---------------------------------------------------------- JabiruEngine-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 09/13/07: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:51 AM - Re: Cylinder cooling issues - Guidance from Jabiru (japhillipsga@aol.com) 2. 10:44 AM - Re: Cylinder cooling issues - Guidance from Jabiru (pat ladd) 3. 02:15 PM - Re: JabiruEngine-List Digest: 9 Msgs - 09/12/07 (Terry Phillips) 4. 05:24 PM - Re: Electrical Problem with my 3300 (Jeffrey J Paris) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:51:35 AM PST US Subject: Re: JabiruEngine-List: Cylinder cooling issues - Guidance from Jabiru From: japhillipsga@aol.com Pat, how big was the barn ? -----Original Message----- From: pat ladd Sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 5:35 am Subject: Re: JabiruEngine-List: Cylinder cooling issues - Guidance from Jabiru ? By asking for optimal pressure drops, Jabiru is protecting itself against warranty claims related to overheating.>>? ? Hi All,? this is my first posting to this list and it is obvious from lurking that you guys are much more technically knowledgeable than I. On a scale of 1 to 10 put me in as zero.? I fly a Kolb Extra with a Jabiru pusher, in the UK. I have had little experience as I managed to start the engine with the throttle wide open after only a few hours flying . I hit a barn, and a parked car. The rebuild has just been completed and I am waiting for Permission to Test Fly at the moment.? ? I queried the rumours of Jabi`s overheating with the dealer when I ordered the plane and he assured me that it was a thing of the past and more up to date engines were OK. My engine must now be around 2 years old. Any comments?? ? Cheers? ? Pat ? ? ? ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:44:25 AM PST US From: "pat ladd" Subject: Re: JabiruEngine-List: Cylinder cooling issues - Guidance from Jabiru Pat, how big was the barn ?>> Big enough to see but too big to avoid. I fell victim to the Jabi policy of the throttle going to full throttle in case of failure. I had been flying a Challenger with Rotax 503 for many years with no need to adjust the throttle friction. In the Kolb there is a friction adjustment under the pilots seat and I obviously had not tightened it quite enough. The choke is high behind my right shoulder. In my left hip trouser pocket I had my credit card case. In starting I needed to set or reset the choke several times and each time I twisted in my seat the wallet nudged the throttle open. The Jabi propensity to go to open throttle did the rest. The engine fired and she went like a bat out of hell across the farm yard. My wife who had helped me rig, and thank heaven was standing behind the wing swears that I took off , in 30 yards, before impacting an RSJ (I beam) supporting the corner of the barn about halfway along the port wing. I had intended only to taxi onto the field to fuel up, a matter of a hundred yards, and had strapped in only as a reflex action. Very lucky as otherwise I would have gone from being pushed back in the seat by the acceleration to a 150 degree swing and sudden deceleration as I hit the parked car, which would certainly have thrown me around the cockpit, (its a side by side 2 seater) with resulting injury. Thank goodness the engine was high and behind the wing and the prop hit nothing. If it had been a tractor set up it would have meant new prop and probable shock loading of the engine to deal with. Cheers Pat ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:15:32 PM PST US From: Terry Phillips Subject: JabiruEngine-List: Re: JabiruEngine-List Digest: 9 Msgs - 09/12/07 Andy believes that Jabiru's warranty starts from first run. Unfortunately, my warranty is ambiguous on this point. My warranty states: *15 JABIRU AIRCRAFT PTY LTD -- NEW ENGINE WARRANTY* Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd, hereinafter JABIRU warrants that it will make good without charge, any defect which appears in this engine. Provided: 5 The defect has been notified in writing to JABIRU: i) before the engine has operated a total of 200 hours or, ii) within twelve (12) months of the date of delivery of the engine to the first retail purchaser or from the date of independent Authority authenticated first flight. Whichever comes first, and ... Does ii) "within twelve (12) months of the date of delivery," rule, or does, "from the date of independent Authority authenticated first flight," rule? And, what constitutes an "independent