Cotton AeroVee 0795

[Bryan Cotton]

Chris,
We did hear it, but convinced ourselves the lifters were slipping back and forth in their bores. We'll watch the video. The motor comes apart fast! Got the top end off.

[Bryan Cotton]

Case split, cleaned, and fresh permatex going on:


Clothespins in backward to hold the lifters, with a piece of welding rod holding the clothespins:


Torquing case haves again:


We are nearly back on track.

[Bryan Cotton]

Whoops:


Adam was having an off day - first he spilled my cup of coffee and then he forgot the super tin. On the bright side, we have potential to be a Formula Vee pit crew!

[Brett]

Oh no,,,,, not the coffee :)

Looking good but.

[Area 51%]

I think I see the problem...............You don't have your Waiex shirt on.

[Bryan Cotton]

Ha - just ordered up two fresh Waiex shirts, Randy. They are on sale, $9.99 at www.eaa.org. Adam has adopted my old EAA533 shirt for the dirty jobs. The reason it is partly bleached out is because I was doing a plumbing job, and had to remove some pipe. My wife had thoughtfully put about 10 gallons of liquid plumber down the sink before calling me about the job. When the pipe cracked, it all dumped on me and I had to beat it to the shower to get that stuff off of me. It was actually sort of scary.

[Area 51%]

Saw the bleach spots on the shirt in the picture.........Thought you got hold of my laundry some how.

Got the engine mount on and gear legs attached. Nice to be able to roll the beast out of the way. Still fighting with the fuel tank though.

[Bryan Cotton]

We had to grind the case with the dremel a bit to fit the oil pan thing on:


Ultimately we triumphed. Good dremel practice for Adam.


We got one drive bushing 98% on and then snapped my one bolt. I'll have to buy some grade 8 bolts for this task. Also I had to tweak the oil pickup into place for the screen to go on.

With the top mounted oil cooler do I want a different pump? Seems like running a loop of tube is a pain. We have the maxi-flow pump.

[wlarson861]

Knowing I would eventually upgrade to the turbo, I changed to the top mounted oil cooler. My pump that came with the original engine kit had the ports for the bottom mount oil cooler. When I asked Kerry he said to run a loop of braided hose, otherwise I would end up with three different oil pumps. I made up a bypass loop of hose and ran several flight hours that way until I decided to go turbo. The only thing to watch out for is that you make it long enough to push out of the way of the cowl. I also wrapped the braid with silicone tape to keep the braided stainless steel from wearing the fiberglass of the cowl. The price for a new straight pump is $81.50, the hose less than $10.

[Bryan Cotton]

Do those ports plumb to the turbo if I go that route later?