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Saville 10-03-2017 06:11 AM

Prepping the oil sump for Reiff install
 
Hi all,

I want to install the Reiff oil heaters on my O-360 A1A. I installed the cylinder bands last year.

The Reiff instructions say to remove any "anodizing" and paint from the sump's surface then clean with Acetone.

I confess my ignorance: are oil sumps aluminum and are they anodized?

If so what should be used to remove that?

And if you remove paint/anodizing from the sump on an area larger than the
glue surface of the heating pad, is that exposed surface now susceptible to corrosion? If so, what's the best way to seal it? Some of the Epoxy?

Thanks

Gagarin737 12-29-2019 03:54 PM

I bought myself a Christmas present; an insulated engine cover from Aircraftcovers.com.
The red bag is the storage bag.
I'm really impressed by the quality and fit (even a protrusion for the exhaust). The Reiff preheater is switched by a WiFi switch (DRH-704 ~ €35,-). Will take some temperature measurements next week.








LettersFromFlyoverCountry 12-30-2019 06:58 AM

The reflective N-number is just the icing on a very nice cake.

Dave12 12-30-2019 07:52 AM

Nice floor! Can you tell us about your WiFi switch?

Gagarin737 12-30-2019 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LettersFromFlyoverCountry (Post 1396157)
The reflective N-number is just the icing on a very nice cake.

For just $20,- extra ;-) The cover is not cheap but it's really a beautiful cover


Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave12 (Post 1396170)
Can you tell us about your WiFi switch?

I initially was looking for a switch with a GSM sim. Thoose switches are more expensive and you need an extra sim card. The company selling thoose switches came with this solution. You only need Wifi in the hangar, no ports forwarding or oher network stuff etc. The switch is controlled with an IOS/Android app. This switch is 240V btw. Works awesome

Piper J3 12-30-2019 12:14 PM

I?ll butt in here?. I have a cell phone relay switch because I can?t get a WiFi signal at the hanger. If you?re one of the lucky ones who has a strong WiFi signal then I suspect this https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonoff-Swit...8AAOSwj~VcmErZ would work just fine. Rated at 2200 watts so it will operate an engine preheater.

BobbyLucas 12-31-2019 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piper J3 (Post 1396248)
I?ll butt in here?. I have a cell phone relay switch because I can?t get a WiFi signal at the hanger. If you?re one of the lucky ones who has a strong WiFi signal then I suspect this https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonoff-Swit...8AAOSwj~VcmErZ would work just fine. Rated at 2200 watts so it will operate an engine preheater.

Personally for something like this I'd spend a couple extra bucks to get a trusted name brand from a reputable source, and look for the UL listing. Just watch Big Clive on YouTube tear down some of these eBay "Chinese automatic house ignitors," as he calls them. :D


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