It looks like I need to clear a few thinks up. I Might be inexperienced to some of your standard, but I am no idiot. I didn’t realise there was set criteria standard to own one. I know which is the high and low needles and which way they turn. Etc
I have other petrol engines with a lot of flying time on them and no such problems with them yes it’s my first twin. Yes I have read the manual several times and followed it to the T and kept on referring back to it though all the problems, just in case I missed something. Regarding the timing if your engines haven’t got a timing ring just behind the hub then you got ripped off. It’s the one with all the little holes around it there is a small grub screw which locks it. When I got the aircraft finished engine mounted almost ready to fly reset the carbie to factory settings we then tried to start. Several flicks and I mean several in trying to get it started, it back fired on several occasions, we checked spark, fule battery etc all the obvious thing we thought it might have been the timing but ruled it out at that time. After talking to a 3W distributor here in Adelaide he said the timing is out, he also said that 3W are set around 30 degrees BTDC but I wanted to make sure about bme engines. Just been courses the inexperienced idiot I am. When I got engine CH ignition had supplied a timing kit and instructions, I think it’s for the older type engines with the advance and retard I set that up and found TDC zeroed the meter out located the magnet behind the timing ring. It was 110 degrees BTDC.That’s when I emailed Keith to find out what it’s spoused to be set at. He told me that it’s at 27 to 28 degrees BTDC. I had to tap the timing ring around with a copper punch to move it and to get it right. Remember the engine hasn’t been run by me at this stage. With that been so far out I find it very hard to believe it had been run at all.
Yes guys I taken a big risk and a lot of expense on getting the BME 110x here in OZ. I’m the Ginnie pig, no one at the field to see how they are going with there’s. I think it is the only one here but there is a motive, I was hoping to promote on behalf of bme engines here, there is a good market for them, we have all the other brands.
I would like to thank all those guys that are supporting me and the ones that aren’t put your self in my shoes. It would be good if Keith got a look at this forum to. I hope something good will come out of all of this at the end of the day.
Regards john leigh.