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Stephen Brooks wrote:
It appears that I won't be able to attend this years round up, htough I was hoping that I would have time to get there.
I came to SC yesterday, intending to finally take my plane to NC. I've only flown it once in that last 4 months, so I pulled the cowling, checked things out, and started the engine.
After a couple of minutes run time, I shut it down, and checked everything out. I found that I now have a fuel leak from one of the injectors, at the fuel rail. Apparently I have an o ring that is not leaking. I've ordered a new set of seals from Mazatrix, and I'm going to go back to the airport today, and remove the fuel rail so that I can take it back home with me. When I drilled the fuel rail for the injectors, the holes are not perfectly smooth. I think that the roughness of the bore probably led to the o ring failure. I'm going to polish the bore, without hopefully enlarging it any. I think that I'm going to use a dremel with a fine stone on it.
This weekend I also have to help our yougest dughter and son-in-law frame up a new house they are building.
I hope that everyone has a great time at the roundup, and I hope to make it next year.
Steve Brooks
Cozy MKIV N75CZ
Turbo Rotary 13B
A stone would be mighty agressive. Try cutting off a piece of one of those sandpaper coated foam pads. You want a snug fit in the hole. Now use a screwdriver bit in a drill to ram down the middle of the foam and spin it real good. The Harbor Freight pads give a nice polish without being very agressive (That's because... THEY SUCK ..., but they're good for polishing).
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