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Mike,
I feel your pain but you will get there...............As for the leaking filter pad I did the same
mod (requires drilling up from the plugged oil galley on the rear housing oil pan surface to
connect the two holes left when removing the pad).............I did tap all three holes for 1/4"
pipe plugs.............No problem for the pan surface hole (must be flush with surface so pan
will seal) but be careful with the two top holes as it would be easy to split the cast iron.....
Might be better to use a straight threaded plug with a fine thread...........Depending on how
deep Bruce put the "JB" weld you may be able to just drill out enough for your threaded
plug and leave the remainder in place so as not to drop shavings into oil galley........I would
check with Bruce as to the depth of the epoxy............FWIW
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
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My engine seems to be working really well since reseating the improperly seated B chip in the EC-2. I've run for a few hours and have not been able to force a re-occurance of the lost data problem. I'm cautiously optimistic.
I also appear to be jinxed. My engine has developed an oil leak. The engine was built by Bruce Turrentine and one of the mods he performed was to remove the stock oil filter pad. He didnt simply install a block off plate from Racing Beat though. He cut the pad off flush and plugged the remaining holes with what appears to be JB Weld. One of those plugs has suddenly started leaking. Not sure how best to fix this. Thinking the best approach is probably to remove the epoxy and tap for threaded plugs. But I'm afraid there may not be enough metal left to take a thread. Also afraid of dropping epoxy shavings down into the oil passage. I'm open to suggestions.
Man I'm tired of working on this thing. I want to fly it!
Mike Wills
RV-4 N144MW
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