It's finally running!

On 26 Apr 2005 13:09:39 -0700, "dwoolery" wrote:

Congratualtions Corky. I look forward to further postings. Mine has
about 10 hours on it. Runs well but I expect to have many more hours
on it before the airframe is finished. I can discuss some of my
problems and solutions if it would be helpful.

David

Thanks for the offer David. I have a couple of wierd things happening
that I have to work through, plus some modifications of the test stand
before I can begin in earnest.

There is a small oil leak around the front oil seal. Not sure what's
going on with that but I had to remove the timing chain cover to fix
my boo boo with timing the camshaft and the oil pan gasket broke when
I did this. I used a lot of blue RTV to reinstall, but I did not drop
the oil pan to either remove or reinstall so there might be a problem
there that won't be fixed unless I remove the oil pan and replace the
gasket. I didn't want to do that because all the oil pan bolts are
safety wired. I wired them when I could rotate the engine upside down
and work in comfort. Can't do that now...

I'm using a used Modine oil cooler which gets the heater hoses routed
to it. It bolts on top of the oil filter housing and the oil filter
bolts on top of it. I'll have to remove the cooler and see why it's
leaking.

I installed baffles in the tailpipes to reduce the extraordinarily
loud bark of the exhaust last night. That seems to have ameliorated
the noise somewhat, but Daisy the lab took off when I started it last
night anyway...

I also need to reinstall the leaning block and see if the engine will
rev to 3,000 and beyond without stumbling.

Finally, I now have the proper sized bolts from IVO for the prop. I
need to install the prop and then step into a new consciousness to run
the engine with the prop. Till now it's just been a loud engine and I
can walk around it and make adjustments as necessary. With the prop
installed, things will be different, the prop could cut pieces of me
off if I walk into it. The prop will also attempt to pull the test
stand into the woods so all engine running will have to be conducted
with the stand chained down.

Corky Scott

"Corky Scott" wrote

With the prop
installed, things will be different, the prop could cut pieces of me
off if I walk into it.

Might I suggest that you made something like a rail, to be a slight physical
barrier between you and the prop? It doesn't need to be anything more than
a visual reminder, like a 2 x 4 strapped across the back of the truck, but
that should be enough of a visual reminder to help, if things start to go
wrong.

I too, add my congrats to getting to this milestone. Keep us informed.
--
Jim in NC

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:16:13 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:

Might I suggest that you made something like a rail, to be a slight physical
barrier between you and the prop? It doesn't need to be anything more than
a visual reminder, like a 2 x 4 strapped across the back of the truck, but
that should be enough of a visual reminder to help, if things start to go
wrong.

I too, add my congrats to getting to this milestone. Keep us informed.

That's a good idea Jim, I sure have enough lumber laying around to rig
something up.

Corky Scott