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1. 12:08 PM - weather strip installation (thomas sargent)
2. 01:20 PM - Re: weather strip installation (Ed Anderson)
3. 03:46 PM - Re: weather strip installation (Richard Dudley)
4. 05:02 PM - ECI pushrod tube clip failures (Al & Gail Herron)
5. 06:48 PM - Starter turns wrong direction (Louis Willig)
6. 09:54 PM - Re: Starter turns wrong direction (John D.)
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Subject: | weather strip installation |
There is a weather strip that's supposed to be installed on the 6A between
the wing-root gap fairing and the fuselage. It seals up that last 1/4" or so
of space. It tried installing that for the first time last night and got no
where. Is it best to try to put in on the gap filler fairing before you
screw the fairing down, or after the fairing is mounted? If after it's
mounted, can you slide it on or just force it on with... what?... a screw
driver, your fingers, special tool....?
Any hints would be appreciated.
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Tom Sargent, RV-6A, almost ready to weigh.
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Subject: | weather strip installation |
Tom
I've never tried to install the fairing strip without the weather strip
installed on the fairing. I initially put the rubber strip on and held it
in place with a number of strategically place rubber bands around the rubber
and fairing.
I then placed it up against the fuselage and started screwing down the
fairing starting from the underneath and worked my way around the leading
edge, onto the top and down the wing to the trailing edge. The rubber bands
can be cut and easily removed.
But, after I did it that way a couple of times, I found the rubber bands
unnecessary.
I'm sure there are other ways, but that worked for me.
Good luck
Ed
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[mailto:owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of thomas sargent
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:56 PM
Subject: RV-List: weather strip installation
There is a weather strip that's supposed to be installed on the 6A between
the wing-root gap fairing and the fuselage. It seals up that last 1/4" or so
of space. It tried installing that for the first time last night and got no
where. Is it best to try to put in on the gap filler fairing before you
screw the fairing down, or after the fairing is mounted? If after it's
mounted, can you slide it on or just force it on with... what?... a screw
driver, your fingers, special tool....?
Any hints would be appreciated.
--
Tom Sargent, RV-6A, almost ready to weigh.
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Subject: | Re: weather strip installation |
Hi Tom,
On my 6A, I always applied the strip to the fairing as I installed the
fairing. I never tried to appy it after the fairing was in place. That
worked well for me through all the occasions of initial assembly,
annuals and tank service bulletins. The gap is fairly small and I
expected that it would be difficult to instal the strip after the
fairing was in place.
RHDudley
-6A
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From: thomas sargent
To: rv-list
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:56 PM
Subject: RV-List: weather strip installation
There is a weather strip that's supposed to be installed on the 6A
between the wing-root gap fairing and the fuselage. It seals up that
last 1/4" or so of space. It tried installing that for the first time
last night and got no where. Is it best to try to put in on the gap
filler fairing before you screw the fairing down, or after the fairing
is mounted? If after it's mounted, can you slide it on or just force it
on with... what?... a screw driver, your fingers, special tool....?
Any hints would be appreciated.
--
Tom Sargent, RV-6A, almost ready to weigh.
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Subject: | ECI pushrod tube clip failures |
I just completed the first annual condition inspection on my -7A (has it
really been a year since I shoved that throttle home the first time?) and
got couple of rude surprises. First, all 4 of my ECI cylinders are subject
to the recall and will have to be removed and replaced. Good news is: they
all passed inspection, ECI will repair/replace them free (except for my
labor) and with only 80 hours on the mill I can put that off till next
winter.
Now for the second item. I'd had a couple of annoying oil leaks at the
bases of the pushrod tubes. My mechanic showed me how to repair these, and
with a good set of compression numbers on the jugs and a handful of new
seals I set off to the hangar to fix the leaks. When I pulled the first
rocker cover off, I spotted a piece of metal out place at the bottom of the
rocker housing. It didn't take long to figure out where it came from. If
you're not familiar, just above the rocker arm assemblies on a Lycoming is a
thin metal clip with two "ears" that hold the pushrod tubes in. On my
engine (TMX-360), 5 out of the 8 ears had fractured; two had fallen off, the
other three separated as soon as the hold-down nut was removed. Aside from
the resulting oil leaks, one of the loose pieces had intermittently wedged
between the rocker cover and one of the valve retainers. There was a nice
little "cowl bump" hammered out from the inside at my #2 exhaust valve!
This finally explained the intermittent (maybe once or twice per flight
hour) stumble I'd been getting - the loose piece was sometimes holding the
valve partially open.
I called both Mattituck (who I'm no longer upset with for oil leaks on a
brand new engine - not their fault) and ECI. The ECI guy rather
off-handedly remarked "oh, yeah, we had a batch of those clips that were
badly heat-treated and became hydrogen-embrittled. They break sometimes".
Oh, really? So do airplanes that have to land places other than airports
when their engines quit, sometimes. Thanks for letting me know. I found
nothing about it on the ECI S/B list.
Anyway, enough rant. Bottom line: it only takes a few minutes to check
this, all you have to do is pull the rocker cover and the little nut holding
the pushrod tube clip. I've replaced mine with Lycoming parts, they were
only a few dollars and a few minutes each.
Al Herron
N401MT
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Subject: | Starter turns wrong direction |
Hi gang,
Today I replaced my old, but working, Mark Landoll starter with a
brand new MagnaFlight MZ-6220 starter. It turns in the wrong
direction!!!!. I'm stumped. I replaced the Landoll unit and
everything is normal. A quick bench test with a 12 V. battery shows
the starter turns in the wrong direction. Uhhh. Anybody know what's going on?
Louis I Willig
1640 Oakwood Dr.
Penn Valley, PA 19072
610 668-4964
RV-4, N180PF
190HP IO-360, C/S prop
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Subject: | Re: Starter turns wrong direction |
Louis,
That starter is for a LIO-360 not an IO-360
John D.
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