Re: KR> It is alive!
Brendan Palmer wrote: > Apparently there are multiple things that can prevent an engine from > starting... But not grounding the distributor is a big one That's a new one on me...the distributor should be grounded through the distributor clamp, if nothing else. I've never grounded my distributor before, and I've had about four different engines off, apart, and back on again something like seven different times. It's a good data point though, weird as it is. I do know that the engine won't run if the condenser isn't grounded, as we saw that on Paul's engine. Mark Langford m...@n56ml.com http://www.n56ml.com ___ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
Re: KR> It is alive!
I had the same issue that my engine would not start. When I installed it on my airplane. It ran great at a Corvair College. I had a big get-together with my EAA chapter and Mark L and Larry F flew in for the event of my first engine run mounted on my KR.. My condenser is mounted on the shelf next to my coil and it was not grounded. Mark said that should be grounded. Who would know. I grounded the condenser and boom it started right up. I had five guys come over and together we did my initial weight and balance to figure out if we had to move the engine. It came out perfect. It's great that we can all get together pass ideas work through problems and come out at the end with a flying machine. Life is good. Paul Visk Belleville Il. 618-406-4705 Original message - So after several weeks of frustration and not being able to figure out why our corvair powered kr2 would not start I finally got it figured out! And now the engine starts and seems to run just fine. Apparently there are multiple things that can prevent an engine from starting... But not grounding the distributor is a big one... I had checked that the distributor was grounded statically but apparently without a direct wire to ground the distributor it will lose significant strength dynamically. Without that ground the engine will appear to have spark and will think about running but will never actually start! Brendan ___ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
