Original Posted By: "john s"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Turnbuckles etc.Hello: A good source for turnbuckles is B & B Aircraft of Gardner Ks.(Ks. City) I was up there in June and he had a tray full of them for$8.95 each. In a 1995 Buckeye news letter, John Greenlee gave an addressfor the Co. that made his radiator. ..Bell Mfg. Bowie Tx. Ask for Dave.817-872-2227, 1800-433-0939. They make radiators for oil well pumpengines. Greenlee said several builders have since bought from them.They have the drawings on file and could whip one out for you for $250.Not as pretty as a Lovely radiator, solder seams and marks are visible,but Greenlee thought the rough huen look went well with the Piet whichhas a 30's rough huen look any way. I would imagine if your engine hasthe modern Ken Pirkens water pump you could run pressure, but not withthe original pump with the old packing gland seal. Larry Williams rad.is not a VW golf rad., but it is similar. He had overheating problems inthe beginning, but that went away after brake in. NEW POTENTIALBUILDER....The plans are pure @%!&> Pretty good for a 15 year old kidwho drew them up from a completed airplane, but BHP who build around 23airplanes never bothered to redraw a cleaned up, corrected set of plans.Builders are still making the same mistakes 75 years later. You can getaround plans problems by asking lots of questions from people on thislist who have figured these things out. I would be afraid to buy aproject from some one who wasn't on this list. Leon Stefan NickersonKs. with a barrel full of scrap, junk do overs because I interpreted hevague areas of the plans wrong.________________________________________________________________________________