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Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:29 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: "Dick Navratil"
I hooked up the P-lead, bolted on the prop, filled the aluminum radiator with waterand poured in 5 quarts of oil.....And before long a Model A in Plano came to life.....(Ok, NOT before long but I'll leave out all the details about the arm numbing propping,flooding the carb numerous times and finally realizing the mag was 180degrees off)The old water pump is leaking a bit but other than that, she purred.....Water temp and oil pressure good.....What an incredible sound......Jim MarklePlano, TX214.505.6101________________________________________________________________________________
RE: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:04 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: "Phillips, Jack"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!Jim,I LOVE stories like that !! I can just hear that ol Model A pucketa, pucketa, pucketa !! Another milestone, for sure !! Congrats !!Chuck GNX770CG________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 07:17:31 -0400
Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:39 am
by matronics
Original Posted By: "Jim Markle"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!Jim,Looking through my piles of JUNK I collected during my ole car restoring years I discovered I have 2 A Model carbs. A MOCHI cast iron body, heavier thanhell, and an after market of unknown mfg. If you have need of either or both send me your mailing address.Someone in La trying to get rid of a lot of stuff________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:01 am
by matronics
Original Posted By: Phillips, Jack
This thing could fly next summer. With a 5 and 7 year old sons, house remodelingAND work, who knows! Aside from the millions of little things left, the woodparts are all done and the fittings are all done. So I can probably say 90%done if I would just accept some of the things I've already completed but wouldlike to do differently.But annoyances like the email I just received telling me I need to be in Des Moinesthis Thursday and Las Vegas for most of next week...well, that stuff getsin the way!I actually believe next summer is doable though.....Thanks for the note/congrats (from everyone on the list)!Now to figure out to avoid the blisters I have on BOTH of my middle fingers andthose new aches and pains I woke up with this morning.....JM ----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:46 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: "Jim Markle"
Come on Jim, accept it the way it is!! I have been going to therapy weeklyto overcome the urge to continually improve parts. I have succeeded andwill not ever again rebuild anything - as soon as I redo the controlstick.... Ted
Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:32 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: "Ted Brousseau"
I would have enjoyed this message a LOT more if I hadn't JUST taken MYcontrol stick back out to sandblast it and re-powder coat it a differentcolor.....it's usually easy to keep a distance from such comments but thisone hit home! :-)Ok, I'm gonna stop changing things!Well, I did change the timing on the mag this evening (yes, I need to find atiming light so I can stop guessing!) and now all I have to do is push theprop through about 5 degrees and she starts up....I was so impressed I HADto stop it and re start a bunch of times just because it was so darn easy.If listening to that engine in my driveway is THIS much fun I can hardlyimagine what flying behind it will be like.....I got a bit tense when I ran the rpm's up to about 1500 to test the new tachI just installed this evening....and suddenly realized the prop was liftingthe tail up......PANIC time! I held her down and added another cinder blockto the tail.Jim in plano....----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:27 am
by matronics
Original Posted By: TBYH(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: It's alive!!!In a message dated 10/7/2005 10:32:14 PM Central Standard Time, jim_markle(at)mindspring.com writes:I got a bit tense when I ran the rpm's up to about 1500 to test the new tachI just installed this evening....and suddenly realized the prop was liftingthe tail up......PANIC time! I held her down and added another cinder blockto the tail.Jim, Ya know they say that Airplanes are inanimate objects...well we all know different.SHE WANTS TO FLY !!! She doesn't want you to keep piddling around with cosmetic stuff...she simply Wants to Fly !! Please, give 'er what she wants !!Chuck G.________________________________________________________________________________