X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 935781 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 07 May 2005 10:34:37 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.116; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.75 ([204.127.135.75]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with SMTP id <2005050714343411200a8u0ge>; Sat, 7 May 2005 14:34:34 +0000 Received: from [209.247.222.101] by 204.127.135.75; Sat, 07 May 2005 14:34:33 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Can't get engine to fire off! "HELP" Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 14:34:33 +0000 Message-Id: <050720051434.19310.427CD1F90003C96200004B6E2160466648019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 14 2005) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_19310_1115476473_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_19310_1115476473_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bernie, Will give Tracy a heads up on your problem if I hear from him on the way to colorado !! -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 -------------- Original message from WALTER B KERR : -------------- > Yuk, I've said it before and am now living it: we can not support these > engines with Tracy's EC2 and EM2 without Tracy and he should train > someone else! > > Got my medical back yesterday and have had the A/C laid up for a week > while waiting on it. > > Did some small jobs involving wiring and calibrating the EM2. Found out > from Tracy if you wish to use the aux liquid temps, you must add 2 200ohm > resistors in an circuit that I do not understand but got it cal'd to work > and read near amb at the low end and 212 with boiling water. Added a VDO > temp sensor to the tank header by the exit of the oil from the cooler so > that could get the cool side temps of oil cooler. Drilled and tapped an > 1/8 inch NPT hole and discovered turbulators. It could slide up and down > in the cooling tube. Did I knock it loose while drilling, yuk. Jerry Hey > came to the rescue and gave me Ed K's email address. Ed assured me that > they all float in the tube, whew that made my day! Thanks Jerry. Moved > the pressure sender for the oil P to a T off the PSRU supply source to > get a more meaningful location of oil P. > > When I tried to start the engine late yesterday on a freshly charged > battery, no fire in hole, tried starting fluid because engine has set for > a week and had to do this at LAL after a week at SNF. Engine will go back > to Bruce probably in July to fiqure out why there is only 75 psi cranking > compression. While cranking, the rpm display on the EM2 was constantly > flashing 0 and NOP! Anyone have a hint what that is trying to tell me?? > > I'll bet a dollar to a hole in a doughnut that Tracy can give me several > things to check regarding wiring and the engine would run but he is AWOL > in Colo with "TED" and probably will not be able to reach him until > Charlie's flyin. Kelly if he passes by your place on the way, ask him to > bail me out with a phone call please. > > I've said before and am now afraid I'm experiencing it first hand. We > need a "redundant Tracy to keep these things perking with his stuff, but > I don't know how to clone one. > > Bernie, needing HELP if N19VX is going to make Lumberton > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_19310_1115476473_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Bernie,
  Will give Tracy a heads up on your problem if I hear from him
on the way to colorado !!
--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2




-------------- Original message from WALTER B KERR <jbker@juno.com>: --------------


> Yuk, I've said it before and am now living it: we can not support these
> engines with Tracy's EC2 and EM2 without Tracy and he should train
> someone else!
>
> Got my medical back yesterday and have had the A/C laid up for a week
> while waiting on it.
>
> Did some small jobs involving wiring and calibrating the EM2. Found out
> from Tracy if you wish to use the aux liquid temps, you must add 2 200ohm
> resistors in an circuit that I do not understand but got it cal'd to work
> and read near amb at the low end and 212 with boiling water. Added a VDO
> temp sensor to the tank header by the exit of the oil from the cooler so
> that could get the cool side temps of oil cooler. Drilled and tapped an
> 1/8 inch NPT hole and discovered turbulators. It could slide up and down
> in the cooling tube. Did I knock it loose while drilling, yuk. Jerry Hey
> came to the rescue and gave me Ed K's email address. Ed assured me that
> they all float in the tube, whew that made my day! Thanks Jerry. Moved
> the pressure sender for the oil P to a T off the PSRU supply source to
> get a more meaningful location of oil P.
>
> When I tried to start the engine late yesterday on a freshly charged
> battery, no fire in hole, tried starting fluid because engine has set for
> a week and had to do this at LAL after a week at SNF. Engine will go back
> to Bruce probably in July to fiqure out why there is only 75 psi cranking
> compression. While cranking, the rpm display on the EM2 was constantly
> flashing 0 and NOP! Anyone have a hint what that is trying to tell me??
>
> I'll bet a dollar to a hole in a doughnut that Tracy can give me several
> things to check regarding wiring and the engine would run but he is AWOL
> in Colo with "TED" and probably will not be able to reach him until
> Charlie's flyin. Kelly if he passes by your place on the way, ask him to
> bail me out with a phone call please.
>
> I've said before and am now afraid I'm experiencing it first hand. We
> need a "redundant Tracy to keep these things perking with his stuff, but
> I don't know how to clone one.
>
> Bernie, needing HELP if N19VX is going to make Lumberton
>
> >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/
> >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html
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