Authority?" Since I bought my engine w/o thinking about possible warranty expiration, I really hope Andy is correct that the warranty does not start until my first flight. However, I fear that my warranty will be expired before I ever bolt it onto the aircraft. Since my engine came from Jabiru USA, perhaps Pete can shed some light on this. Terry Andy Silvester wrote: > > Time: 09:36:01 AM PST US > Subject: JabiruEngine-List: Re: Coils > From: "Andy Silvester" > > > All you guys are making sensible and valid points - thanks. I re-read my original > response about John's two coil failures and perhaps should clarify. There really > is no 'Jabiru Policy' about what, and what isn't agreed as a warranty replacement. > Yes, there is a warranty document which says that parts and labor are > warranted - and I think Jabiru's warranty which DOES start from first-run > and not the date of purchase is fairer than most. 'Obvious' mechanical failures > and breakages are of course warranted where there can be no question about the > way the failure occurred. However, people do overheat coils, which fail and > they claim under warranty. Similarly with overheating heads. Jabiru have seen > all these before and tend to be ready with a less than favorable answer, so for > us dealers, the onus is with us to go against the flow and 'prove' the operator > or installation wasn't at fault. In John's case I obviously didn't do a good > enough job providing the proof, because of course his were genuine warranty > issues. It was a while ago and I can't remember specifically, but I probably > caught the Jabiru factory guy on an off day or just after he's rejected someone > else's claim for free replacements - who knows? > What I'm saying is that ultimately, the decision on the replacement of parts which > could have been mis-used is both subjective and somewhat inconsistent. People > are involved in the decision process and so it's fallible. I'm not defending > or criticising necessarily - it's just the way it is. I'd be interested to > learn how any small company (Jabiru isn't Lycoming) can do it differently and > stay in business. They obviously can't honor every claim which is presented, because > a good number are due to abuse of the engine through poor installation. > > John's claim is reasonable so I'll have another go at Jabiru with the hope of success > this time. > > Andy Silvester > Suncoast Sportplanes Inc. > > -------- > www.suncoastjabiru.com > > > -- Terry Phillips ttp44~at~rkymtn.net Corvallis MT 601XL/Jab 3300 slow build kit - Rudder done--finally; working on the stab http://www.mykitlog.com/N47TP/ ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:24:58 PM PST US Subject: Re: JabiruEngine-List: Electrical Problem with my 3300 From: "Jeffrey J Paris" Pete, Amazing it was the Yellow Wire! I put a 30 amp fuse in line and it must have gotten some moisture in it and the fuse blew/cooked in the supposed weather proof boot it came with. The stators and the copper wiring were shiny and when we fired the engine up my readings on the voltmeters went up to 14.3 volts. Thanks, Jeff --- On Sun 09/09, < info@usjabiru.com > wrote: From: [mailto: info@usjabiru.com] Subject: Re: JabiruEngine-List: Electrical Problem with my 3300 to get some wattage back for transmission.
>
> After customs finished with me I was not able to start the plane, dead
> battery? I pulled the cowls for good measure and a inspection under the
> hood and nothing was out of the ordinary in terms of loose connections or
> damaged wire. I jumped the plane and headed back to my home airport. I
> kept my eye on my Xerion Engine analyzer voltage readout as well as my
> Dynon readout: They read at the start of the trip about 12.1 volts and
> decreased to about 11.7 volts. Normally I'm seeing 14.2 volts at cruise
> power indicated on each gauge.
>
> This week I pulled the cowls and did another inspection in whih I tested
> the battery with my multimeter and I was getting a reading of about 11.9
> volts. I then thought maybe my Odyssey PC625 dry cell Battery had a bad
> cell and was not able to charge itself properly. Of course I went out and
> got a replacement battery and _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message jabiruengine-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/JabiruEngine-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/jabiruengine-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/jabiruengine-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.