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From: "David Leonard" <Daveleonard@cox.net>
To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: idle speeds
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:17:37 -0700
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Thanks Kelly,

About 2 weeks ago I spent an entire day taking off my water pump just so
that I could check for such an error.  I inspected it very carefully,
the two are indeed separate.  But thanks for the input.  Keep em coming.

David Leonard
The Rotary Roster:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]
On
> Behalf Of keltro@att.net
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:08 PM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: idle speeds
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Thanks for the input rusty.  You are very right about other eyes.
Every
> > interested pair of eyes on the field has taken a look including 2
A&P
> and a
> > couple other rotary enthusiasts.  There don't seem to be any
problems
> staring me
> > in the face.
> >
> > I don't have it on this computer, but I did post a pic of my pump.
> Nothing
> > special.  I just lopped off the thermostat area from the first
coolant
> sensor
> > outward and had someone weld over the thermostat bypass then weld on
a
> plate to
> > which I bolt an AN-16 Fitting.  This AN-16 fitting goes to the top
of
> the RAD.
> > An AN-20 fitting comes out of the bottom of the rad back up to the
pump
> intake.
> > > goes to the drain fitting on the bottom of the RAD.
> >
> 
>       Dave,
> 
>         Take a look at the attached photos of a modified thermostat
> housing. Make
> 
>    sure that the input and output sides of the housing were not left
open
> to each
> 
>    other when the housing was lopped off. If so coolent would just
> circulate in the
> 
>    pump (path of least resistance) instead of the engine and radiator.
> IMHO
> 
> 
>       Kelly Troyer
> 
>