X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net ([68.230.241.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3046919 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:27:56 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.41; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080729142715.IXPP774.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:27:15 -0400 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.137.74]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id vqTE1Z00A1cVYgg04qTEfR; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:27:15 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Safety Wire Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:27:57 -0800 Message-ID: <003001c8f18f$adc89440$6401a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0031_01C8F14C.9FA55440" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C8F14C.9FA55440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After that, the plug was always wire. All tapered plugs need to be wired. Worst case is a transmission. The fill and drain plugs get loose when the trans is hot. Tight again when cold. The plug gets to the same temp as the pan, so thermal expansion shouldn't change things. Perhaps it wasn't tightened properly? I have a brass plug in aluminum pan, and it is tight when hot or cold. Al ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C8F14C.9FA55440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

After that, the plug was always wire. All = tapered plugs need to be wired. Worst case is a transmission. The fill and drain = plugs get loose when the trans is hot. Tight again when cold. =

The plug gets to the = same temp as the = pan, so thermal expansion shouldn’t change things.  Perhaps it = wasn’t tightened properly?  I have a brass plug in aluminum pan, and it is tight = when hot or cold.

 

Al

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