Light Aircraft Association

Hi Mark, Can't claim to be running a Corvair yet, but I've been building a Pietenpol with one fitted for many years! There have been issues in the past with crankshaft failures, but you can buy fifth main bearing kits and even a 'billet' crankshaft from the USA, which seem to have solved the problem...

Well remembered Colin!

Yes, I had some Corvair crankshafts plasma nitrided by Eltro Ltd. They are based in Farnborough.

Try these guys:

http://www.tracytools.com/

I should have Googled in the first place and saved myself the typing! Here's a link to some original Minnow fish info:

http://www.historicvws.abelgratis.com/t ... w_fish.htm

Worth looking at as there do seem to be some subtle differences between the Reece and Minnow carbs?

My experience was many years ago, when I fitted a Reece fish (I think they were available from 'Minnow or 'Reece'?) carb to a VW beach buggy I had built. As I recall, the setting of the carb was done in three stages: 1. You established that the throttle butterfly was fully open at the full throttle ...

Try Beringer:

http://www.beringer.fr/aero.php

The M6x1 and M5x0.75 refer to the pitch of the thread. If your original nipple screwed into a 'standard' M6 nut quite happily then you need the 1.0mm pitch.

Hi Rob, John is right, the John Deere alternator is very expensive! I've fitted a high output Triumph Bonneville stator and rotor to my Corvair engine, using endplates and a shaft of my own design to make it into a 'stand alone' unit (the stator is bolted to the crancase and the rotor goes on the en...

I've tried steel stockists and local fabrication firms, but with no success. Never thought about roofers?
If you succeed in finding an 8' x 4' sheet, I'd be happy to split it with you, as I need something for my Pietenpol firewall? I'm near Banbury.
Cheers.

It's not the cheapest solution, but I did my best to insulate my workshop, then I leave a little fan heater, with a 'frost guard' setting to keep the worst of the chill off. This has stopped both my 4130 stock and my lathe from going rusty!

Try calling Arthur Mason on 01296655077. He aquired a large stock of 'British' aircraft hardware some years ago and has been selling them off to fellow Pietenpol owners (and others).

The original Bernie Pietenpol conversion for the Corvair engine describes an oil heated 'jacket' around the inlet maniford 'Y' where it splits to the individual cylinder heads. The current Corvair engine guru, William Wynne advises against this system, due to the added complexity of the engine oil s...

What about a few dabs of silicone RTV? It sticks suprisingly well to most things and will tolerate pretty high temperatures?

Try your local car accessory shop? There are paint marker pens made specifically for boy racers to tart up their tyres! Available in a range of colours. Not sure if it will outlast your Humbrol, but it's more convenient to touch up!

I'm all in favour of the CD idea. It would clear a lot of space in the spare room!