Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 660555 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:07:34 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.117; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.75 ([204.127.135.75]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with SMTP id <2005020523070011300nf4jne>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 23:07:00 +0000 Received: from [209.247.222.109] by 204.127.135.75; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:07:00 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bad news- Moroso Oil Pans for 13B Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:07:00 +0000 Message-Id: <020520052307.21700.420551930009FE2F000054C42160466648019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 18 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21700_1107644820_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21700_1107644820_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Rusty, Which pan did you order and is it for sale ?? -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>: -------------- Greetings, The UPS man just stopped by, and I got my Moroso oil pan. It's a thing of beauty, but unfortunately, it doesn't fit. These pans appear to be made for the old first gen and earlier front covers, which were thicker than the 2nd gen cover. In other words, the distance between the front and rear holes on my engine (2nd gen cover) is about 13.75", and the distance on the pan is about 14.5". Bummer. You can use a first gen cover, as long as you aren't using an engine mount plate that was made for the 2nd gen front cover. I happen to know this well, because my engine originally came with a first gen cover, and I traded it to Bruce for a 2nd gen so it would fit the CCI mount plate. In other news, the rotors are back from Performance Coatings. The coating is beautiful, and I might add free. Brad felt bad about dropping my new rotor, so he not only sent a check to pay for the rotor, but didn't charge me for the coating of the other two. Boys and Girls, this is first class, grade A customer service. They also returned the bad rotor, and it really is toast. Talk about a bad bounce... It hit right on the corner, so the apex seal is squeezed, along with the corner seal, and even the side seal. Couldn't possibly have hit worse. I'll post a pic if anyone actually cares to see it. Rusty (T-Minus about half a day to reassembly) --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21700_1107644820_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Rusty,

Which pan did you order and is it for sale ??

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Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

-------------- Original message from "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>: --------------

Greetings,

The UPS man just stopped by, and I got my Moroso oil pan. It's a thing of beauty, but unfortunately, it doesn't fit. These pans appear to be made for the old first gen and earlier front covers, which were thicker than the 2nd gen cover. In other words, the distance between the front and rear holes on my engine (2nd gen cover) is about 13.75", and the distance on the pan is about 14.5".   Bummer.

You can use a first gen cover, as long as you aren't using an engine mount plate that was made for the 2nd gen front cover. I happen to know this well, because my engine originally came with a first gen cover, and I traded it to Bruce for a 2nd gen so it would fit the CCI mount plate.

In other news, the rotors are back from Performance Coatings. The coating is beautiful, and I might add free. Brad felt bad about dropping my new rotor, so he not only sent a check to pay for the rotor, but didn't charge me for the coating of the other two.  Boys and Girls, this is first class, grade A customer service. They also returned the bad rotor, and it really is toast. Talk about a bad bounce... It hit right on the corner, so the apex seal is squeezed, along with the corner seal, and even the side seal. Couldn't possibly have hit worse. I'll post a pic if anyone actually cares to see it.

Rusty (T-Minus about half a day to reassembly)

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