X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.137] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2279949 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:07:48 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.139.137; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.c78.1b7433f6 (39952) for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:07:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:07:07 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Startling discovery To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1187867227" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5374 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1187867227 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/23/2007 12:13:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jwvoto@itlnet.net writes: My old faithful Ryobi motor tool quit and of course, tore it apart to fix it. Carried it to the house to fix the switch that had failed. After getting it going again I could not find the piece that held the shaft locking button up off the shaft. So back to the shop to look for it. No luck but..... I did find a part of an apex seal, the triangular end piece. Can these fall out? It has been about 2 years since the engine ran. It ran rough but very rich so it didn't seem like bad compression. Does anyone know if the seals Atkins was selling a few years ago were one piece or 3? I don't remember its been so long since I put the engine together. The invoice just says 2mm seal ( I said a few years, the invoice is dated 5-26-2000). I can't figure how this piece got where it was, 3 feet from the engine and I had put the cast iron manifold on a few months ago and only turned the engine over by hand while fitting belts. Any guesses? Wendell Take the engine apart and replace the missing corner seal. You should be able to tell one that has been run from one that has not. Look for a part number in your paper work. Call Kathy at Atkins and ask her if she can bring up your order and tell you what you bought. When building engines, put the engine stand in the center of an old white sheet. You can see small dropped items right away. Sweep the floor more often. Lynn E. Hanover ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------------------------1187867227 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 8/23/2007 12:13:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,=20 jwvoto@itlnet.net writes:

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My old faithful Ryobi motor tool quit and of course, tore it apart to= fix=20 it. Carried it to the house to fix the switch that had failed. After= =20 getting it going again I could not find the piece that held the shaft lock= ing=20 button up off the shaft. So back to the shop to look for it. No= =20 luck but..... I did find a part of an apex seal, the triangular end=20 piece. Can these fall out? It has been about 2 years since the= =20 engine ran. It ran rough but very rich so it didn't seem like bad=20 compression.

Does anyone know if the seals Atkins was selling a few years ago were= one=20 piece or 3? I don't remember its been so long since I put the engine=20 together. The invoice just says 2mm seal ( I said a few years,= the=20 invoice is dated 5-26-2000). I can't figure how this piece got where= it=20 was, 3 feet from the engine and I had put the cast iron manifold on a few=20 months ago and only turned the engine over by hand while fitting belts.

Any guesses?

Wendell

Take the engine apart and replace the missing corner seal. You should b= e=20 able to tell one that has been run

from one that has not. Look for a part number in your paper work. Call=20 Kathy at Atkins and ask her if she can bring up your order and tell you what= you=20 bought. When building engines, put the engine stand in the center of an old=20 white sheet. You can see small dropped items right away.

Sweep the floor more often.

Lynn E. Hanover

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