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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:06:45 -0500
From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
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To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: engine mount
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If you use any of the RTV's around oil retaining joints, there is  a 
risk of extruding some into the oil system. I suspect that the ultimate 
result won't be that much better than what has happened to Lycosaurs.

FWIW...

Charlie



Finn Lassen wrote:

> If you use UltraGray or such, clean all mating surfaces with alcohol, 
> you will not need gaskets and this stuff will not come apart. Probably 
> won't even need the bolts :)
> Of course it's next to impossible to ply the oil pan from the mount 
> plate if you ever want to take it apart.
>
> Finn
>
> Marvin Kaye wrote:
>
>> Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>> ""I safety wired the oil pickup bolts and used lock washers on all
>>  the oil pan bolts.""
>>
>> Rather than lock washers, wouldn't it make more sense to use drilled 
>> head bolts and safety them together in groups of 2 or 3?  I know 
>> they're metric and probably not commercially readily available, but 
>> drilling them on a drill press wouldn't require too much effort.  Use 
>> a 135 degree split point drill bit and you'll go through them like 
>> butter.  Just a thought.
>>
>>      <Marv> 
>