X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:42:22 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9e) with ESMTP id 6927902 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:16:11 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.173.9; envelope-from=Adam@ValidationPartners.com Received: from VpiWorkstation1 ([unknown] [69.124.233.79]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0N6Y00GHIFHSE4I0@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:15:33 -0500 (CDT) From: "Adam Molny" X-Original-To: References: Subject: RE: [LML] Oildyne Hydraulic Pump Rebuild? X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:15:29 -0400 X-Original-Message-id: <8C06368884E349F7BA9B804D3FC4D15E@VpiWorkstation1> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02FC_01CF848C.88FE9FB0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-index: Ac+EpsELoICH33K5Q1ymvtnBlos+/gABinUQ In-reply-to: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02FC_01CF848C.88FE9FB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Don't let the 80's/90's piece of crap design Oildyne pump spoil your flying >experience and all the work you've accomplished. It's NOT worth it, remove it >and throw it in the nearest dumpster! Sound advice Bill - I would humbly state that the same advice applies to the Bosch relays you are using. As you may recall, last November my up relay welded itself shut, causing an uncommanded gear retraction on the ground. The resulting prop strike grounded my plane for 50 days at a distant airport. Insurance covered the expense but I will be paying higher premiums for years to come. I replaced the Bosch relays with the Lancair-recommended heavy duty automotive style contactors. I still hold my breath every time I turn on the master switch. -Adam Molny Legacy N181AM 237 hours _____ From: marv@lancair.net [mailto:marv@lancair.net] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [LML] Oildyne Hydraulic Pump Rebuild? Posted for "William Rumburg" : > John- > > Don't let the 80's/90's piece of crap design Oildyne pump spoil your flying >experience and all the work you've accomplished. It's NOT worth it, remove it >and throw it in the nearest dumpster! > I purchased a new pump for $1400 in 2005, correctly guessing that Oildyne >had re-designed it to correct the earlier problems. The new pump is SWEET, it >retracts the gear simultaneously, in half the time and I've never had a >problem with it : ) : ) > Also, I abandoned the horrific location behind the baggage bulkhead - that >Lancair originally specified. I created a hard spot and installed the new >pump on the side of pushrod tunnel, directly behind the pilot where it should >have been all along (photos attached) > > Bill Rumburg > N403WR (Sonic bOOm) ------=_NextPart_000_02FC_01CF848C.88FE9FB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> Don't let the 80's/90's piece of crap design = Oildyne pump spoil your flying
>experience and all the work you've accomplished. It's NOT worth it, = remove it
>and throw it in the nearest dumpster!

 

Sound advice Bill – I would humbly state that = the same advice applies to the Bosch relays you are using. As you may recall, = last November my up relay welded itself shut, causing an uncommanded gear = retraction on the ground. The resulting prop strike grounded my plane for 50 days = at a distant airport. Insurance covered the expense but I will be paying = higher premiums for years to come. I replaced the Bosch relays with the = Lancair-recommended heavy duty automotive style contactors. I still hold my breath every = time I turn on the master switch.

 

-Adam = Molny

Legacy = N181AM

237 hours

From: = marv@lancair.net [mailto:marv@lancair.net]
Sent: Monday, June 09, = 2014 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [LML] = Oildyne Hydraulic Pump Rebuild?

 




Posted for "William Rumburg" = <lancair403@verizon.net>:

> John-
>
> Don't let the 80's/90's piece of crap design Oildyne pump spoil = your flying
>experience and all the work you've accomplished. It's NOT worth it, = remove it
>and throw it in the nearest dumpster!
> I purchased a new pump for $1400 in 2005, correctly guessing that = Oildyne
>had re-designed it to correct the earlier problems. The new pump is = SWEET, it
>retracts the gear simultaneously, in half the time and I've never = had a
>problem with it : )  : )
> Also, I abandoned the horrific location behind the baggage bulkhead = - that
>Lancair originally specified. I created a hard spot and installed = the new
>pump on the side of pushrod tunnel, directly behind the pilot where = it should
>have been all along (photos attached)
>
> Bill Rumburg
> N403WR  (Sonic bOOm)

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