---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 04/14/15: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:42 AM - Re: Motor Mount Paint (Lowell Fitt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:42:08 AM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Motor Mount Paint Ted, Not much flying. I flew to Stan Foster's place two years ago and had some issues with the airplane. Nothing serious, but aggravating. I had some brake issues. We first flew to Bishop on the other side of the Sierras to meet up with three others who were flying down. Then we stopped at a little town just north of Death Valley for fuel and on planned departure, I found that I had only a left brake. On inspection, the brake pad had broken into pieces and fallen out. Hal (McGuyver) was with us and as usual jury rigged something that would work until we got to Arizona. Then the radio gave out. Fixing the brake was the easy thing, the radio was a challenge. I exchanged it for a new one and the mike sensitivity was so high that all anyone could hear when I hit the transmit button was the sound of rushing wind. I finally discovered it wasn't the radio but during a service to the headset to replace disintegrating wire, the headset folks had also replaced the microphone with what I would consider a piece of junk - way too sensitive. I paid the big bucks for a Sennheiser set and they work fine. Started once again for Stan Foster's place three weeks ago and after the five hour leg to Big Bear, found that the right brake locked up. I thought it was the parking brake, but not so sure now. I decided I didn't want to be at Thunder Ridge with more airplane issues, so turned around and came home. The airplane flies fine. I put ten hours on it on the trip three weeks ago and that is pretty much the total since January of 2014. I think the headset will solve most of the issues with my not flying. There is talk of a trip to Oshkosh this Summer. As of now, it is in the plans, but the brake issues have to be solved. Lowell From: Temco Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 8:52 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Motor Mount Paint Lowell you are correct about the cap screws as this is a metal to metal contact. Since you finished you project we haven=99t heard to much from you. How is the machine performing? I=99ve been travelling and doing part time contracting so work on my machine is currently stalled and I just can=99t seem to find the time to get back building. Probably a good kick in the butt would be appropriate at this time to get me in gear and finish the model IV. I=99ve had the engine running and prop adjusted and that all works fine. Regards =94 Ted On Apr 13, 2015, at 8:34 PM, Lowell Fitt wrote: Guy, Do you have the original style mounts for the IV. If so, I would remove the powder coating at the the cap screws that screw into the engine. I would think that vibration and the compressive forces might crush the powder coat and affect torque over time. Then again retorquing every annual would take care of that possibility. Lowell On Apr 13, 2015 7:17 PM, "Temco" wrote: Hello Guy Not sure why you would want to remove the powder coat from between the mount and the engine as this is where the rubber donuts (Vibration dampening) go. Normally the powder coating is left in place and engine to frame electrical bonding is done via a very flexible heavy gauge cable from the engine directly to a good ground point on the frame and to your electrical ground bus somewhere near your instrument panel.. Hope this helps Ted Palamarek Edmonton, Alberta KF IV/912UL > On Apr 13, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Andy Fultz wrote: > > > Guy, why would you remove any paint? It's there after all to protect the metal from rusting. > > Andy F > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 13, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Guy Buchanan wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> Long time. I just got my 912 motor mount back from powder coating. Did you guys who painted / coated your motor mounts, remove the coating between the engine and mount? Or did you just torque down over the paint / coating? I will be removing it between the mount and frame, that's easy. It's harder between the mount and the engine. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Guy Buchanan >> Ramona, CA >> Kitfox IV-1200 / 912-S / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded >> Now a glider pilot, too. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ========== ox-List" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List ========== FORUMS - _blank">http://forums.matronics.com ========== b Site - -Matt Dralle, List Admin. target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ========== class="">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List class="">http://forums.matronics.com class="">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-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/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-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.