Dan and Jerry What bad luck, sorry to hear about the engine locking up. Just wanted to hear about the first flight but better it happen on the ground than in the air. Please let us know the teardown analysis. I think your recent visitor is an expert in VW engines, although I can't volenteer his services I would highly recommend him or Steve Bennet. Better luck next time.
Jack Cooper -----Original Message----- >From: Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> >Sent: Dec 31, 2005 8:26 PM >To: kr...@mylist.net >Subject: KR> Bad day > >Well, there won't be any flying for Dan and Jerry anytime soon. We put the >tail in a valley between the taxi way and the runway to get the tail low. >Jerry was running it at about 3000 rpm, with less than a1/4 tank and it was >running great. He started to pull back and the engine came to a very abrupt >stop. It is frozen. There was no indication that anything was wrong. No >smoke, no foul temp readings, no nothing. So now back to the shop with the >engine. I don't like working on them. I can build them, but really don't >trust myself with it and I don't know who will work on a VW for an airplane, >that I would trust. > > >See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics >See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering >There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building >is OVER. >Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
