Re: The first step to recovery (engine break in)

flyjsh Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:42 pm

No, Ron, I confess I didn't. I'm used to the old style with the spring/circlip and the X shaped reed. I didn't know it had one, but now that I look closer at the pictures, I see and popped it off. Its a good thing I asked because I never would have caught that and just torn up another reed. confused

So much relearning

I tore down, cleaned, inspected, and pressure tested three engines. I'll test them tomorrow. As long as I can get one of them running fairly well, I'll be fine. I just don't want to flop again or the Kiddo may lose interest. Here is what I threw together for her

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Y'all have been very helpful, and I can't thank you enough.

**Cribbs74** Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:27 pm

Hey John,

No worries man, crap happens. Besides it's a cheap fix!

Have fun with the new plane it looks great!

flyjsh Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:40 pm

Well, thanks to you all, I am the proud father of two screaming bees! cheers

I ran the three that I had disassembled, cleaned, etc. All three started easily. Two ran well enough to drag a trainer around (still not completely smooth, but good enough. I'll keep fiddling with them) The third was the used engine with the leaky head: the head still leaks. I'll set it aside for a while... I have plenty of other engines to clean up.

Out of curiosity, roughly when did Cox stop printing "Thimble Drome" on the tanks?

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