X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.62] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTP id 2787588 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:33:10 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.62; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [64.91.205.149] (helo=[192.168.1.102]) by elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1JZEtS-0006Ik-Dy for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:32:30 -0400 Message-ID: <47D72441.6080408@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:30:57 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Possible Causes : [FlyRotary] Re: Coolant leak - the tear... References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd48c7a97474c77267a7480ae87345f906e9510ab3ad090af031350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 64.91.205.149 Kelly Troyer wrote: > Dave, > Listen to Lynn..........If the thrust bearing clearance was too > tight and > you shortened the original spacer the clearance was "reduced" even > more.........Perhaps to almost nothing........FWIW > -- > Kelly Troyer > "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine > "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2 > "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold > Oh trust me.. I'm listening. Whats aggravating is that to FIX the original end play problem I listened to someone else who was supposed to be an authority as well. I cant remember for sure at this point who it was, so the name is besides the point. Its my mistake and my engine and I'm taking ownership of it. And.. for what its worth is there ANY way that this could have caused a coolant leak (separation of housings, etc..?)