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Yesterday I bought two 1/8" petcocks at Discount Autoparts for my air
compressor. They had all different kinds. Some even with 90 degree hose
barb. Cost is about $2.99 ea.
Bulent
On 3/15/04 12:10 AM, "David Carter" <dcarter@datarecall.net> wrote:
> Jim Mosur has a petcock on his installation - saw it at Shady Bend last Oct.
>
> I spent some time with Google yesterday trying to find a petcock to retrofit
> into my car, and with an eye to needing one for my rotary engine cooling
> system later. Here's a sample of one web source for $3.25
>
> http://www.rockauto.com/dbphp/mak,PLYMOUTH,1995,GRAND+VOYAGER+LE,1237328,3.8L+
> 230cid+V6+MFI+(L),COOLING+SYSTEM,2176,RADIATOR+DRAIN+PETCOCK
> $3.52 No picture on this site.
>
> It was late Saturday and I didn't even try the auto parts stores, but they
> should have some in their catalogs.
>
> I asked an auto mechanic friend last night if he ever put petcocks on
> radiators - sometimes - didn't have a source in mind, but they are
> available. From some vendors he can special order the petcocks be put on
> instead of the plastic plugs that seem to be so common now.
>
> When you find one that might generally be found in an auto parts store , how
> about giving us a note on this list?
>
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:01 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] It's Ed's fault :-)
>
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> "Yee of little faith" here decided to believe Ed, and not install bleed
>> fittings in the top of my evap cores. Today's log follows. I imagine the
>> mechanical pump would have done the job in several iterations of running,
>> but I don't want to have to go through that every time I drain and fill
> the
>> system. Fortunately, I left the cores clecoed to the mounting brackets
> for
>> just such a reason. I'll be welding 1/8" pieces to the top of one tank on
>> each core, and threading it for 1/8 NPT. If I can find a nice petcock
>> locally, I'll use that, otherwise, just a plug for now.
>>
>> 3-14-04
>>
>>
>>
>> Did a lot of fiddly things to get ready to fill and start the engine.
>> Unfortunately, when trying to fill the water, I couldn't. The EWP wouldn't
>> pump, because it wasn't primed. It can't get primed, because there's no
>> water in the evap cores. There's no water in the evap cores, because I
>> listened to Ed and didn't install fittings in the top to bleed out the air
>> :-) Installation of the bleed fittings is under way. There was also a
>> pinhole leak in one of the EWP flanges. I need to fire my welder. It has
>> now been "JB welded" within an inch of it's life. If it leaks now, I'll
>> just have to throw it away.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rusty (Ed, you owe me a beer <g>)
>>
>
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