Gravity fed fuel system,and magneto ignition system... Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 19, 2018, at 11:00 AM, krnet-requ...@list.krnet.org wrote: > > Send KRnet mailing list submissions to > krnet@list.krnet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > krnet-requ...@list.krnet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > krnet-ow...@list.krnet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of KRnet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wiring (Rick Cochenet) > 2. Re: Wiring (Mark Langford) > 3. Found it. Piano Hinge undersized pins (Daniel Heath) > 4. sometimes so obvious ...isn't (n357cj) > 5. Re: sometimes so obvious ...isn't (Mark Langford) > 6. type 2 volkswagen engine (Dean Choitz) > 7. Re: Found it. Piano Hinge undersized pins (Mike T) > 8. Re: Found it. Piano Hinge undersized pins (Randall Smith) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:21:12 -0600 > From: Rick Cochenet <wiharle...@yahoo.com> > To: krnet@list.krnet.org > Subject: KR> Wiring > Message-ID: <1a32edc6-e97c-4084-bdc8-b92310d8d...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I am putting back together a KR2 and am looking for basic wiring diagram > using Rev Master VW conversion engine... > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:37:51 -0600 > From: Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> > To: Rick Cochenet via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: Re: KR> Wiring > Message-ID: <bb099b37-dcc6-6427-bacc-0041c34dd...@n56ml.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > >> On 2/18/2018 11:21 AM, Rick Cochenet via KRnet wrote: >> I am putting back together a KR2 and am looking for basic wiring > diagram using Rev Master VW conversion engine... > > What kind of ignition system do you have? Electric fuel pumps? That's > the majority of the engine electrical system, and would be good to know > to be able to answer your question. A lot of it is personal preference too. > > My KR2S Corvair system is detailed at > http://www.n56ml.com/electrical/index.html , but that may or may not be > anywhere what you're looking for. > > Mark Langford > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:50:44 -0500 > From: "Daniel Heath" <da...@windstream.net> > To: "'KRnet'" <krnet@list.krnet.org>, "'CorvAircraft'" > <corvaircr...@list.corvaircraft.org> > Subject: KR> Found it. Piano Hinge undersized pins > Message-ID: <002001d3a902$87125270$9536f750$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Expensive is not the word for it, but if you need it, check it out. I got > it from supp...@homebuilthelp.com > > > > https://www.mcmaster.com/#ptfe-coated-wire/=1a5xl4b > > > > > > My Panther Building Documentation at <http://pantherbuilder.org/> > PantherBuilder Web Site > > > > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:54:29 -0500 (EST) > From: n357cj <n35...@ptd.net> > To: CorvAircraft <corvaircr...@list.corvaircraft.org> > Cc: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: KR> sometimes so obvious ...isn't > Message-ID: > <1341140297.196438660.1518990869842.javamail.zim...@ptd.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Guys, > Last Memorial Day I removed my corvair from N357Cj with about 925 hours on > it. The reason was that I have had an oil leak for years that wasn't terrible > as a total loss of oil. Just about a quart every 15 hours. I knew what it > was... a crack in the block in front of #5. last winter it got a bit worse > and I had a new block ready and a bunch of new stuff ready to go. Should have > been short work of a few weeks. I had it on and off the plane several times > with an array of different issues. I flew several times and even felt good > enough about it to take a trip to west of DC in December to visit my Son. It > still just did ?not seem quit right. I started checking and going over every > little thing that I could while putting on about 10 hours of time. I checked > valve adjustments, Timing, wires, compression, intakes for leaks, pulled the > carb and cleaned it (again). I started fooling with mixture on the aerocarb > which i have not adjusted literally in years. I pulled the needle and started > fooling with the profile. Sometimes i would take a flight, a lot of the time > I did ground runs. Some times it seemed to run fine and smooth and then start > it up again and it would be rough and backfire. By the EIS it looked like the > #4 was not acting right all the time. I replaced the wire, checked the cap > again, checked compression again. Mark L. suggested that I swap plugs just > for laughs since they were all brand new. Instead of swapping i just grabbed > another new one and gaped it and installed it. I jumped in and gave her a > start up. It was incredible. She fired up fast and just sat there purring > away. The acceleration was great with no ?back talk at all. I did adjust the > carb a bit but less than a quarter turn just to richen it up a bit for the > cold dense air we have yet. > ?? Sometimes it can just be a feeling that things are not all they should be. > It was running good enough to fly but I just couldn't let it go...something > bothered me about the set up and it did eventually get worse. But how simple > the problem was just plain escaped me for weeks. So obvious and yet so > elusive. > Joe Horton, > N357CJ > Back in the saddle > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:36:47 -0600 > From: Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> > To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>, CorvAircraft > <corvaircr...