Is there a reason for the exhaust extended below and behind the leading edge? Perhaps to avoid any chance of fumes in the cockpit?
Jim
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- Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:39 pm
- Forum: THE AIRCRAFT
- Topic: Now and then…
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12920
- Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:23 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: LeBurg ignition installation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 33563
Re: LeBurg ignition installation
Although my engine is running quite happily I shall remake the ignition leads as the terminations and boots I've used occupy space a little inconveniently. In particular the leads from the coils to the lower plugs cross over beneath the engine just where I need access to the Curtis Valve I've instal...
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 6:55 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: Wing Bolts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3066
Re: Wing Bolts
Hi Ross, There is an LAA mandatory to replace or crack test the wing bolts. Bolts of that length are like rocking horse ordure (they are imperial 5/16 if I remember correctly - which is very close to 8mm, hence any metric confusion). Because of the difficulty of getting this length Nipper aircraft h...
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: Rudder Pedal Bungees
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2812
Re: Rudder Pedal Bungees
Any sailing supply shop should be able to sell bungee by the metre, choose the diameter you want, cut to length and make up your own ends.
Jim
Jim
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:22 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: LeBurg ignition installation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 33563
Re: LeBurg ignition installation
Yes Paul, the hangar behind is the old GSA hangar, now used for renting out at humongous costs by Bicester Heritage for events. I peeked in once when it was being prepared for a wedding and it had a full size old style merry go round down one end and catering for ~ 150 in the main part, plus a bands...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:41 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: LeBurg ignition installation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 33563
Re: LeBurg ignition installation
At last !!! After much midnight oil on the mechanical installation: Quite a lot of work to get the Leburg system sparking: And a nightmare sorting out the fuel system - including removing a leaking Curtis drain valve that appears to have had locktite as a seal :shock: The first run of the modified V...
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:26 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: mystery magneto
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2048
mystery magneto
Hi all,
In a box of goodies which came with some VW engines I received recently came this dual mag.
Anybody know anything about it, what it was used for etc? It's probably not much good for a Nipper as it would stick through the firewall quite a bit.
Jim
In a box of goodies which came with some VW engines I received recently came this dual mag.
Anybody know anything about it, what it was used for etc? It's probably not much good for a Nipper as it would stick through the firewall quite a bit.
Jim
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:03 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12966
Re: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
That looks just the job and it's cheaper than the rebuild kits. I may just invest in one for the spares box.
A combination of rotating the top and replacing the brass fittings with angled ones as necessary would surely make the fuel pipery work fine.
Jim
A combination of rotating the top and replacing the brass fittings with angled ones as necessary would surely make the fuel pipery work fine.
Jim
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12966
Re: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
Some progress on the SEV pump. I emailed a photo of the pump to VW Heritage and they sent me what they thought would be the service kit, unfortunately it turned out to be completely unsuitable. This is probably because they were working on the age of the engine and the assumption it was in a vehicle...
- Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:57 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: VW exhaust scheme
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12962
Re: VW exhaust scheme
Good Evening Dave, Thanks for that picture which is surely worth a thousand words! I have concluded that the top fixings should be flush with the top edge of the firewall and that the Nipper drawing I have is in error. It would look rather strange for the top of the cowling to stick up 10mm from the...
- Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:54 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: VW exhaust scheme
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12962
Re: VW exhaust scheme
Thanks David, that looks like a good starting point to copy. I like the hot air pickup inside the cowling. I have a secondary problem with my existing set in that the port forward lower spark plug points directly at the port fwd exhaust pipe and the right angle plug cap and ignition cable are very c...
- Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:28 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: VW exhaust scheme
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12962
VW exhaust scheme
Has anybody got any photos of their exhaust installation - cowlings off - that they could share? My Nipper has the 4 downward open pipes arrangement but they are crudely made of mild steel and won't last for long. I'd like to fit a system made in stainless and a silenced arrangement wouldn't go amis...
- Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:18 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: Nipper firewall
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4784
Re: Nipper firewall
I've come up against a head-scratching moment in my firewall replacement, best illustrated by the attached pictures: 1. The clip from a Mk3 drawing shows all the attachment points for the cowling to be protruding from the firewall, this would result in the aft lip of the top cowling sitting with a g...
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 5:00 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12966
Re: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
The only information I have is that one of the answers to my enquiries was that it was used on a post war Morris van.
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:42 pm
- Forum: ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE
- Topic: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12966
Re: SEV Fuel Pump, service or replace
I think you'll find that getting a service kit for that carburettor will be challenging. I've tried many specialists, including the manufacturer, and the usual response I've had was 'haven't seen one of them for years!'. By good fortune I was wandering around the flea market on the last day of the r...