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Lehanover@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 12/31/2003 10:33:37 AM Central Standard Time, 13brv3@bellsouth.net writes:
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I use RTV as a sort of gasket. If there is no gasket, it cannot blow out. I put it on thicker around the outer parts of the flange and thinner close to the hole. Let it gel up for 10 minutes before you torque it down. Any bit that extrudes into the port area will vanish. Retorque after the first heat cycle. No leaks since 1980. You must grind the whole flange dead flat once all of the welding is completed.
Lynn E. Hanover
If I get you right you are suggesting that we do away with the rotor housing to header gasket? Just make sure the header is damn flat on that surface and use RTV? What kind of heat can that stuff take?
Incidentally, I would like to take a minute to thank you for the time and effort you have taken to literally educate some of those of us on the list (myself included) about the many things mechanical and rotary that you have experienced. It is appreciated more than you know. A lot of us will be safer because of your efforts.
Any list has a lot of BS ... but when I see your name on the sender line, it always gets read!
Good Luck in the upcoming 2004 season, both racing and flying,
Dale Smith
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