---------------------------------------------------------- RotaxEngines-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/14/11: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:26 AM - Re: Purchase Coolant Hose? (Catz631@aol.com) 2. 07:13 AM - Re: Purchase Coolant Hose? (Don Hudgeon) 3. 06:45 PM - Re: Bing Type 64 Carb. Idle Mixture Setting (Rich L) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:26:46 AM PST US From: Catz631@aol.com Subject: Re: RotaxEngines-List: Purchase Coolant Hose? I bit the bullet and bought 2 meters of 17 mm hose from Lockwood (very expensive). I ran a little short for my heater installation in my Kitfox . so I went to Napa and bought silicone hose. The engine itself did not require the additional length. Silicone hose has a little more give but worked perfectly.(even if it was not 17mm) If you do get silicone make sure you have the proper clamps. Silicone hoses take clamps that won't allow the hose to "squirm" out of place (per the NAPA rep) Dick Maddux Milton,Fl ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:13:57 AM PST US Subject: Re: RotaxEngines-List: Purchase Coolant Hose? From: Don Hudgeon Hi All Last year when I changed the hoses on my 912 I went to the local auto parts supplier and bought a few "formed hoses" especially designed for some brand of foreign cars. I cut pieces from them to match up with the shapes necessary for my Kitfox application. This way I was able to eliminate some of the metal sections and therefore reduce the number of "connections and clamps". I am not sure of the diameter but most foreign applications use metric measurements and they fit tightly to the Rotax parts. It made for a fairly neat installation. Does anyone have comments on this? Or reasons why this is not a good idea. Don On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:23 AM, wrote: > I bit the bullet and bought 2 meters of 17 mm hose from Lockwood (very > expensive). I ran a little short for my heater installation in my Kitfox . > so I went to Napa and bought silicone hose. The engine itself did not > require the additional length. Silicone hose has a little more give but > worked perfectly.(even if it was not 17mm) If you do get silicone make sure > you have the proper clamps. Silicone hoses take clamps that won't allow the > hose to "squirm" out of place (per the NAPA rep) > Dick Maddux > Milton,Fl > > * > > * > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:45:46 PM PST US Subject: RotaxEngines-List: Re: Bing Type 64 Carb. Idle Mixture Setting From: "Rich L" Here are some numbers I got after reading this topic last week. Started off with about 5150 on lift off and 5820 WOT. I could put the nose to the sky and climb forever (well almost). After three adjustment tries, I got it to 4850 on lift off and 5650 WOT. I lift off in about the same distance but keep the nose down to almost level flight. 100 feet after liftoff I am at 5000 and 100 feet farther, I am at 5200. Then I can pull it back to a good climb out. I have gained more than 5 mph at 5200 cruise so I will leave the pitch here for awhile. I have the Kiev Prop. -------- Rich Little N812RL S-7 912ULS North Idaho Kiev Prop Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=333917#333917 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rotaxengines-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RotaxEngines-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/rotaxengines-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rotaxengines-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.