..........that was one of the first things we did was to pull the plugs........ Didn't find anything there. Then we started pulling the baffling and I had to go to work........
Dan is going to consult with our local VW Guhru for some advice.....if he will still work on an aircraft VW.... Dan has a personal relationship with him and he may do it. We both have a very high regard for his VW expertise..... If we have to do it all on our own hook we will probably do as mentioned before........ pull the heads first and then the cylinders before pulling the engine...... Thanx for everyone's input....!! Later, On 1/1/06, Brian Kraut <brian.kr...@engalt.com> wrote: > > Also instead of just pulling off the engine at first I would pull the > cylinder heads off on one side then the other and pull the cylinders back > a > little to make sure it is not just one cylinder frozen from a broken ring > or > something. You may just get lucky and find only one cylinder locked and > not > have to split the case. It is a whole lot easier taking the engine off > without the cylinders and heads on anyway so start there. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On > Behalf Of Colin Rainey > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 2:05 PM > To: kr...@mylist.net > Subject: KR> Bad day > > > Dan > I would first pull all the plugs and double check that you hvae not > somehow > gotten hydra locked. The engine could run really good at high rpm, but > then > stumble and quit, while flooding to an extreme, and with just one cylinder > with a decent quantity of fuel, or maybe oil, lock down the rest. You > might > be able to fix it in frame instead of having to remove the entire > engine... > > > Colin Rainey > brokerpilot9...@earthlink.net > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- Jerry Mahurin - aka - KRJerry EAA# 0034283 Lugoff, SC 29078
