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Will pressurizing the crankcase thru the pump pulse port only pressurise the rear half of the crankcase?

have never seen a kitfox with fabric covered flapperons

Well done
I considered this myself when my starter wouldn’t. However I went the route of removing the engine and replaced the weeping crankshaft oil seals when I was at it

Hi Bob
Insurance is hopefully a waste of money,
I had decided that if the worst happened and I was lucky enough to walk away unhurt then I would put the loss of the aircraft down to experience, how ...

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I agree, just recently had a wheel off for tube replacement. No need to remove lug nuts at all- for wheel removal just remove the dust cap over the centre castellated nut, remove split pin, remove nut ...

Many thanks for the replies guys,
To determine the part no of each rod end would require removal and measuring
Perhaps there s someone who has done this already and still has the part Nos handy?
Ma ...

Hi All
As part of the my fox’s up coming annual I am replacing the majority of the hardware to include the wing and stabiliser strut rod ends, and (following a recent post regarding a failure) all ...

Rotax 582.

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I have just purchased a starter from this company. it is identical to the one removed.

http://www.db-starter-alternator.com/Items/ws1?&caSKU=ws1&caTitle=100%25%20NEW%20Seadoo%20Starter% ...

have had trailers on the back burner for a long time, was wondering where one could obtain plans for a trailer hanger. also i have heard of foxes being damaged by trailer suspensions being too solid. ...

I sorted the problem this evening by a combination of pipe massage and bleeding from the vent pipe held aloft and then plugging it with thumb before reconnecting quickly before it could draw in air al ...

Thanks guys
The hoses removed were not in poor condition really, they were chaffed where they had been tie wrapped to the engine bearers loosely so “ a stitch in time”
The coolant is a 10:1 dist ...

I changed the coolant hoses that run to the cabin heater on my 582 engined fox and then refilled the system with coolant and bled the system at the vent on top of the thermostat until the coolant ran ...

Recently had a similar problem with a rough running engine below 4000rpm and in order to adjust the carbs I removed the propeller, and ran the engine safely, taking care not to bring the revs up high ...

I fitted the elevator gap seals as suggested previously but I didn’t get a chance to test fly the aircraft until this weekend due to weather and work commitments however I have flown five hours over ...

Please contact me on jmcb@oceanfree.net
John

Interesting. Does the gap sealing make any difference to the handleing on a Kitfox

I run my 582 on silkalene fully synthetic, with auto lube. Just coming up on 150 hours My exhaust is a bit corroded, so today I removed it for a sand blast and repaint-surprise surprise, on looking in ...

An Induction leak will cause that cylinder to run leaner, have a look in the exhaust ports and see if one or more of them is less blackened than the rest
what you are looking for is grey/whiteish coa ...