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From: "William" <wschertz@ispwest.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: idle speeds
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:05:16 -0500
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Dave,
I still suspect that you have an air bubble in the pump. If so, it *will
not* pump or self prime based on my tests when I was measuring the flow. I
had to get the pump under water to get it to pump, then it was like a
firehose.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Leonard" <Daveleonard@cox.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 11:17 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: idle speeds


> 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
> >
> >
>
>
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