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Ed,
Congratulations on the rebuild. You're right about the weather not
looking too good for the next couple of days. Its suppose to warm up to
the mid 60s today, but then, it looks like some rain is headed our way for
Tuesday, and maybe Wednesday morning.
I
looking forward to your "first start" report.
Steve
Brooks
Finished the engine rebuild and loaded engine and
lift into the van tonight. Got 95 psi on both rotors - which supposedly
with new rotors is about par, may pick up a bit as the new seals and rotors
wear in. Wx is suppose to be in the 30s tomorrow morning and depending
on how quickly it warms up may put off installing it a day or so - naah, I'll
just bundle up.
One other Gotcha, got me today. When you
are installing the rotors on the e shaft it is very important that your pay
attention to the orientation of the lobe and the rotor's position on the side
housing. For the front rotor placing the lobe up toward up 12 O'clock
(opposite the direction of the oil pan normal engine orientation in auto) and
one vertex of the rotor aligned with the lobe. When you go to put the
center housing over the lobe and settle it on the front rotor housing you need
the visible lobe of the e shaft to point to about 8 O'clock. Once
its past the lobe and on the front rotor then you need to move the lobe to the
6 O'clock position for placing the rear rotor on it. If you don't
do this you will find the rotor housing around the rotor and YOU CANT MOVE THE
ROTOR (don't ask me how I know).
A bit tired so my O'clock position might be off,
so read the Haynes manual and watch Bruces' video and save yourself some
consternation {:>)
Best Regards
Ed
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