Subject: Remote water pumps.
From: ACRE
Date: 6/27/2003, 11:16 AM


     > > > >>>>>Ahem,
     > > > >>>>>Speaking of pumps... hows the new casting going?
     > > > >>>>>...Chrissi
     > > > >>>>
     > > > >>>>I got them. Still sitting in the hanger. Not machined
yet.
     > > > >>>>You want a good deal on a raw casting?
     > > > >>>
     > > > >>>Wish we could but you have all the setups figured out,
besides our
     > > > >>lathe (a CC 9x20) could handle the casting to do the
tapered
     > > > >>>impellor hole and we are building this plane full-time
(sleep optional).
     > > > >>>Whine whine....so any idea wheeeeen?
     > > > >>>... Chrissi
     > > > >>
     > > > >>If I get a bunch of request I'll machine some. How many
want remote water
     > > > >>pumps?
     > > > >>
     > > > >>
     > > > >>Paul Lamar
     > > >
     > > > >I want one.
     > > > >
     > > > >Mike McGee, RV-4 N996RV, O320-E2G, Hillsboro, OR
     > > > >13B in gestation mode
     > > >
     > > > OK that's three. (One for me. :))
     > > >
     > > > Paul Lamar
     >
     > > How much, I'll send a check tomorrow? Just send us the 3rd one,
after you make all your machining goofs on the
     first two =)
     > > ...Chrissi
     >
     > No way! First come first served :) I don't know Chrissi until I
do one.
     > My guess is somewhere betweeen $100 and $200.
     >
     > Paul Lamar
     >
     > Paul, since I was off of the list for a few weeks I probably miss
ed a lot of discussion on the pump, so please fo
     rgive me if I
     > ask something that has already been covered.
     >
     > 1) Will this enable me to eliminate the 5 inch cowl bump the ugly
stock pump location would require?
     > 2) Does it use the existing pump?
     > 3) Does anything else need to be replaced other than the housing
and probably the belt?
     > 4) How difficult is installation?
     >
     > Chances are good that I will want one, if for no other reason
than to help fit everything into the cowling without
     having to
     > add extra appendages.
     >
     > Dick Gregory

     Couple of questions. What kind of airplane? Yes it uses the early
     7 bolt cartridge. You will need a bracket to bolt the pump
     and the alternator to the left side of the airplane where
     the stock AC compressor goes. You will need somebody to tig weld
     for you. I can get that done for people if they order it
     when they order the pump. My guess is around a $30 welding
     charge. Depends on what kind of plumbing you want to use.
     Hose, AN or wiggins.

     Paul Lamar

     It's a LongEZ. The engine was built and the waterpump installed by
David Atkins. I was planning on relocating the
     alternator anyway per your bracket drawings. I assume that this
combo will use a different bracket? It would be great
     if you could do the fabrication for me since I don't have equipment
for it. Go ahead and put me down for one.

     Dick Gregory

  I want to know more about the remote pump, it looks like it would solve
some plumbing problems.
I too was out of the circle for several months after I changed ISP
(received only a couple messages a month for about 6 mo), will be changing
again and hope it goes better this time.
I would like to know if I could still use the air conditioner compressor and
the remote water pump?  Would like to use A/C in the southwest heat.
Also, what do you do to the front housing to use this remote pump.
Air craft is a Cozy and want to use hose connections.
Wendell

Not likely Wendell. About the only place for it is on the
left side. 

BTW Yet another advantage of a rotary engine for aircraft use.
Cheap air conditioning.

Paul Lamar
 
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