X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.143] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.7f) with ESMTP id 953173 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:54:12 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.143; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C621B6.B6E3F9C1" Subject: FW: [Lancair_ES] Steel fittings Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:53:25 -0600 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E0387D2E5@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [Lancair_ES] Steel fittings Thread-Index: AcYhs7oYScG8Y/AKTE2eoTwFj65WJQAAk9gg From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C621B6.B6E3F9C1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm forwarding a message from the Lancair ES group concerning an AN fitting from Wicks that was missing the hole. Luckily they caught it before it caused any engine damage. Just thought that a head's up might help someone down the road. =20 =20 Mark S. =20 Subject: Re: [Lancair_ES] Steel fittings =20 A guy at my airport ordered one of the restrictor fittings from Wicks. It arrived with no hole! We were blowing it out before installing it and noticed. We drilled a hole and called Wicks to let them know. Imagine starting the engine the first time and not getting oil pressure, Yikes! You could chase that problem for a week before anyone discovered the problem with the fitting. =20 Mike To Post a message to the group, send it to: Lancair_ES@YahooGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: Lancair_ES-unsubscribe@YahooGroups.com If you have questions for the group administrator, send it to: Lancair_ES-owner@YahooGroups.com=20 ________________________________ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS=20 =20 * Visit your group "Lancair_ES " on the web. =20 * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Lancair_ES-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com =20 =20 * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service .=20 =20 ________________________________ ------_=_NextPart_001_01C621B6.B6E3F9C1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I’m forwarding a message from = the Lancair ES group concerning an AN fitting from Wicks that was missing = the hole.  Luckily they caught it before it caused any engine = damage.  Just thought that a head’s up might help someone down the road.  =

 

Mark = S.

 

Subject: Re: = [Lancair_ES] Steel fittings

 

A guy at my airport ordered one of = the restrictor fittings from Wicks.  It arrived with no hole!  We = were blowing it out before installing it and noticed.  We drilled a hole = and called Wicks to let them know.  Imagine starting the engine the first time = and not getting oil pressure, Yikes!  You could chase that problem for = a week before anyone discovered the problem with the = fitting.

 

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Mike



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