---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 07/28/11: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:03 AM - Re: Bungee best practice questions (Michel) 2. 04:58 AM - Re: 912 model IV engine idle (Catz631@aol.com) 3. 10:55 AM - Re: 912 model IV engine idle (Lloyd Eggstaff) 4. 09:43 PM - Re: 912 model IV engine idle (Lowell Fitt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:03:24 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Bungee best practice questions From: "Michel" dave wrote: > Cannot be easier to put on Bungees > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kEZnXDgYM Hello Dave, I have known you for many years and I have admired all you have done with your Kitfox and the many videos you have posted on YouTube. You are a real bush pilot! Looking at this video, I understand that you find replacing the bungees easy ... because you remove your seat! I haven't built my Kitfox myself, only installed a Jabiru engine, but in my plane, the seat is fastened with a hell of a lot of tiny screws along the two tubes that supports it. May I ask you how your seat is fastened? Do you unscrew all those screws or do you have a better or easier way to fasten it? Cheers, Michel Kitfox III + Jabiru 2200 -------- Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=347904#347904 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:58:52 AM PST US From: Catz631@aol.com Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 912 model IV engine idle I also had to go back to the old needles when I did my carbs. The internal springs in the "new' needles are stiffer than the old needles. The new needles allowed fuel to spill out the carb intakes and sure had an effect on the idle. The carbs are further out on the Kitfox due to the reversed intake manifolds. I believe this causes more vibration at each carb (ie: a pendulum effect) Try the old needles and see if that helps. Dick Maddux Fox 4 Milton,Fl ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:55:23 AM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 912 model IV engine idle From: Lloyd Eggstaff Are the old needles available anywhere? I tend to have the same problem with my Vixen with the 912. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:56 AM, wrote: > ** > I also had to go back to the old needles when I did my carbs. The internal > springs in the "new' needles are stiffer than the old needles. The new > needles allowed fuel to spill out the carb intakes and sure had an effect on > the idle. The carbs are further out on the Kitfox due to the reversed intake > manifolds. I believe this causes more vibration at each carb (ie: a pendulum > effect) > Try the old needles and see if that helps. > Dick Maddux > Fox 4 > Milton,Fl > > * > > * > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:43:55 PM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 912 model IV engine idle When I rebuilt my carburetor and got the new needles and had to go back to the old ones, I called for some tech advice per the problem. I don't recall who I called as it was probably ten years ago (eight actually - I just checked). I was told that the needles for the ULS and the UL were different. As I recall, and please don't quote me on this, but I think my needles were brass colored and the ULS needles were black. I tried to do a little research for this note and found that one of the service centers is shipping the same needles for the ULS carburetor rebuild kit as well as the UL kit. I don't know if things have changed since '04 or if it is simply easier to only stock one needle. My rebuild kit, though, was supposedly for a UL and the new needles didn't work. I would hope that calling Lockwood or LEAF could get some "helpful" advice. Lowell From: Lloyd Eggstaff Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:52 AM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: 912 model IV engine idle Are the old needles available anywhere? I tend to have the same problem with my Vixen with the 912. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:56 AM, wrote: I also had to go back to the old needles when I did my carbs. The internal springs in the "new' needles are stiffer than the old needles. The new needles allowed fuel to spill out the carb intakes and sure had an effect on the idle. The carbs are further out on the Kitfox due to the reversed intake manifolds. I believe this causes more vibration at each carb (ie: a pendulum effect) Try the old needles and see if that helps. 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