---------------------------------------------------------- RVSouthEast-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 05/04/06: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:17 AM - Re: Len's Engine Work !! (Lenleg@aol.com) 2. 07:27 AM - Re: Re: Len's Engine Work !! (James Clark) 3. 09:23 AM - Re: Re: Len's Engine Work !! (sportav8r@aol.com) 4. 05:45 PM - Re: Re: Len's Engine Work !! (Larry Bowen) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:17:27 AM PST US From: Lenleg@aol.com Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Re: Len's Engine Work !! --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com Stormy: I pulled the cylinders for several reasons ... but mostly because I did not break the engine in correctly the first time around ... we had carb problems that we could not find ... three mechanics later we found the brand carb had some internal mfg defects ... but by then we had run the engine on the ground probably 5 hours ... not good for setting rings !! When rings don't set you use a lot (LOT) of oil and lots of blow by on the belly ... I was sick (SICK) of that !! Also ... felt like I was losing power over time and that was a real concern that something else might be going on. Triad in Burlington rehoned them ... installed new rings, etc ... flew the first hour last night ... all was good !!! Flew this morning and leaving for Florida early tomorrow morning !! Len In a message dated 5/3/2006 10:39:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, sportav8r@aol.com writes: --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com Len: tell us what prompted the cylinder pull and what you found, as well as how it's working now. Barrows engine owners with inquiring minds want to know ;-) -Stormy BTW, that IO-340 Stroker engine from Titan looked way cool at SnF, but it's 100LL only. Not sure I could talk myself into that investment, with the certainty that 100LL will disappear one day not far off... but for the HP vs. weight and price it was a tempting package. -----Original Message----- From: lenleg@aol.com Sent: Wed, 3 May 2006 10:16:00 -0400 Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: INT Airshow --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: lenleg@aol.com Cappy: I pulled all four of my cylinders and had them inpsected, rehoned, new rings, etc ... I will be going on a long cross country to help break it in. My hanger is on the front row of the South Tee Hangers at INT ... great for watching the airshow. I will be out of town but it is available if someone wants to host for SERV. Warning - I have been working on the plane every night putting it back together ... the hanger is dirty !! Len -----Original Message----- From: Steve Glasgow Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 14:29:09 -0400 Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: INT Airshow --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Steve Glasgow" What do you mean again. Cappy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Lenleg@aol.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:37 PM Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: INT Airshow --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com FYI: =20 Len will be on a long cross country to Florida and wherever .... to = break in=20 the engine again. My hanger is available to anyone that would like to = use=20 it and host !! =20 Len = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 =20 =20 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:27:41 AM PST US From: "James Clark" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Re: Len's Engine Work !! --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "James Clark" Good to hear thatyou are back up Len!! Maybe this week you will get enough hard hours on it to really break it in good this time. We are doing the annual condition inspection on PJ this week. Gotta get off this computer and get to work! :-) I think Ron is OUT for FDW. Do you think you might be IN or do you know tha= t you are OUT as well? James On 5/4/06, Lenleg@aol.com wrote: > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com > > > Stormy: > > I pulled the cylinders for several reasons ... but mostly because I did > not > break the engine in correctly the first time around ... we had carb > problems > that we could not find ... three mechanics later we found the brand carb > had > some internal mfg defects ... but by then we had run the engine on the > ground > probably 5 hours ... not good for setting rings !! When rings don't > set you > use a lot (LOT) of oil and lots of blow by on the belly ... I was sick > (SICK) of that !! > > Also ... felt like I was losing power over time and that was a real > concern > that something else might be going on. Triad in Burlington rehoned > them ... > installed new rings, etc ... flew the first hour last night ... all was > good > !!! > > Flew this morning and leaving for Florida early tomorrow morning !! > > Len > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:12 AM PST US From: sportav8r@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Re: Len's Engine Work !! --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com I knew that, but figured everyone else had not heard the story. Have a nice trip! I'm about ready to tackle relining and bleeding brakes, and the fuel tank SB. Then it's on to getting the place spruced up for June 24th... -Stormy -----Original Message----- From: Lenleg@aol.com Sent: Thu, 4 May 2006 10:15:41 EDT Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Re: Len's Engine Work !! --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com Stormy: I pulled the cylinders for several reasons ... but mostly because I did not break the engine in correctly the first time around ... we had carb problems that we could not find ... three mechanics later we found the brand carb had some internal mfg defects ... but by then we had run the engine on the ground probably 5 hours ... not good for setting rings !! When rings don't set you use a lot (LOT) of oil and lots of blow by on the belly ... I was sick (SICK) of that !! Also ... felt like I was losing power over time and that was a real concern that something else might be going on. Triad in Burlington rehoned them ... installed new rings, etc ... flew the first hour last night ... all was good !!! Flew this morning and leaving for Florida early tomorrow morning !! Len In a message dated 5/3/2006 10:39:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, sportav8r@aol.com writes: --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com Len: tell us what prompted the cylinder pull and what you found, as well as how it's working now. Barrows engine owners with inquiring minds want to know ;-) -Stormy BTW, that IO-340 Stroker engine from Titan looked way cool at SnF, but it's 100LL only. Not sure I could talk myself into that investment, with the certainty that 100LL will disappear one day not far off... but for the HP vs. weight and price it was a tempting package. -----Original Message----- From: lenleg@aol.com Sent: Wed, 3 May 2006 10:16:00 -0400 Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: INT Airshow --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: lenleg@aol.com Cappy: I pulled all four of my cylinders and had them inpsected, rehoned, new rings, etc ... I will be going on a long cross country to help break it in. My hanger is on the front row of the South Tee Hangers at INT ... great for watching the airshow. I will be out of town but it is available if someone wants to host for SERV. Warning - I have been working on the plane every night putting it back together ... the hanger is dirty !! Len -----Original Message----- From: Steve Glasgow Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 14:29:09 -0400 Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: INT Airshow --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Steve Glasgow" What do you mean again. Cappy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Lenleg@aol.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:37 PM Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: INT Airshow --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com FYI: =20 Len will be on a long cross country to Florida and wherever .... to = break in=20 the engine again. My hanger is available to anyone that would like to = use=20 it and host !! =20 Len = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 =20 =20 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:45:19 PM PST US Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Re: Len's Engine Work !! From: "Larry Bowen" --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" What power settings are you using for break-in? How are the temps? Have you noticed more zooooom? -- Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com Lenleg@aol.com wrote: > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com > > > Stormy: > > I pulled the cylinders for several reasons ... but mostly because I did > not > break the engine in correctly the first time around ... we had carb > problems > that we could not find ... three mechanics later we found the brand carb > had > some internal mfg defects ... but by then we had run the engine on the > ground > probably 5 hours ... not good for setting rings !! When rings don't set > you > use a lot (LOT) of oil and lots of blow by on the belly ... I was sick > (SICK) of that !! > > Also ... felt like I was losing power over time and that was a real > concern > that something else might be going on. Triad in Burlington rehoned them > ... > installed new rings, etc ... flew the first hour last night ... all was > good > !!! > > Flew this morning and leaving for Florida early tomorrow morning !! > > Len