X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from irongate.mail.utexas.edu ([128.83.32.55] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with ESMTP id 1316757 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:43:42 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=128.83.32.55; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu DomainKey-Signature: s=main; d=austin.utexas.edu; c=nofws; q=dns; b=Tnn0JrVM+pY1Lw8t0BWOoeFbwhjf0+ihpw3Wq9f3w2byIJFIvJoK0C+CSmPOw9rq0t43EnIvqAdkfj7BYKH/v65Gv2jQJD8lcg94houN717H1yNn520UKg9E/P4oxfEfKWJsjBHSsMwbl8WqfVdTsmY88N7/PJ8ZnOObCeCiR7w=; Received: from exb01.austin.utexas.edu (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) ([129.116.87.142]) by irongate.mail.utexas.edu with ESMTP; 26 Jul 2006 09:42:55 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C6B0C1.C825E067" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: 20B back together Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:42:55 -0500 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E0531F46C@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: 20B back together Thread-Index: AcawvGmLA5klZRiLRFCGIzbo85WwAAABNUqw From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6B0C1.C825E067 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tracy, Can you expound on the need to replace the Hurley seals. I have the 3mm Hurley seals in my 20B, with about 10 hours of ground running. At the time I was rebuilding my engine Hurley seals were the best seals to use, or so I was told. So, what's changed? I also have the TES o-rings installed throughout. =20 =20 Thanks, Mark S. =20 ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:00 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 20B back together =20 The tear down and apex seal replacement job on my 20B turned out to be a 6 day ordeal instead of a quick 2 hour job but it's done and I can get back to finishing the RV-8 again. Most of the problems were caused by inexperience (haven't had to tear down a rotary in over 12 years) and the fact that this was not a standard 20B but a mongrel built out of mostly 13B parts. I went ahead and replaced the stock coolant O-rings with TES parts while replacing the Hurley apex seals. =20 =20 Tracy (packing old GPS in plane for backup) ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6B0C1.C825E067 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Tracy,

Can you expound on the need to = replace the Hurley seals.  I have the 3mm Hurley seals in my 20B, with about 10 = hours of ground running.  At the time I was rebuilding my engine Hurley seals were = the best seals to use, or so I was told.  So, what’s changed?  I = also have the TES o-rings installed throughout. 

 

Thanks,

=

Mark = S.

 

From: = Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, = 2006 9:00 AM
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = 20B back together

 

The tear down = and apex seal replacement job on my 20B turned out to be a 6 day ordeal instead of a quick 2 hour job but it's done and I can get back to finishing the RV-8 again.   Most of the problems were caused = by inexperience (haven't had to tear down a rotary in over 12 = years) and the fact that this was not a standard 20B but a mongrel built out of = mostly 13B parts.    I went ahead and replaced the stock coolant O-rings with TES parts while replacing = the Hurley apex seals. 

 

Tracy  (packing old GPS in plane for = backup)

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