I have a Superior XP IO-360 on which I am mounting at MT prop governor. The engine was built, run on a test stand, and pickled for storage a while ago without this governor on it, and I am now installing it on the plane.
I went to fit the governor (after removing sealing tape from the adapter pad) and noted the governor would not quite seat all the way on the pad. So I pulled the governor back off, and out fell a C-ring. I looked inside and saw a round spacer/bushing type ring sitting up by the "female" side of the drive gear. These don't seem to actually fit anywhere in there and I see nothing to clip the C-ring onto.
So, anyone know what these are and why they might be in there? I'm guessing they were placed in there when the engine was pickled (strange) and maybe they were related to something else that was attached there (or elsewhere) when the engine was run?
These are the parts:
And the governor pad and close-up:
I went to fit the governor (after removing sealing tape from the adapter pad) and noted the governor would not quite seat all the way on the pad. So I pulled the governor back off, and out fell a C-ring. I looked inside and saw a round spacer/bushing type ring sitting up by the "female" side of the drive gear. These don't seem to actually fit anywhere in there and I see nothing to clip the C-ring onto.
So, anyone know what these are and why they might be in there? I'm guessing they were placed in there when the engine was pickled (strange) and maybe they were related to something else that was attached there (or elsewhere) when the engine was run?
These are the parts:
And the governor pad and close-up: