Say Goodbye to TCP ...(NOT)
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spadpilot
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Say Goodbye to TCP ...(NOT)
Chatted on the phone yesterday with Jimmy Brod of JB Aircraft Engine Services in Sebring, FL. He informed me that ECi of San Antonio, the manufacturers of Titan Cylinders is announcing at Sun'n'Fun that they will soon have available a cylinder assembly for the C145/O300 that has a rotating exhaust valve. This should cure the infamous sticking valve once and for all.
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GAHorn
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There's nothing new about valve rotators. Lots of big-bore Continentals have them. ECI makes good products but there's nothing new to valve rotators (and they don't do anything for sticking valves. They are designed to prevent a hot spot from carbon burning a valve seat.) I had valve rotators in my 206 (IO-520-A) and my Baron (IO-470's) and still had occasional valve problems until I started using TCP. (And rotators do nothing about spark plug fouling, crankcase sludge, abrasive lead build-up on pistons and exhaust pipes, or sticking rings.)
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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spadpilot
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Oh Well - Still looking for that endless supply of TCP
George,
You sure know how to burst a guy's hopes.
J. Clifford
You sure know how to burst a guy's hopes.
J. Clifford
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