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1. 05:08 AM - Re: Intermittent Ignition Issue (Catz631@aol.com)
2. 06:52 PM - Re: Pitot Static Ports (WurlyBird)
3. 08:37 PM - 582 cyl head venting tube? closed? doubt it... (wildirishtime)
4. 09:00 PM - Re: 582 cyl head venting tube? closed? doubt it... (Guy Buchanan)
5. 09:22 PM - Re: Intermittent Ignition Issue (riquenkelly@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Intermittent Ignition Issue |
Rique,
I have a 912 on my 4 but you have a similar ignition. As Guy mentioned it
sounds like a broken wire. I had a problem like yours and it ended up being
a broken red power wire to the CDI. I only found it by putting an ohm meter
with one lead to ground and the other to one of my wife's sewing pins.
I worked my way down the wire coming from the CDI. I punched a hole thru
the shielding and eventually found the break about 6 inches from the box. It
was in a straight run and totally invisible from looking at it. A cut and a
splice and I was back in business.
This might be your problem.
Dick Maddux
Fox 4
Milton,Fl
PS: If you suspect a plug cap you could unscrew it, snip off about 1/4 inch
of wire,lube with lithium grease and screw it back on.
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| Subject: | Re: Pitot Static Ports |
If ANYONE, EVER, crashed a Kitfox or similar aircraft due to an instrument failure
they probably needed to be removed from the aviation gene pool anyway. The
only instruments I rely on are the RPM and TGT. Every other instrument in the
aircraft is only used to reinforce what the pilot should have already felt.
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James
Kitfox 3 / 582 / GSC prop
The ink is still drying on my new certificate
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| Subject: | 582 cyl head venting tube? closed? doubt it... |
On my recently acquired Kitfox 3, I decided to replace
the coolant with DexCool (who knows what it had!)
I pulled the cyl head vent tube and found that the
metal nipple where the 1/4" tube plugs on the RADIATOR
side of that vent tube is CLOSED.... it was NOT drilled into
the inside of the metal neck just below the fill cap?
Shouldn't that nipple be open to the inside of fill cap neck?
It's not an obstruction - it simply was never drilled.
I hope my question makes sense, thanks!
~Wild
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| Subject: | Re: 582 cyl head venting tube? closed? doubt it... |
At 08:36 PM 2/10/2010, you wrote:
>Shouldn't that nipple be open to the inside of fill cap neck?
>It's not an obstruction - it simply was never drilled.
Yes it should. It's used to vent any vapor accumulation in the head,
either by inadequate bleed during fill, or through boiling when hot.
Sounds like an easy fix.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 400 hrs. and counting
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| Subject: | Re: Intermittent Ignition Issue |
The engine quits when one switch is off (grounding the good side). But th
is is intermittent. I'll either get the normal 150-250 rpm drop and recov
ery or the engine will quit altogether. And this will happen within secon
ds of each other if I perform repeated checks.
-----Original Message-----
From: riquenkelly@aol.com
Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 11:21 pm
Subject: Intermittent Ignition Issue
Listers,
I am out of ideas. I have a Model IV with a 582 and Ducati ignition.
About 50% of the time my aircraft fails ground check on one side of my ig
nition. I have checked for every loose connection I can think of. How fr
equently have the brushes on the flywheel failed? Could they be intermitt
ent? I have replaced the DCI I thought was the failed unit but I'm not su
re how likely it is for a DCI to fire intermittently.
Does anyone have any good suggestions? I've checked everything I can thin
k of...
Thanks for the help,
Rique Gwin
Kitfox Model IV Classic
582 Grey
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