took them apart, nothing salvageable, so now the supplier says he has 2 good rotor housings & 3 steels as well as 2 new 9.7:1 rotors. We shall see what I get, at least 2 new rotor (for an extra $1100.00) It seems that the racers are getting all the good 13b around here. I have a whole box of RWS goodies & nothing to attache them to!!Good thing misery loves company!!
Georges Boucher
 
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I talked to Bruce Turrentine yesterday.  If the rotor slot is worn, he can repair it.  The process is to slide a slightly oversized seal in and then press the sides of the slot back down.  He said the slots don't actually wear away, but get sorta smashed to the side.  The rotor is ductile iron and works easily like that.

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