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Traditional Aircraft Engines
03-25-2019, 04:58 PM
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Automotive vs Aviation Spark Plugs
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Zuluzephyr
Automotive Vs Aviation Spark Plugs
Autolite 386 plugs are not recommended for Lycoming IO390. They will leave the last few threads open to the combustion chamber as the plug does not reach the full length.
I could not find any 18mm...
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Electrical Systems
01-14-2018, 09:39 PM
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LED wig-wag controller
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Zuluzephyr
LED Wig-Wag controller
Just as a note of reference you can isolate the LED lights from the wig-wag controller by adding an inexpensive auto relay between the controller and lights. This way it does't matter which...
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Traditional Aircraft Engines
10-23-2017, 02:45 PM
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Valve cover gasket
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Zuluzephyr
Leaking Valve Cover Gasket
Hi Ron,
I too fought this same problem with IO-390. I found three things after replacing three silicone gaskets that failed to stop leaks.
1). Not all silicone gaskets behave the same. What mfg of...
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RV General Discussion/News
04-30-2014, 09:48 PM
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Not getting straight rivet tails with hand squeezer
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Zuluzephyr
Not Getting straight rivet tails with hand squeezer
Do you run a drill bit through the hole before squeezing. I found the running a drill bit through the hole even if the rivet seems OK vastly improves the quality of the squeezed rivet tail.
Rocky
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RV General Discussion/News
12-03-2013, 09:05 PM
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Minimum plastic static tube radius...
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Zuluzephyr
Minimum plastic static tube radius...
Hi Michael,
You can heat the plastic tubing with a hot air gun to decrease the bend radius.
Need to sneak up on the temperature over a larger area and hold the tubing into the shape you want while...
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Electronic Ignition Systems
09-06-2013, 10:33 PM
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electronic Ignition with 24 Volt syst?
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Zuluzephyr
series batteries
Hi Robert,
I knew there must be a reason the obvious won't work. If there was a 12V series/parallel system through a switch for only the landing gear and the rest of the system was 12V. Any...
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Electronic Ignition Systems
09-04-2013, 10:35 PM
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electronic Ignition with 24 Volt syst?
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Zuluzephyr
electronic Ignition with 24 Volt syst?
H Kem,
Since you are using (2) 12v batteries in series to get 24V why don't you pick-off 12V from one of the batteries in the series by running the positive and ground wires directly from one...
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