@list.corvaircraft.org> > Subject: Re: KR> sometimes so obvious ...isn't > Message-ID: <5104b39c-e5a9-4b42-f2c5-dcb4c65eb...@n56ml.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Joe Horton wrote: > >>> Mark L. suggested that I swap plugs just for laughs since they were > all brand new. Instead of swapping i just grabbed another new one and > gaped it and installed it. I jumped in and gave her a start up. It was > incredible. She fired up fast and just sat there purring away.<< > > One thing to learn from this example is that at one point the engine > had a miss at idle, but ran fine at high RPM. That makes you think > maybe there's a vacuum leak somewhere, because a vacuum leak has a big > influence at low speeds, but very little at high speed. That issue was > eventually fixed by tweaking the mixture a bit, but then there was still > a stumble and a misfire at higher rpms, yet no problem at idle. It was > bad enough that apparently it showed up in the EGTs. > > I used to work at the Ramstein AFB Auto Hobby shop when I was stationed > in Germany, and we had a spark plug tester that would both sand blast > the electrode and check the spark, both with and without pressurizing > the plug (to simulate the compression process). After cleaning, we'd > apply 150 psi air to a chamber that it was screwed into, complete with a > little window so you could see the spark. Sometimes it would spark > great with no pressure on it, but intermittently or poorly with air > pressure applied. It wasn't common to see this, but it does happen, so > that's something to consider when you have a high speed miss with no > other explanation. And now we know that it can even happen with a new > spark plug! There's something to be said for saving old "known good" > spark plugs, to do this kind of testing. > > Here's an example I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuF6qXF0LQ > . Apparently the new plug's spark went out far below the expected upper > limit though. > > Mark Langford.....I still love Germany, and their attitudes on just > about everything,... > m...@n56ml.com > http://www.n56ml.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 03:06:22 +0000 (UTC) > From: Dean Choitz <dscho...@yahoo.com> > To: "krnet@list.krnet.org" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: KR> type 2 volkswagen engine > Message-ID: <1419882333.979788.1519009582...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > i have a type 2 volkswagen engine was going to use in my kr 2 am going the > o200a way am going to get the volkswagen to a new home. hapi case bosch > starter 94 mm jugs pistons great plains dual plug heads i believe slick > magneto 4216 rh 69 mm crank 52x46 almost constant speed warnke prop > electronic ignition two turbos onea ray jay the other a t3t4 hybrid and a > whole lot of other parts anybody interested or i will probably try to sell on > ebay can contact me at 7858108319 or dscho...@yahoo.com thanks? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:16:58 -0500 > From: Mike T <mctagli...@gmail.com> > To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: Re: KR> Found it. Piano Hinge undersized pins > Message-ID: > <caav567yhk7fqu63cmnu5mv+54xffwoe0ccqpxzdp0-qbhjh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Is this so expensive because it's Teflon coated, and if so why do you need > that? > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:50 PM, Daniel Heath via KRnet < > krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > >> Expensive is not the word for it, but if you need it, check it out. I got >> it from supp...@homebuilthelp.com >> >> >> >> https://www.mcmaster.com/#ptfe-coated-wire/=1a5xl4b >> >> >> >> >> >> My Panther Building Documentation at <http://pantherbuilder.org/> >> PantherBuilder Web Site >> >> >> >> Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/ >> krnet@list.krnet.org/. >> Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:28:08 -0600 > From: Randall Smith <crz...@yahoo.com> > To: KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Subject: Re: KR> Found it. Piano Hinge undersized pins > Message-ID: <aaf1d885-4474-48d2-8c7f-70c51ddc0...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > If you need different size piano hinges and pins just go to a hobby shop that > carry stuff for remote control airplane. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 18, 2018, at 11:16 PM, Mike T via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: >> >> Is this so expensive because it's Teflon coated, and if so why do you need >> that? >> >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:50 PM, Daniel Heath via KRnet < >> krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: >> >>> Expensive is not the word for it, but if you need it, check it out. I got >>> it from supp...@homebuilthelp.com >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.mcmaster.com/#ptfe-coated-wire/=1a5xl4b >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> My Panther Building Documentation at <http://pantherbuilder.org/> >>> PantherBuilder Web Site >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel R. 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