Original Posted By: JOSEPH SWITHIN
Hello all,Does anyone know of a source for this rubber boot that fits 7mm ignition wire? I have one, and need 3 more in order to complete my WICO magneto installation on the model A. As some of you may know, I have an aftermarket head with 8 plug holes. Right now I am only utilizing 4 of them powered by the crank-driven Slick mag. The Wico will fit down into the distributor hole in the A head. Thanks in advance for your help.Dan HelsperPuryear, TN________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 05:47:37 -0700 (PDT)
Pietenpol-List: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
Pietenpol-List: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
This is what I recall from my conversation with Bill Knight at Brodhead. The enginework was performed by Mark at Falcon Machine in Madison, WI. Looks likeit retains the blower fan and the original oil pan. I didn't ask about the oilpump but everything else on the outside of the engine looks like it did beforethe rebuild. There are now two ignition coils and a coil joiner. I'm suresomeone took some photo's when the cowling was open.DanRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
This is what I recall from my conversation with Bill Knight at Brodhead. The enginework was performed by Mark at Falcon Machine in Madison, WI. Looks likeit retains the blower fan and the original oil pan. I didn't ask about the oilpump but everything else on the outside of the engine looks like it did beforethe rebuild. There are now two ignition coils and a coil joiner. I'm suresomeone took some photo's when the cowling was open.DanRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
Re: Pietenpol-List: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
Original Posted By: "Daniel Engelkenjohn"
Not sure if it helps, but looks a lot like the boots on the wires for my 1948 Ferguson tractor.Kip GardnerOn Aug 1, 2012, at 6:49 PM, HelsperSew(at)aol.com wrote:> Hello all,>> Does anyone know of a source for this rubber boot that fits 7mm > ignition wire? I have one, and need 3 more in order to complete my > WICO magneto installation on the model A. As some of you may know, I > have an aftermarket head with 8 plug holes. Right now I am only > utilizing 4 of them powered by the crank-driven Slick mag. The Wico > will fit down into the distributor hole in the A head. Thanks in > advance for your help.>> Dan Helsper> Puryear, TN> ________________________________________________________________________________
Not sure if it helps, but looks a lot like the boots on the wires for my 1948 Ferguson tractor.Kip GardnerOn Aug 1, 2012, at 6:49 PM, HelsperSew(at)aol.com wrote:> Hello all,>> Does anyone know of a source for this rubber boot that fits 7mm > ignition wire? I have one, and need 3 more in order to complete my > WICO magneto installation on the model A. As some of you may know, I > have an aftermarket head with 8 plug holes. Right now I am only > utilizing 4 of them powered by the crank-driven Slick mag. The Wico > will fit down into the distributor hole in the A head. Thanks in > advance for your help.>> Dan Helsper> Puryear, TN> ________________________________________________________________________________
RE: Pietenpol-List: Last Original Cowling
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Joe - Little fan up top robs HP and adds complexity. Big fan up front doesthe job nicely. Gary BootheNX308MB
Joe - Little fan up top robs HP and adds complexity. Big fan up front doesthe job nicely. Gary BootheNX308MB
Re: Pietenpol-List: Last Original Cowling
Original Posted By:> owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
To add: Historically, Bernard wanted to convert a Corvair engine with the least amount of money, time & fuss possible, and the version he came up with achieved that. The tradeoff was lower than possible max hp, and the aforementioned mechanical complexity in an area that was always somewhat problematic with regard to failure in the Corvair anyway (this can be overcome with good, regular maintenance, but that adds to down time and worry factor). The modern versions (aka William Wynne conversions) are aimed at an engine with much more hp and higher reliability. These objectives have largely been achieved as well, albeit as a "learning process" over the past 15-20 years, and the result is a conversion that is more involved, costs more, and takes longer, especially as a D-I-Y project. Not to say it's not a superior engine at this point - I think it is - but a very different engine from what Bernard created.Kip Gardner (working on a WW conversion)On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Gary Boothe wrote:> Joe ' Little fan up top robs HP and adds complexity. Big fan up > front does the job nicely.>> Gary Boothe> NX308MB>
To add: Historically, Bernard wanted to convert a Corvair engine with the least amount of money, time & fuss possible, and the version he came up with achieved that. The tradeoff was lower than possible max hp, and the aforementioned mechanical complexity in an area that was always somewhat problematic with regard to failure in the Corvair anyway (this can be overcome with good, regular maintenance, but that adds to down time and worry factor). The modern versions (aka William Wynne conversions) are aimed at an engine with much more hp and higher reliability. These objectives have largely been achieved as well, albeit as a "learning process" over the past 15-20 years, and the result is a conversion that is more involved, costs more, and takes longer, especially as a D-I-Y project. Not to say it's not a superior engine at this point - I think it is - but a very different engine from what Bernard created.Kip Gardner (working on a WW conversion)On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Gary Boothe wrote:> Joe ' Little fan up top robs HP and adds complexity. Big fan up > front does the job nicely.>> Gary Boothe> NX308MB>
RE: Pietenpol-List: Last Original Cowling
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
To add to the discussion on the Corvair blower fan, I had a 1966 Corvairthat I drove back and forth to college (a 300 mile trip, one way). I alwayscarried TWO spare fanbelts, because if the idler pulleys got out ofalignment (which they did with surprising frequency) putting on a sparefanbelt without carefully re-aligning the idler (difficult to do on the sideof the road) would only guarantee about another 200 miles before the sparewould fail. In one of my mechanical engineering classes on machine design,when we studied V-Belt transmission systems, they used the Corvair as anexample of how NOT to design a belt drive. You should never flex a belt outof the plane of rotation, where the Corvair design flexes it 90=B0 either wayevery revolution.Far better to use the =93big fan=94, as Gary put it.Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____
To add to the discussion on the Corvair blower fan, I had a 1966 Corvairthat I drove back and forth to college (a 300 mile trip, one way). I alwayscarried TWO spare fanbelts, because if the idler pulleys got out ofalignment (which they did with surprising frequency) putting on a sparefanbelt without carefully re-aligning the idler (difficult to do on the sideof the road) would only guarantee about another 200 miles before the sparewould fail. In one of my mechanical engineering classes on machine design,when we studied V-Belt transmission systems, they used the Corvair as anexample of how NOT to design a belt drive. You should never flex a belt outof the plane of rotation, where the Corvair design flexes it 90=B0 either wayevery revolution.Far better to use the =93big fan=94, as Gary put it.Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____
Pietenpol-List: Re: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
Original Posted By: "bender"
Mike,You can get just the ends from Fresno Airparts. They sell both ends. Like Genesays it does need to be silver solder. We just did a set for the Chief lastyear. Much cheaper to make your own.Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots
Mike,You can get just the ends from Fresno Airparts. They sell both ends. Like Genesays it does need to be silver solder. We just did a set for the Chief lastyear. Much cheaper to make your own.Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Help needed- rubber ignition wire boots