On my Renesis, I am fabing my own oil pickup out of 4130 and using the pickup screen from my parted out Cosmo. I am also fabbing a custom oil pan made out of finned heatsink aluminum welded to my mounting plate which is done. I wanted to get away from the leak potential from the sandwich and provide a little additional oil cooling with the finned oil pan.  I am undecided about putting in the oil level switch, but am leaning that way.     

 

Dave Clifford

 

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From: "Bobby J. Hughes" <bhughes@qnsi.net>

> Bill,
>
> I used the Renesis Oil Level Switch on my custom pan. If you turn it
> upside down it becomes a N.O. switch. Stock orientation is normally
> closed. Since my pans is a deep wedge I placed it parallel to the oil
> pickup, leveled the pan and installed the switch to go closed at the 4
> quart level of the 7 quart pan. This will feed an LED. The 2 leads are
> ran up through the block to the oil filler neck and come out the side on
> top of the engine.
>
> For the oil pickup trace the Renesis mounting flange onto a steel plate.
> I used 1/8" 4130 and modified an older rotary pickup tube using the
> mazda strainer and some 4130 tube. Parts where braised together. You may
> be able to just make a spacer and put it between the stock pickup tube
> and the Renesis. Moroso also has a kit that might work. I think it would
> have been easier.
> http://www.moroso.com/catalog/categorydisplay.asp?catcode=12009 Still
> have to make the mounting flange.
>
> Bobby
>
>
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> Behalf Of bbradburry@allvantage.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] 13B and Renesis oil pans
>
> Looks like the 2nd gen pan can be used with Fred's plate to attach to
> the Renesis. Three holes will have to be tapped for 6MM helicoils for a
> bolt up. Weld up the three mount holes or only the center one, and fill
> the holes in Freds plate with JB Weld.
> What about the electrical connections. Does anyone know what the items
> are in the pan? Oil level?, temp?. Can the Renesis items be adapted to
> the 13B?
> The oil pickup for the two seem to be slightly off on the bolt hole
> distance where it attaches to the block. Something will have to be done
> to reach the bottom of either pan because of the 1/2 inch of Fred's
> plate. Any ideas??
> Tracy adapted the Renesis to his plane. Anyone know what he did
> reguards the oil pan?? Tracy??
>
> Bill Bradburry
>
>
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