Return-Path: Received: from [216.211.128.10] (HELO mail-in03.adhost.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0) with ESMTP id 814375 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:39:53 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.211.128.10; envelope-from=JoeH@PilgrimTech.com Received: from pilgrim9 (c-67-183-14-36.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [67.183.14.36]) by mail-in03.adhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898F02ABE2E for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 22:38:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from JoeH@PilgrimTech.com) Reply-To: From: "Joe Hull" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Another Run - with Questions Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 22:39:05 -0800 Organization: Pilgrim Technologies Message-ID: <002601c5e10a$740ba550$8802a8c0@redmond.corp.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5E0C7.65E86550" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcXg1csZKYkmEuHSSZODMjFR2CFHawAMO05w In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5E0C7.65E86550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is not nice guys! Everybody is telling Joe that he is too retarded :) Buly Hey - I resemble that remark! I only had a few minutes to run out and throw a timing light on it tonight and, yes, I am way retarded - oh, and so's the engine timing. But I'm in a bit of a quandary. I set TDC on the flywheel as Lynn described and it looked so perfect. But the timing light is showing it firing at 40+Deg. ATDC and when I turn the Crank Angle sensor as far as it will go trying to advance it I can only get up to about 20Deg ATDC. The engine, however, sounds MUCH, MUCH better as I advance the timing - although that may also be because I pickup about 100RPM when I do that. Oh, and the little red and yellow dots on the main pulley seem to be correlating with the flywheel marks at this point. Now, I am supposed to put the timing light on the #1 Leading plug lead, right? That's what my Mazda manual says. I guess I'll have to see if I can re-position my Crank Angle sensor this weekend and see what happens when I can advance it further. The MicroTech setup manual says to set the idle timing to 5Deg ATDC - it also says that is the yellow mark on the pulley). Joe Hull (loving the smell of exhaust in the my hair, my clothes, my skin.) Redmond (Seattle), Washington Cozy MkIV #991 (working on Engine & Electrical & Finishing) http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages/pages/JoeHull/index.html ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5E0C7.65E86550 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

This is not nice guys! Everybody is telling Joe that he is too = retarded :)

Buly

Hey – I resemble that = remark!

I only had a few minutes to run out = and throw a timing light on it tonight and, yes, I am way retarded – = oh, and so’s the engine = timing.

But I’m in a bit of a = quandary. I set TDC on the flywheel as = Lynn described and it looked so perfect. But the timing light is showing it = firing at 40+Deg. ATDC and when I turn the Crank Angle sensor as far as it will go = trying to advance it I can only get up to about 20Deg ATDC. The engine, = however, sounds MUCH, MUCH better as I advance the timing – although that = may also be because I pickup about 100RPM when I do that.

Oh, and the little red and yellow = dots on the main pulley seem to be correlating with the flywheel marks at this = point.

Now, I am supposed to put the = timing light on the #1 Leading plug lead, right? That’s what my Mazda manual = says.

I guess I’ll have to see if I = can re-position my Crank Angle sensor this weekend and see what happens when = I can advance it further.

The MicroTech setup manual says to set the idle timing to 5Deg ATDC – it also = says that is the yellow mark on the pulley).

Joe Hull (loving = the smell of exhaust in the my hair, my clothes, my = skin…)

Redmond (Seattle), Washington

Cozy MkIV #991 = (working on Engine & Electrical & Finishing)

http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages/pages/JoeHull/index.html

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