X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.10) with ESMTP id 2167989 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:28:57 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.64; envelope-from=CBarber@TexasAttorney.net Received: from [24.238.208.71] (helo=userte4ok6qti7) by elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1I83aV-00041h-Di for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:28:19 -0400 Message-ID: <00a501c7c289$49b671b0$0401a8c0@userte4ok6qti7> From: "Christopher Barber" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Sparkless update Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:28:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C7C25F.609297D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-ELNK-Trace: 04a7e290e6af3b12d3631fa4f7b525ef239a348a220c2609315a2e267fe493b8df6693d41884cdb693caf27dac41a8fd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.238.208.71 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C7C25F.609297D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, after a couple of hours of wire testing (buzz testing etc) I was = finally able to track down my sparkless problem. Seems that when I = first started my wiring I was short some of my expensive aviation crimp = connections and I used lower quality butt connectors. Well, one of the = cheap ones did not hold the wire in and the two white/white&black CAS = wires came out, thus no spark. I have used very few of these cheaper = connectors and have replaced most of the few I have used........hadn't = made it to these yet. Just one more thing I am happy to discover on the = ground. Since I knew little if anything about wiring 6 months ago and now I feel = pretty confortable, I am amazed at how different the quality is on the = cheaper and the the better conectors. I now even know what to look for = and have found some much better quality ones at local hardware = stores....even though the ones on the plane all came from aviation = specific vendors. The engine still starts inconsistantly....one time easy, then not = starting at all until I hold my tounge juuuuust right, or so it seems. = It also seems to still be running rich. Which is not suprising since I = have not done anything to it since it was not running. Now that it is = running again though, I can start to actually TUNE the beast. =20 Thanks for y'all's continued support, insight and wisedom. All the best, Chris ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C7C25F.609297D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Well, after a couple of hours of wire = testing (buzz=20 testing etc) I was finally able to track down my sparkless = problem. =20 Seems that when I first started my wiring I was short some of my = expensive=20 aviation crimp connections and I used lower quality butt = connectors. Well,=20 one of the cheap ones did not hold the wire in and the two = white/white&black=20 CAS wires came out, thus no spark. I have used very few of = these=20 cheaper connectors and have replaced most of the few I have = used........hadn't=20 made it to these yet. Just one more thing I am happy to discover = on the=20 ground.

Since I knew little if anything about = wiring 6=20 months ago and now I feel pretty confortable, I am amazed at how = different the=20 quality is on the cheaper and the the better conectors. I now even = know=20 what to look for and have found some much better quality ones at local = hardware=20 stores....even though the ones on the plane all came from aviation = specific=20 vendors.

The engine still starts = inconsistantly....one time=20 easy, then not starting at all until I hold my tounge juuuuust right, or = so it=20 seems. It also seems to still be running rich. Which is = not=20 suprising since I have not done anything to it since it was not = running.=20 Now that it is running again though, I can start to actually TUNE=20 the beast.

Thanks for y'all's continued support, = insight and=20 wisedom.

All the best,

Chris

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