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From: Jim Brewer <alpha@concordnc.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:39:28 -0400
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Forget about number two and get that flywheel off there.  Save it I 
might need it for my car.;-)   You can get an automatic flexplate 
(flywheel for automatics) off ebay and probably a counter weight by 
the time you get the engine rebuilt.  BTW if you run across an 
automatic bell housing I need one for an engine stand I plan to build 
to run in my engines. 

Jim Brewer

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:42:54 -0400, echristley@nc.rr.com wrote:


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Brewer <alpha@concordnc.com>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: which book to buy?

> I would recommend that you download the factory
manual for your
> year
> off the internet.  You can then print the pages
you need and take
> them
> to the shop.  Email me with the year and I can
help you.  
> 
> Jim Brewer
> Albemarle, NC
> 

That was a great idea.  I found a copy in just a few
minutes.  That answers a couple of questions.  I
also found the Haynes manuals at only 12.95 ea.

http://www.discountautorepairmanuals.com

Ended up ordering the one for my truck and my wife's
Altima while I was at it (haven't been able to find
either locally).

Now I have a question on counter weights.  The
engine came with the manual transmission clutch
assembly on the back, and a automatic transmission
flywheel bolted to the front (to be used with a
front mounted starter).  The clutch assembly is a
HUGE chunk of cast iron that will throw my CG all
out of whack.  I see three choices at this point:

1)Find an automatic flywheel and counterbalance like
everyone else (where's the fun in THAT).  

2) Put this manual flywheel on a lathe and see how
much weight I can shave off of it.  I'd drill out
the rivets in the clutch plate, drill and tap the
flywheel and bolt them directly together so that the
torque dampeners still worked.  This is the sort of
idea I get late in the evening when I've been alone
in the garage for to long. (MEK?  What MEK?  I don't
smell no MEK anymore.)

2)Find a counterbalance for the flywheel I have.
This is probably the best option, but I believe to
do this I have to know what rotors I have?


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