---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 04/12/16: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 10:07 AM - Recommendation for a better starter than the Sky-Tec? (mppalmer@aol.com) 2. 10:07 AM - Recommendation for a better starter than the Sky-Tec? (mppalmer@aol.com) 3. 12:14 PM - Re: Recommendation for a better starter than the Sky-Tec? (=?utf-8?B?cm9iaW4wMkBtaW5kc3ByaW5nLmNvbQ==?=) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:07:14 AM PST US From: mppalmer@aol.com Subject: Glasair-List: Recommendation for a better starter than the Sky-Tec? We've been flying a Sky-Tec LS starter for about 15 years now. I have to fix it at least once a year and it's been in for factory overhaul three times in less than 2000 hours. I'm tired of it. (The factory says it won't need an overhaul until 2700 hours, but that's not our experience.) If nothing else, the Solenoid fails about every 6 months to a year. (I wrote here before about buying Lifetime Warranty solenoids from OReilly Auto Parts.) The factory keeps blaming "vibration" for the premature failures. But I've prop balanced our engine to some ridiculously low ips. So it's difficult to understand how it could be vibration. (I also rewired our starter system to bypass the contactor on the solenoid, which was also a recurring point of failure on this design.) Please, what starter are you running in your 4-banger Glasair that has been trouble free? I'm tired of hand propping. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:07:16 AM PST US From: mppalmer@aol.com Subject: Glasair-List: Recommendation for a better starter than the Sky-Tec? We've been flying a Sky-Tec LS starter for about 15 years now. I have to fix it at least once a year and it's been in for factory overhaul three times in less than 2000 hours. I'm tired of it. (The factory says it won't need an overhaul until 2700 hours, but that's not our experience.) If nothing else, the Solenoid fails about every 6 months to a year. (I wrote here before about buying Lifetime Warranty solenoids from OReilly Auto Parts.) The factory keeps blaming "vibration" for the premature failures. But I've prop balanced our engine to some ridiculously low ips. So it's difficult to understand how it could be vibration. (I also rewired our starter system to bypass the contactor on the solenoid, which was also a recurring point of failure on this design.) Please, what starter are you running in your 4-banger Glasair that has been trouble free? I'm tired of hand propping. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:14:20 PM PST US From: =?utf-8?B?cm9iaW4wMkBtaW5kc3ByaW5nLmNvbQ==?= Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Recommendation for a better starter than the Sky-Tec? TWlrZSwgSSB1c2UgYSBCQyBzdGFydGVyIGFsb25nIHdpdGggdGhlaXIgYmF0dGVyeSwgYW5kIGxp bmVhciB2b2x0YWdlIHJlZ3VsYXRvci5Sb2JpbiBZb3VuZwogICAgU2VudCBmcm9tIG15ICBTbWFy dHBob25l ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message glasair-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Glasair-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/glasair-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/glasair-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.