---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 05/26/20: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:58 AM - Re: Re: Spark plugs and heat range (Dan Masys) 2. 01:16 PM - Re: Re: Spark plugs and heat range (Kelly McMullen) 3. 03:43 PM - Re: Re: Spark plugs and heat range (Lenny Iszak) 4. 04:34 PM - Re: Re: Spark plugs and heat range (Dan Masys) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:58:28 AM PST US From: Dan Masys Subject: Re: RV10-List: Re: Spark plugs and heat range Sorry to be too lazy to go pull the cowl to check, but does anyone know if the same injector marking rules apply to the GAMI injectors? Have been happily flying behind a set of them for more than a decade and never really thought about clocking them during reinstall after cleaning (or remember reading GAMI instructions that said to do that). Thanks, -Dan Masys N104LD On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 2:04 PM Bob Turner wrote: > > Thank you, Vol88, for reminding me of the actual instructions. Note the > arrow doesn't have to point exactly down: anywhere within a 180 deg of arc > of "not up" will suffice to minimize fuel dripping out after shutdown. If > you're concerned with ram air hitting the opening, you could point the > arrow down and slightly forward. > Like Kelly, I didn't want to over torque these things. I stopped at 40 > in-lbs if the arrow was down. If necessary I went to 60. If that didn't > work, I removed the whole thing, cleaned the treads with a toothbrush and > tried again. That usually worked! > > -------- > Bob Turner > RV-10 QB > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:16:20 PM PST US From: Kelly McMullen Subject: Re: RV10-List: Re: Spark plugs and heat range I don't know...However, since they are just injectors with the restrictor more precisely drilled, I expect they would be the same. Sent from my TRS-80 Model 100 On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:02 PM Dan Masys wrote: > Sorry to be too lazy to go pull the cowl to check, but does anyone know if > the same injector marking rules apply to the GAMI injectors? Have been > happily flying behind a set of them for more than a decade and never really > thought about clocking them during reinstall after cleaning (or remember > reading GAMI instructions that said to do that). > > Thanks, > -Dan Masys > N104LD > > > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 2:04 PM Bob Turner wrote: > >> >> Thank you, Vol88, for reminding me of the actual instructions. Note the >> arrow doesn't have to point exactly down: anywhere within a 180 deg of arc >> of "not up" will suffice to minimize fuel dripping out after shutdown. If >> you're concerned with ram air hitting the opening, you could point the >> arrow down and slightly forward. >> Like Kelly, I didn't want to over torque these things. I stopped at 40 >> in-lbs if the arrow was down. If necessary I went to 60. If that didn't >> work, I removed the whole thing, cleaned the treads with a toothbrush and >> tried again. That usually worked! >> >> -------- >> Bob Turner >> RV-10 QB >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:43:50 PM PST US From: Lenny Iszak Subject: Re: RV10-List: Re: Spark plugs and heat range Dan, This should help you out. Paragraph #2: https://gami.com/gamijectors/installation/GAMI%20IP-98-001%20Rev%20B%20Lyc %20GL10.pdf Lenny > On May 26, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Dan Masys wrote: > > Sorry to be too lazy to go pull the cowl to check, but does anyone know if the same injector marking rules apply to the GAMI injectors? Have been happily flying behind a set of them for more than a decade and never really thought about clocking them during reinstall after cleaning (or remember reading GAMI instructions that said to do that). > > Thanks, > -Dan Masys > N104LD > > > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 2:04 PM Bob Turner > wrote: > > > Thank you, Vol88, for reminding me of the actual instructions. Note the arrow doesn't have to point exactly down: anywhere within a 180 deg of arc of "not up" will suffice to minimize fuel dripping out after shutdown. If you're concerned with ram air hitting the opening, you could point the arrow down and slightly forward. > Like Kelly, I didn't want to over torque these things. I stopped at 40 in-lbs if the arrow was down. If necessary I went to 60. If that didn't work, I removed the whole thing, cleaned the treads with a toothbrush and tried again. That usually worked! > > -------- > Bob Turner > RV-10 QB > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 04:34:08 PM PST US From: Dan Masys Subject: Re: RV10-List: Re: Spark plugs and heat range Just what I needed, Lenny. Thanks! -Dan Masys On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 3:50 PM Lenny Iszak wrote: > Dan, > > This should help you out. Paragraph #2: > > > https://gami.com/gamijectors/installation/GAMI%20IP-98-001%20Rev%20B%20Lyc%20GL10.pdf > > > Lenny > > On May 26, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Dan Masys wrote: > > Sorry to be too lazy to go pull the cowl to check, but does anyone know if > the same injector marking rules apply to the GAMI injectors? Have been > happily flying behind a set of them for more than a decade and never really > thought about clocking them during reinstall after cleaning (or remember > reading GAMI instructions that said to do that). > > Thanks, > -Dan Masys > N104LD > > > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 2:04 PM Bob Turner wrote: > >> >> Thank you, Vol88, for reminding me of the actual instructions. Note the >> arrow doesn't have to point exactly down: anywhere within a 180 deg of arc >> of "not up" will suffice to minimize fuel dripping out after shutdown. If >> you're concerned with ram air hitting the opening, you could point the >> arrow down and slightly forward. >> Like Kelly, I didn't want to over torque these things. I stopped at 40 >> in-lbs if the arrow was down. If necessary I went to 60. If that didn't >> work, I removed the whole thing, cleaned the treads with a toothbrush and >> tried again. That usually worked! >> >> -------- >> Bob Turner >> RV-10 QB >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-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/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-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.