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Forum: Glow Engines
09-09-2007, 06:56 PM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

UPDATE: Carried to the club. Found that the exhaust valve was sticking open. Was not coming all the way to the top. Poured some mystery oil on the rocker arm and down the valve spring and stem....
Forum: Glow Engines
09-09-2007, 12:30 PM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

During the check with the glow plug out, I shined a flashlight down in the cylinder and rotated the prop. I could see the piston move up and down and you could see both vavles come down. Now the...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-09-2007, 11:54 AM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Before I did the checking, I removed the engine from the plane. I visually checked the throttle opening as I flipped the prop. I tried in both open and closed positions and there was no difference....
Forum: Glow Engines
09-09-2007, 10:41 AM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

UPDATE:

I removed the valve covers and both valves are operating. However, the exhaust valve is about .030. Gap way too much. I, also, removed the glow plug and poured some oil in the cylinder...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-08-2007, 09:51 PM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Question about a Saito 56. A very fine flyer maidened my GP 1/6 J-3 Cub for me today. Flew twice. On the second flight it flew great, sounded good. He landed
and taxied up to the fence. I retrieved...
Forum: Glow Engines
08-30-2007, 06:34 PM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

jb86:

I set the engine from the drive washer to the firewall just as the instructions said. I had to shim it out 1/2" in order to make it work. It is a J-3 GP and the engine
is a Saito 56....
Forum: Glow Engines
08-29-2007, 09:54 PM
Replies: 54,816
Views: 5,393,012
Posted By Safebet

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I have a problem. My cowling is 1/4" too long on my just completed GP J-3 Cub. To alter the cowling would be horrific.

Does anyone make a spacer to move the prop out 1/4"? Aluminum or plastic?
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