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  1. danny_galaga
    Just ordered a vacuum brake bleeder on eBay.
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    I've bled a few car brakes in my time, much like bluesadventures method. It's what dad taught me. I only mentioned it's mineral oil because someone started to go on a tangent about it so I thought I'd nip that in the bud. I fully understand the method should be much the same 🙂 I think I'll try the vacuum brake bleeder, else syringe and tube. Imma let that oil just overflow in the reservoir but wrap a rag around it first. Such a stupid design ..
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    No, I get it. If you keep pumping and it's going straight back to the reservoir, any bubbles are going to be at the top of the oil in the reservoir. So they don't get drawn back in. Nice simple idea. Only problem is one of the reasons I'm sold on'bottom up' is that it's ridiculously fiddly to open the lid of my reservoir. Hence I may as well go bottom up and maybe avoid opening the lid System is matco using mineral oil by the way.
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    Some of you guys bleed your brakes from the bottom up with some sort of pump. You've sold me on the idea. So now I need to know exactly what you are using. Specifically. Not a general comment, but specifics. If it's a popular thing to do there must be tools for it. So tell me you got a Maxx 2000 Brake Wonder from Supercheap or whatever that I can put oil in and hook it up to the bleed nipple, job done. Don't tell me you found some old oil can of a special type that hasn't been made in 50 years, and then modified it 'just so' with home made machined parts etc. I just need to get cracking 🙂
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    Dunno about your situation, but my simple setup just has the breathers poking out the bottom. To prevent mud wasps, I simply drilled a small hole in the breather about 10mm from the end and put a split pin through it. I got real fancy on one of them and used the split pin to hold the breather in place too 🙂
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    Sorry to be a Bernard (Yes Minister) but the euphemism of Kool Aid refers to crazy cult members killing themselves. This is the opposite, I assume of what you actually intended to imply with "take a sip of the Kool Aid" 😇
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    Definitely. A 90° turn is obviously much easier to accomplish.
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    Agreed. Engine has just failed. How long is the 'oh s@@t' moment? Now what height are you at? And airspeed dropped by how much? Now nose has to be dropped more dramatically. What height now? Now you're deciding if you should try to turn back because you've practiced at height and think you know it can be done. What height now? No, for most people, and definitely me, it's better that's not even a thought that enters my head.
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    Im a big believer in just not having the impossible turn in my 'vocabulary'. If straight out of the runway, it's within 30° from straight for me. I'm not an aerobatic pilot with thousands of hours under my belt...
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    Dunno. The pilot of the Jab in the example linked earlier survived. He kept it together even once his clothes caught on fire. Not saying I would be as determined but it's a real example of hanging in there and surviving.
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    It's all too early to know. There's a very good chance it caught on fire after coming down, but in-flight is plausible too. If they don't look at the aircraft particularly carefully, maybe the biggest clue will be the autopsy - illness/heart attack, smoke in lungs? , etc
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    Sure. What I mean though is the fact the plane is kit built is not the reason they are not investigating it.
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    I hate that the news has quoted ATSB as saying they don't investigate because it is 'kit built '. The reason they don't investigate (all the politics aside) is it is an RA AUS registered plane . If it was kit built and VH registered it would be investigated I presume.
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    Mystery solved - I had the fuel IN line and fuel RETURN line mixed 😄 It meant that there was only a trickle of fuel. The hose to the left carby is much shorter than the right so what little fuel there was mostly went to the left, making it seem to run like one carby was faulty. I ran it for about 20 minutes once it started to see how hot it would get. About 85° which is nice. Finally got to do radio check with the engine running too. Yay! So in the end I needn't have even taken the carbies off at all! But at least I now know a bit more about the insides of Bing carbies.
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    I'm replacing any easy to get ones since I have the kit. The current O rings are in great condition, still soft but I got the basic kit for the choke gaskets, and the bowl seals. Might as well use the others.
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    I didn't mean the spring as such, but where that shaft goes into the guide. Or put more simply, is ANY part in there lubed? I suspect not, but thought I'd ask 🙂
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    I'm probably going to leave them alone. But I found a great write up on CV carbs from this BMW guy. Quite informative: https://bmwmotorcycletech.info/bingcv.htm Since you've had them apart, a question about the slide where the diaphragm spring is. My feeling is it wouldn't be lubed- after all, the carby slide isn't lubed. Am I correct in that assumption?
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    <q> Ordered the basic O ring/gasket kit on Monday. From California. Received it today. God I love Aircraft Spruce and UPS ☺️ Meanwhile something I ordered from Toowoomba the same day still isn't here. I'm in Brisbane 😄 </q>
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    Ordered the basic O ring/gasket kit on Monday. From California. Received it today. God I love Aircraft Spruce and UPS ☺️ Meanwhile something I ordered from Toowoomba the same day still isn't here. I'm in Brisbane 😄
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    Or perhaps use what I already made. The carbs look great, which is a concern in a way because I was hoping for something obvious. It may be that I have removed a blockage or something without even noticing when I cleaned them up. Since it was pretty simple to remove and inspect, and I know the floats are ok I will get the basic O ring and gasket set and put em back together
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    Things you learn. Mine have the R written on them. Good to know https://www.rotax-owner.com/en/912-914-technical-questions/8174-float-weight
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    Right hand carby floats - 3.2 grams and 3.15 grams
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    That's great. I didn't have any agate wedges on me, but the K & S tubing I used swivels with less than 0.05 grams on one side. Feel free to send me some agate wedges for my mark 2 version.
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    😞 I just finished making them. Accurate to 0.05 grams. Thought I should have the scales ready before I take the floats out. I believe they should still be wet, and then dry them for a minute before weighing.
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    Well, Qld is celebrating some random old persons birthday today, so I am going to start pulling em apart. It's midday, why haven't I started yet? This is why
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