Trouble starting cold

H. Paul Shuch is a Light Sport Repairman with Maintenance ratings for airplanes, gliders, weight shift control, and powered parachutes, as well as an independent Rotax Maintenance Technician at the Heavy Maintenance level. He holds a PhD in Air Transportation Engineering from the University of California, and serves as Director of Maintenance for AvSport of Lock Haven.

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Trouble starting cold

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Difficulty starting my 912 when cold. This just started happening, I sent my carbs off to lockwood for the 5 year service. They came back and I installed them today. I still had problems starting, eventually got it going, sync'd the carbs and set the idle. Things looked good and started no problem when it as warm.

Let it sit for 4 hours and tried it again (no Joy). The Video was taken from on my iPhone.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4g5kJnuFcM


I did check the choke is working, still no good. It seams like the starter disengages after the hint of it wanting to start. I have been reading about the Sprag clutch and wonder if that is my problem.

Any help would be appreciated in trouble shooting the problem.
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Talked to Lockwood and they confirmed what I thought. Sprag clutch, I'll be pulling the Rotax over the next couple of weekend. :(

He looked at the video before we talked and confirmed the issue. He said you have plenty of power, plus I had already confirmed it last night.
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All that work to get to the sprag clutch.

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It is now back together after a mastercharge shopping spree at Lockwood's

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This weekend planning to reinstall i :D
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How many engine hours, David? I seem to recall you bought a used 912 when you built the RV12?
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drseti wrote:How many engine hours, David? I seem to recall you bought a used 912 when you built the RV12?
Partially correct - the 912 was in my Sport Hornet and I reinstalled it in the RV12. The Rotax only had 60 hours on it before the 12, now 330 but 8 years old. It did not fly in the hornet for a few years.
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