X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.1] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3047047 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:41 -0400 Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.4.) id q.cff.389778e7 (37163) for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-da01.mx.aol.com (smtprly-da01.mx.aol.com [205.188.249.144]) by cia-ma04.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMA042-912b488f44f7288; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:35 -0400 Received: from webmail-nh12 (webmail-nh12.sim.aol.com [207.200.84.131]) by smtprly-da01.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYDA017-5bb0488f44ed26d; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:26 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Safety Wire Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:26 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 66.253.96.220 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: wrjjrs@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CABFAF1F0D4EDD_11F0_493E_webmail-nh12.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 37955-STANDARD Received: from 66.253.96.220 by webmail-nh12.sysops.aol.com (207.200.84.131) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:27:25 -0400 Message-Id: <8CABFAF1EBEA09E-11F0-24D8@webmail-nh12.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO ----------MB_8CABFAF1F0D4EDD_11F0_493E_webmail-nh12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Al, You used a lot of metal lock nuts on your plane. Those don't need to be wire= d, since they were designed for a worst case environment. On the drain plug=20= though, I would wire it reguardless of the material. At the very least I wou= ld wire any drain plug. I doubt that it would ever come out, but why take AN= Y chance. Doing just that plug would take 5-10 minutes at your next oil chan= ge.=20 Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: Al Gietzen To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 8:27 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Safety Wire =C2=A0 After that, the plug was always wire. All tapered plugs need to be wired. Wo= rst case is a transmission. The fill and drain plugs get loose when the tran= s is hot. Tight again when cold.=20 The plug gets to the same temp as the pan, so thermal expansion shouldn=E2= =80=99t change things.=C2=A0 Perhaps it wasn=E2=80=99t tightened properly?= =C2=A0 I have a brass plug in aluminum pan, and it is tight when hot or cold= . =C2=A0 Al ----------MB_8CABFAF1F0D4EDD_11F0_493E_webmail-nh12.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Al,
You used a lot of metal lock nuts on your plane. Those don't need to be wire= d, since they were designed for a worst case environment. On the drain plug=20= though, I would wire it reguardless of the material. At the very least I wou= ld wire any drain plug. I doubt that it would ever come out, but why take AN= Y chance. Doing just that plug would take 5-10 minutes at your next oil chan= ge.
Bill Jepson


-----Original Message-----
From: Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 8:27 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Safety Wire

 
After that, the plug was alw= ays wire. All tapered plugs need to be wired. Worst case is a transmission.=20= The fill and drain plugs get loose when the trans is hot. Tight again when c= old.
The plug gets to th= e same temp as the pan, so thermal expansion shouldn=E2= =80=99t change things.  Perhaps it wasn=E2=80=99t tightened properly?&n= bsp; I have a brass plug in aluminum pan, and it is tight when hot or cold.<= /SPAN>
 
Al
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