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Flying, homebuilt airplanes, working with wood, riveted aluminum, welded steel tubing, fabric, dope and common sense. Gunsmithing, amateur radio, astronomy and auto mechanics at the practical level. Roaming the west in an old VW bus. Prospecting, ghost towns and abandoned air fields. Cooking, fishing, camping and raising kids.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

HEADS 102

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This photo, stolen from Jake Raby’s web site (http://www.aircooledtechnology.com) is of a Type IV head that has been treated with the full r...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

HEADS 101

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(NOTE: This was written in 2003. Use it only for background information. In later posts I'll show the methods & procedures I'...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Crankcase Fasteners

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A couple of times of year, usually in the summer, I receive a message from an angry young man trying to dismantle a Volkswagen engine. In m...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Basic Jugs - IV 1/2

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Several people wondered why I failed to mention checking the fit of the piston rings in their grooves. So I went back and mentioned it. No...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Basic Jugs - IV

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Due to their higher operating temperatures, in air cooled engines the piston ring gap is wider than on liquid-cooled engines. For after-mar...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Basic Jugs - III

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In manufacturing a cylinder barrel the cast iron blanks are first bored with a multi-point tool then brought to their finished size with an ...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Basic Jugs - II

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Basic Jugs - II If you’ve never installed nor removed piston rings, buy yourself a piston ring tool like the one in the photo. Harbor Frei...
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No, not THAT Bob Hoover :-) (ie, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover from Tennessee and perhaps the best pilot in the history of flight.) The problem is that all Roberts get Bob-ed at birth and there isn't much we can do about it. When posting something about aviation I generally use 'R.S.Hoover' to prevent confusion.
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