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  1. danny_galaga
    I think I forgot to add the starter solenoid here. This is the same part, but without the roTAX sticker on it 🙂 Denso 182800-1950 I bought it from a kart shop in Australia, but I've forgotten which. Funnily enough, you can buy the same solenoid from the Rotax kart engine supplier too, still cheaper than the 'aircraft' version 😄 The beauty of using the same part (as opposed to something electrically equivalent) is that if you already have the same solenoid (and you probably do) then this is a drop in, without drilling new holes or changing cables. UK supplier (not exceptionally cheap with freight) https://ecclestonaviation.co.uk/product/nippon-denso-starter-solenoid/ Rotax kart supplier https://www.rotax.com.au/shop/item/starter-relay-evo I may have got mine here. https://kart-store.com.au/products/rotax-evo-starter-relay-assembly
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    Yes, you could say the available choices for 912 carb engines has now doubled, so that's twice as good for those engine owners 😀 I will still choose shell.
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    Inside the plane, on the firewall. Rotate your screen 90° anti - clockwise for correct view 🤪
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    Best $7 I ever spent 😊
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    Not so much relaxed, but not inclined to go further with it. You have done some research on it, you may need to go to the ACCC or similar.
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    What I'm thinking might happen is over a few weeks, which is how long since last time, a fair bit of fuel syphons away from the gascolator, since the fuel pick ups are from the top. Running the boost pump for a few seconds will pull fuel into it. Next weekend I'll do a drain straight away and see what I get. Then try the boost pump.
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    Hmmm, I'm wandering if it does need the boost pump? Next I'm.there I'll run it for a second and see if that makes a difference. And reading up on them it seems it shouldn't matter if you used the boost pump because all the water and crap will have dropped into gascolator as it passes through. I'll report back 🙂
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    Yes, pretty I hooked it up the same way. But who knows, it was years ago now 😄 The engine is running fine. This is all leading me to the conclusion there is something wrong with the gascolator. I wouldn't be surprised, just another kick in the head with this 'friday job' kit...
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    This is how it's hooked up
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    I'm just going to stick with the shell aero. I don't think that costs any more than the good quality motorcycle oils that would also work. You know me, I don't want to pay more than I have to, especially the roTAX but with oil I'm leaving that for others to experiment with...
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    As per previous update. I ended up putting a mechanical isolator in the instrument panel 🙂
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    It's all new. Has only run an hour or so. Single fuel tank. I hope I don't need to have the electric fuel pump going. That would mean I need to pump water into the carbies before I find out it's water 😄
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    Let's just say that if the volume of liquid that dribbles out of my gascolator when I try to drain it was the same volume that accidentally dribbled into my undies after going to the toilet, I needn't be embarrassed...
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    No battery, right 😄
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    If I could edit it more than 15 minutes afterwards I would so you could find my joke funny 🤷‍♂️
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    I thought that little window was just for reaching in and turning on the ignition so you can jiggle the stall warning switch 😄
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    It's much like a regular car door on the piper. If it popped open, air pressure is going to keep it relatively closed. I don't know why you would have a forward opening door on an aircraft. On cars they call them suicide doors for a reason 😄
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    Yes, we were taught that in training -get the passenger to unlatch the door and hold it ajar. I can't remember if it was easy for the pilot to reach on his own. I used to think it quite chivalrous to have the door on the passenger side - women and children first! Captain last 😄
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    I remember them well. The characters were 1930s American gangsters 🙂
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    Haven't read this all the way through but just thought I'd point out some low wing planes have doors, not bubble canopies. One I know well is the Piper PA28 Warrior, and all its cousins and brothers .
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    "And goils ain't goils" ☺️
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    Oh, I see. As far as I know, the reg/rec that I bought, which is made for the Rotax 912 has better specs than the original part. That is to say, it is designed as an improvement on the original. Better cooling, better electronics, simpler wiring etc. for instance, it doesn't have that strange C wire. When the engine isn't running, the regulator isn't on. It's not slowly discharging the battery....
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    Anything with the word DUCATI written on it is the downgrade 😀
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    I agree with the last two posts. The recommended oil isn't that expensive in the scheme of things. On insurance, since it seems no one seems to investigate anything in ra Aus aircraft, if your Rotax use is in such a plane, it seems you could run it with cooking oil and no one would care... (Note: do NOT use cooking oil in your engine)
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