danny_galaga

All sorted. Case closed 🙂

Dammit, where's my "Beat Skippy over the head with a big stick" emoticon 😄 To sum up this whole thread: 1. after doing pretty much all my electrical, I realised I hadn't thought of putting in any kind of isolator in. This happened when there was a discussion about starters getting stuck on. 2. Being very pragmatic (read- extremely lazy) I decided I really only need to isolate the starter while on the ground. I sniffed out the easiest thing I could find that would fulfil the task - the jigger. Since im on the ground, I rationalised, it doesn't have to be fancy, or especially accessible. 3. Recent events gave me pause for thought. The big thought was this- Perhaps I have an emergency in the air. Id decided the jigger is really only for ground use. But with a cabin filling up with smoke, there's no way I'm not going to try and isolate the battery. Which means I would be scrabbling around behind the instrument panel. 4. JOHN DENVER ANYONE? 5. DONT BE LAZY. (Dan beats HIMSELF over the head with a big stick) 6. I bought a panel mounted isolation switch. Go back a page or two and I have posted a pic of the installation. 7. It occurred to me I might as well put the jigger back because it's a pain in the ass trying to disconnect the negative on the battery because it's tucked up behind the instrument panel. 8. Here we are. 9. Incidentally, if the jigger had been facing the right way, I could in fact have extended it with a rod, sticking out of the instrument panel. 10. But it wasn't facing the right way.

This lil jigger basically does that. If you unwind it a few turns, it's as if you've taken the lead off. It's basically two lugs held together by a bolt with a handy knob molded on. I would normally always take a negative off if working on the electrics. I can just see me arcing a spanner on the aileron cable. Then I'd have to replace all that for my laziness. I put the jigger back on because the battery is in a tedious position, behind the instrument panel.

Yes, I would suggest Repco for your spark plugs.

Incidentally, I wired up my accessories wrong when I installed the new master switch. So of course I had to undo the negative side again, where I had just removed my dinky lil battery isolator. So I thought it's going to be a pain in the arse undoing the negative any time I have to work on the electrics. So I put the lil isolator back on the negative. So now, if I want I can isolate the battery completely very easily.

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

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.

Inside the plane, on the firewall. Rotate your screen 90° anti - clockwise for correct view 🤪

Best $7 I ever spent 😊

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.

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.

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 🙂

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...

This is how it's hooked up

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...

As per previous update. I ended up putting a mechanical isolator in the instrument panel 🙂

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 😄

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...

No battery, right 😄

If I could edit it more than 15 minutes afterwards I would so you could find my joke funny 🤷‍♂️

I thought that little window was just for reaching in and turning on the ignition so you can jiggle the stall warning switch 😄

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 😄

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 😄

I remember them well. The characters were 1930s American gangsters 🙂