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From: "jbker@juno.com" <jbker@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:27:11 GMT
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Subject: Dipstick needed!!
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This one may go down in history as a real bonehead play!  Someway lost m=
y dipstick. Remember checking the oil when I had the cowling off, put th=
e cowling on, taxi up and down runway and parked airplane for the night.=
 Went out to fly the next morning and coolant dropping out of exit of co=
wling. Removed cowling and found suspect leak point. Small hose going to=
 pressure transducer had a short barb and the shrink clamp was not compl=
etely up on barb. Replaced with narrow mechanical clamp and ran the engi=
ne up with cowling off to pressurize system. Several neighbors observing=
. One said on shutdown , where is your dipstick and I replied from cockp=
it that it was on the right side middle of engine. His response was yes =
I see the tube, but where is the dipstick. Duh?? =

Junk yard will not sell just a dipstick, so hopefully one of you rotorhe=
ads who has torn down several engines will have a spare dipstick that I =
can buy.
Please email me at  jbker@juno.com or call my cell  772 708 0093
thanks, Bernie Kerr

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<html><P>This one may go down in history as a real bonehead play!&nbsp; =
Someway lost my dipstick. Remember checking the oil when I had the cowli=
ng off, put the cowling on, taxi up and down runway and parked airplane =
for the night. Went out to fly the next morning and coolant dropping out=
 of exit of cowling. Removed cowling and found suspect leak point. Small=
 hose going to pressure transducer had a short barb and the shrink clamp=
 was not completely up on barb. Replaced with narrow mechanical clamp an=
d ran the engine up with cowling off to pressurize system. Several neigh=
bors observing. One said on shutdown , where is your dipstick and I repl=
ied from cockpit that it was on the right side middle of engine. His res=
ponse was yes I see the tube, but where is the dipstick. Duh?? </P>
<P>Junk yard will not sell just a dipstick, so hopefully one of you roto=
rheads who has torn down several engines will have a spare dipstick that=
 I can buy.</P>
<P>Please email me at&nbsp; <A href=3D"mailto:jbker@juno.com">jbker@juno=
.com</A> or call my cell&nbsp; 772 708 0093</P>
<P>thanks, Bernie Kerr</P></html>

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