Gavin's Sonex B Part 78 - Finally fitting the pushrods, finishing touches to the engine.
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Gavin's Sonex B Part 78 - Finally fitting the pushrods, finishing touches to the engine and Andy's brakes - Who's brakes are upside down !!?
Stumbled into this, nice work well explained, look forward to the next!
Given the long history that Sonex has with the VW engines one would think that they have worked out any errors in the design and are able to deliver a complete and correct engine kit consistently. Based on issues that you have seen this does not seem to be the case. I love the aircraft but I am inclined to install a factory built engine.
Why on earth would they suggest filing away a portion of the rocker when a new pushrod fitting is the correct answer? Thats ridiculous. Good on you for not taking the bad advice, Gavin.
I also agree with you that the bleed nipple should be on top. I dont know how you would bleed air from the line if its on the bottom. If it were me and I wanted to install wheel pants, I'd edit the wheel pants to accommodate the ability to bleed the system, not the other way around.
That a BS reply from Sonex. They need to do the right thing and refund your money or send the correct parts. They also need to take those pushrods out of inventory. An engine failure could cause a catastrophic incident.
I lost a rocker arm on a new (10 hrs) certified O-200 flying in the Rocky Mountains during my initial flight training. It just poked a hole through the rocker cover and made a lot of smoke. Landed at Ricky Schroeder Field (2004). Was back in the air the next day. Nothing catastrophic. I love that airplane; it was brand new then and just recently popped up on the market. Funny, here it is twenty years later, same engine - still a nice airplane.