United States Postal Service ---- tracking my package

rsv1cox wrote:Disturbing isn't it!  It's happened to me more than once.  

Interesting Enya .08, I haven't seen that intake before.  Gasket looks home-made.  A report when you get it would be appreciated.

Bob

Hi Bob,
The intake is for U-control as you don't need to throttle the engine.

The gasket is original as the gasket is oversized to fit the entire face on the crankcase if you to use the throttle control for R/C.
With the U-control venturi it is slightly smaller on the crankcase and the front of the gasket is not covering the entire surface so what happens is the gasket in the front is not covered and it bows up like you see in the photo.
I usually us an X-acto knife and cut that part of the gasket off after I have mounted the U-control venturi to the engine.

Well, my Enya .08 "S" (U-control) engine arrived on Monday Oct.16,2023 late in the afternoon's mail!

What I have gathered from the shipping is that the seller went to the post office on Monday Oct. 9th and that being a Holiday (Columbus Day) the post office was closed, but the seller used the kiosk in the forum and paid and printed the label then dropped the package into one of the drop off bins.
So, the engine sat in the bin until the next day (Oct. 10th) to where it was then finally sorted.

Now, the next interesting thing is that of the shipping box, and maybe why it had a nice trip from Indianapolis to Florida then to Chicago and then finally to me.

Below are the photos of the shipping box that the motor came in.
When I first saw this box in my mailbox, I was wondering what the heck is it?








Fortunately, I looked at the shipper's address in the corner of the shipping label to see where it came from.

Well, I pulled the engine out and looked it over.
It was missing the prop washer, plier marks on the prop driver and on the glow head on the piston cylinder where it looked like he tried to remove the head?
And of course, it was gummed up, but the piston did move up and down --- though it was stiff.

So, I tore it completely down, carefully removed the plier marks from the prop driver, and the marks off the glow head where someone tried to remove the head, then sonic cleaned the engine (inside and out).

I then reassembled the engine using some "Turbine Oil" and a new back plate and venturi gaskets.

Now she looks as good as new!
A good-looking example of an Enya .08 Series #1 engine (now I just need to get an Enya box and the wrench to go with it and a copy of the engine instructions and she'll look as good as new! ----- Like -- Good as New Condition?)




As for the venturi gasket. I have attached a photo of the difference between the U-control venturi and the R/C venturi.
You can see the difference on the base of the venturis that the U-control one has a small footprint compared to the R/C venturi.
That is why, in the photograph, with the U-Control venturi that there is much of the gasket not being covered on the crankcase.




This problem was on the earlier Enya .049/.06/.08 and .10 "Series #1" U/control engines. ( with the "square" venturi intake)
Now on the later versions (Series #2) with the "round venturi intake. The base was made longer to match the same footprint as the R/C venturi.

Below is a photo of the Enya Series #2 engine with the newer U-Control intake ( notice it is also "round")
Another fine example of an Enya .08 Series #2 engine.




One thing I have to add is how the exhaust ports line up (front to back) to where inside the cylinder sleeve, the transfer ports are not being covered up by the con rod. (like on a Cox engine which sometimes is as well.)
Thanks all for reading!

NEW222 wrote:All packages should get passport stamps wherever they go......

First time I ever got a box like that for shipping?
Talk about recycling packaging.
He could have gotten a "free" shipping box at the post office as it did/was coming express mail?

Anyway, the engine did make it and it was in "fair" condition.