KR> valve adjustments on VW1835

2008-10-12 Thread born2fly32...@wmconnect.com
I have just recently purchased a KR2 that was damaged in Hurricane Ivan. She will need some work on the tail and turtle shell and a new canopy. The plane has 108 hours on it and the engine has 10 hours on it. Ivan wont keep this bird down! ILL see to that. But the plane dose have some bad

KR> valve adjustments on VW1835

2008-10-12 Thread Dan Heath
You asked: The valves were adjusted and the engine ran great. My Question to all of you is will this be a recurring problem or is this a one time thing? If you have a VW engine, yes it is a recurring thing that you have to tend to. However, it is not a problem, it just is one of the issues

KR> valve adjustments on VW1835

2008-10-12 Thread Orma
Besides the things that Daniel has stated, there are other issues with the VW that require the valves to need adjustment. The one that comes to mind is the stretching of the valves. As a safety measure, It might be wise to take the valves out and measure them for stretch. If the engine was

KR> valve adjustments on VW1835

2008-10-12 Thread Randy Smith
:51 PM Subject: Re: KR> valve adjustments on VW1835 > You asked: The valves were adjusted and the engine > > ran great. My Question to all of you is will this be a recurring problem > or > is > > this a one time thing? > > > > If you have a VW engine, yes i

KR> valve adjustments on VW1835

2008-10-12 Thread VIRGIL N SALISBURY
check valve lash every 25 Hrs, Virg On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:40:50 EST born2fly32...@wmconnect.com writes: > I have just recently purchased a KR2 that was damaged in Hurricane > Ivan. She > will need some work on the tail and turtle shell and a new canopy. > The plane > has 108 hours on