Van did not lose any sleep figuring out how to make
the RV4 easy to work on :)

I had to make this special tool to mount the studded
1/4 28 rod end on the flaps.

Robin helped despite a broken wrist.

BTW Somebody drained the oil so I filled the sump tank with
5 quarts of Idemitsu rotary engine oil.

I removed the leading plugs and squirted a bit
of oil in each rotor housing. I removed the spark plug wires
from the trailing plugs. The engine turned over
lickity split on both 14 amp hour Sealed Lead Acid batteries
in parallel.

After about 20 or 30 seconds the oil pressure came up to
20 psi. First step in starting the engine.
I noticed the front rotor was running a bit leaner
than the back rotor based on plug color. Curious.


Paul Lamar


Well color me purple! you even had her cast done in matching color!
Tell Robin she is a trooper! Boring and welding housings today... so off to
the mill.
Larry




The fuel flow balance can be adjusted between the rotors with the EC2 and
the help of Ed Anderson s device (that Mike installed on my recommendation).

Yea, those flap nuts are a B*$^&.

I usually hand crank the prop to prime the oil through the cooler and
engine, but your way sounds a lot faster.

See you tomorrow.