Originally Posted by bjr_93tz

I finally got around to putting my 200cdi into the Aries 07 and the weather cleared up enough to take it out to the field and put about a liter of fuel through it on the ground.

It was a bit cranky at first and I had to lean the regulator quite a bit (0.8mm out from flush). It got better and I quickly found a happy throttle position where it was revving free, belching smoke and generally leaving a big puddle of oil underneath. I've closed the break-in needle to 1/4 turn now and might take it up for a spin after another tank.

With regard to the prop slippage, apart from breaking-my-arm-off tight I've put a 0.7mm annealed aluminium washer between my new spinner back plate and prop driver to give them both something a bit softer to "bite" into. I've also pulled the spinner about 4 times now (after the initial start and during break-in) and nipped up the prop nut as the washer/spinner/propdriver settles in. Each time it has needed a bit of a nip up so something is gradually squishing into shape. Prop hasn't moved from it's initial marks, so far so good...