Suddenly it was 1973. Dan came over to the hanger at Oxnard and the
    TTC would not start. He thought sure it was another wiring error. I
    called Nils and he and I tested the electrical system again and it
    was OK. Everything worked however  the engine failed to fire even
    once. Even the plugs were dry and looked fine.

    We finally narrowed it down to water still in the engine. Took the
    plugs out and turned the engine over with the starter. Lots of vapor
    came out of the spark plug holes. We thought it might be Methanol. I
    had the bright idea of holding  a paper towel up to it. I borrowed
    some matches to see if it would burn. No burn!! Water vapor!!!!

    Back in 1973 the o-rings between the rotor house and the end house
    would melt if you over heated your rotary engine. They were made of
    neoprene instead of silicon.

    The apex seals would scrape up all the water in the engine and
    deposit it in the spark plug holes. No way in hell would the engine
    start.

    We thought this might be what was wrong. We continued to turn it over
    until only dry air came out of the spark plug holes. Then we moved it
    outside and tied it down with a long rope  to a fire hydrant. I was
    worried that it might run away.

    Then it started. Nils shot the videos. Before, best and better.
    Before is self explanatory. It ran rough. we kept running it until we
    guessed all the water was out. We figured out there was a lot of
    watter in the compressor side of the turbo. We finally got it to run
    steady at 3000 RPM. We ran it for about 5 minutes.

    Paul Lamar



    Paul, the last several videos  would only play audio. Said
    unsupported codec. Don't recall changing anything on my android. Any
    changes on your end?
   James Whitehurst


   No I am still using Openshot and recording in low rez.

   Do you have DLC? That is an ap and a program. It plays a wide range
   of codec's.

   -----------------------------------------------------------

   Here is the web site for DLC.

   https://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/ <https://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/>

   Paul Lamar

Thanks Paul , loaded VLC,  videos work fine!

James whitehurst

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