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I spent the day = yesterday=20 cleaning up the reusable parts of the engine. There was quite a = bit of=20 rust still in the water passages on the front housing, and I spent quite = a bit=20 of time scraping that out. Fortunately, I don't have to clean or = scrap=20 rust from the ruined intermediate and rear housings. Overall, = everything I=20 was planning to use still looks good.

I've also = floundered a bit=20 on the ceramic coating for the rotors. While I'm sure this would = help the=20 oil temps, I just don't think I'm going to do it now. = Unfortunately, most=20 people that do the coating, also change something else in the process = (as I=20 would be), so it's hard to say just how effective the coating is. = At best,=20 I can't imagine it lowering the oil temp more than maybe 10 degrees, = which is=20 nice, but not essential. Basically, I don't want to take the time = to ship=20 the rotors off, and also don't want to take the chance of having them = ruin the=20 bearings in my brand new rotors. I'm going to hope that = my main=20 oil temp problem is like Al has said so many times- I needed a real oil=20 cooler. I'll have a nice one now, and should be OK. =20

By mid week, I = should have=20 everything I need to finish the engine. I'll probably spend next = weekend=20 porting the new housings to match the ruined ones, and I'll plan to put = the=20 engine back together the following weekend. Still lots to do = before it=20 gets back in the air, and as I KNEW would happen, I just got my = hanger=20 eviction notice in the mail yesterday afternoon. I'm = "supposed" to=20 have everything out before the end of the week. Fortunately, this = is just=20 the county's way of saying they won't be responsible for damage. =20 The guys who are actually doing the work said all we need to do is = give=20 them access to the walls, so I just need to move everything to the = middle=20 of the hanger. They've already fixed the roof, so it=20 doesn't rain in there anymore, but stuff could still get wet when = the walls=20 are removed. I'll be heading to Lowe's in a while, to buy a bunch = of=20 Rubbermaid storage containers, and will pack everything in those, and = pile it in=20 the middle of the hanger around the plane. With all that crap = in the=20 way, I won't be able to work on the plane until they get done, = which could=20 be weeks from now. Fortunately, I'll have the engine work to keep = me=20 occupied.