The weather here in Wisconsin has been less than acceptable for flying. The winds have been very strong for the last few days. They are 21 mph gusting 33 right now from the NorthEast. We even had a few snow showers yesterday. Regardless, I have been at the airport this past Friday evening, yesterday morning at daybreak till noon and today daybreak till noon. I have gotten a lot of things accomplished such as priming my cowling and front deck with Mar-Hyde Ultimate 2K Primer. This was after I smoothed them out using Icing to perfect the blemishes. Since I could not fly, I decided to change the oil using Shell Rotella T 15w40 and a K&N oil filter. My oil pressure had been running a little low so I ordered me a new spring from Clarks Corvair. I removed the old one and it was 3/16" shorter than the new one in comparison. That explains the low oil pressure. I also sealed the oil cooler air box where all the air entering the box will be forced through the filter and not allowed to escape around the outside of the oil cooler. I installed an air oil separator on the firewall and connected the tubing. I was only running the stock Corvair breather on the top of the engine venting the tube out of the bottom of my cowl. I was getting very little residue on the belly but I was also cleaning it off after every flight. Therefore, I decided to install the firewall mounted breather to hopefully eliminate all the residue on the fuselage belly. Next, I decided to remove the valve covers and check things out. After that I removed the top engine cover to expose the inside. I inspected the connecting rods, cylinder walls, wrist pins, and then crank and cam as best as possible. The engine has 43 hours on it and all checked out perfect. By opening the engine and looking around gave me a piece of mind that all was good to go.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at [email protected] Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
