Originally Posted by marcusofcotton Know thy systems. The P leads on the mags ground out when the switch is in the off position. If a P lead has an open (break or bad connection) the mag will be hot. That is why one always does a quick mag check by turning switch to off for a quick instant before shutdown - to catch it before the condition can go on for long. Mark J Here is yet another golden recommendation I want to make sure I implement moving forward. I have already seen a too close call for comfort event, ...
Originally Posted by Bill Rusk Folks First let me say "Thank You" for all your inputs. Lets talk weight and drilling brake rotors out. A Supercub friend told me he drilled his rotors and saved 1.5 pounds (24 oz). I don't think he is quite as fastidious about all this weight stuff as I am, or perhaps his rotors are much different than mine, but at any rate I had my rotors drilled to save weight. They now look like this....... ...
Originally Posted by Bill Rusk Thanks for the nice comments folks. Docstory - geez I sure hope not. FLYWHEELS Went down to the engine shop and weighed a bunch of 149 tooth flywheels. They pretty much all weighed the same. Average normal 149 tooth flywheel = 106.920oz/6.682pds Mine after cutting off the pulley = 86.915oz/5.432pds Skydynamics flywheel = 47oz/2.937pds as reported on their website (http://www.skydynamics.com/frame.htm) ...
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