Return-Path: Received: from smtp3.mail.ctc.net ([166.82.29.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 3074895 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:21:20 -0500 Received: from alphasys (166-82-49-61.quickclick.ctc.net [166.82.49.61]) by smtp3.mail.ctc.net (Switch-3.1.2/Switch-3.1.0) with SMTP id i2C2Kku1026793 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:20:46 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Brewer To: Rotary motors in aircraft X-Mailer: PocoMail 3.01 (1661) - Licensed Version Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:20:45 -0500 Message-ID: <2004311212045.888151@alphasys> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] oil metering system-plastic vs metal lines (was Re: [FlyRotary] Re: marvel mystery oil? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Sig: abd0f9b2f267170df6d27683bd4786ef

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:09:13 -0600,= David Carter wrote:
The plastic oil lines for the oil metering system -= has anyone come up with
a way to replace the plastic with aluminum= lines?

David

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>=A0Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:24= PM
>=A0Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: marvel mystery= oil?
>
>
>=A0>=A01) $
>=A0>=A02)= Complexity
>=A0>=A03) Reliability
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0On 3= it's not necessarily a pump failure, but the thin lines from= the
>=A0>=A0pump to the oil injectors are known to get brittle and= break, and I'm
>=A0>=A0kind of scared of having oil dripping down on= my exhaust (don't ask why
:)
>=A0>
<snip= >
>=A0>=A0Finn
>
>
>=A0I considered it Finn,= but while I think Richard's component is a neat
idea,
>=A0I= couldn't convince myself that I needed one for the following= reasons:
>
>=A01. =A0Reliability (no reflection on the= reliability of Richard's pump - but
>=A0the plastic =A0oil lines can= become brittle and leak)
<snip>
>
>=A0Ed= Anderson
>

>>=A0 Homepage: =A0http://www.flyrotary.com/
>>= =A0 Archive: =A0 http://lancaironl= ine.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html

I would like to hear about= other alternatives to the nylon lines also. FYI, I measured them and they= are 4 mm in diameter with a 1 mm inside diameter. I would like a better= explanation of Richard's "pump". Richard, could you send a picture of it= installed that would show the plumbing?

Jim Brewer