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                           Engines-List Digest Archive
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     1. 04:29 AM -   (Gary Casey)
     2. 08:05 AM - Re:   (Cy Galley)
 
 
 
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Time: 04:29:38 AM PST US
From: "Gary Casey" <glcasey@adelphia.net>
Subject: Engines-List: 

--> Engines-List message posted by: "Gary Casey" <glcasey@adelphia.net>

<<(On the O-360's) a Narrowdeck engine uses holddown plates underneath the
nuts on the cylinder base.
A Widedeck has a fatter base itself and therefore doesn't need these beef-up
plates.
I would assume the same to be true in the 540 series. But then, I am not
100% sure.
Good Luck to you,
Konrad>>

Thanks, Konrad.  Yes, I am sure that's true of the 540's as well.  As I
understand it the nut is different as well, since it is closer to the
cylinder on the narrow-deck engines and there is less wrench clearance.  I'm
told the narrow-deck engines are actually stronger, apparently because the
bolts are closer to the cylinder, and they are preferred if one is to
increase the compression ratio to obtain more power.  I was hoping to
identify the engine without looking at it so I could know what ad in TAP to
which I was going to respond.  The Lycoming model number list doesn't
identify "wide deck."  They do list the dash-number of the serial number as
either being -40 or -48, but that is presumably to separate the O- from the
IO- engines.

Gary Casey






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Time: 08:05:50 AM PST US
From: "Cy Galley" <cgalley@qcbc.org>
Subject: Re: Engines-List: 

--> Engines-List message posted by: "Cy Galley" <cgalley@qcbc.org>

The narrow deck on the 4 cylinders use an internal wrenching nut. (12 point
socket inside a cup)

Cy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, Oshkosh

Editor, EAA Safety Programs
cgalley@qcbc.org or experimenter@eaa.org

Always looking for articles for  the Experimenter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Casey" <glcasey@adelphia.net>
Subject: Engines-List:


> --> Engines-List message posted by: "Gary Casey" <glcasey@adelphia.net>
>
> <<(On the O-360's) a Narrowdeck engine uses holddown plates underneath the
> nuts on the cylinder base.
> A Widedeck has a fatter base itself and therefore doesn't need these
beef-up
> plates.
> I would assume the same to be true in the 540 series. But then, I am not
> 100% sure.
> Good Luck to you,
> Konrad>>
>
> Thanks, Konrad.  Yes, I am sure that's true of the 540's as well.  As I
> understand it the nut is different as well, since it is closer to the
> cylinder on the narrow-deck engines and there is less wrench clearance.
I'm
> told the narrow-deck engines are actually stronger, apparently because the
> bolts are closer to the cylinder, and they are preferred if one is to
> increase the compression ratio to obtain more power.  I was hoping to
> identify the engine without looking at it so I could know what ad in TAP
to
> which I was going to respond.  The Lycoming model number list doesn't
> identify "wide deck."  They do list the dash-number of the serial number
as
> either being -40 or -48, but that is presumably to separate the O- from
the
> IO- engines.
>
> Gary Casey
>
>