Return-Path: Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b7) with ESMTP id 251050 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:50:26 -0400 Received: from [10.1.1.101] ([65.12.218.16]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040708194957.UDJV1701.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[10.1.1.101]> for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:49:57 -0400 Message-ID: <40EDA569.6010402@bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:50:01 -0400 From: Mike Robert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040608 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: engine mount References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Slade wrote: >I used RTV only at the engine mount plate join, and I have a small but very >annoying leak when the nose is down. > > > >>>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'd agree with the safety wire. I've noticed that my sump bolts (with lock >washers) want to undo themselves. I've tightened them twice in 8 hrs. About >a 1/2 turn each time. I'll be safety wiring them when I redo the sump / >mount plate / engine join... with gaskets this time. > >Regards, >John Slade > > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>> >>> > > > When you do the pan gasket job you may help avoid further leaks by using a small punch to lightly stipple both mating surfaces on about 1/2" centers in a random pattern. This keeps the gasket and/or RTV from "walking" later on and causing those extremely annoying seepages. -Mike