Return-Path: Received: from out005.verizon.net ([206.46.170.143] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b7) with ESMTP id 250274 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 08 Jul 2004 08:44:26 -0400 Received: from verizon.net ([4.12.145.173]) by out005.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040708124356.FMPV3910.out005.verizon.net@verizon.net> for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 07:43:56 -0500 Message-ID: <40ED4185.7010602@verizon.net> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 08:43:49 -0400 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) 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 X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out005.verizon.net from [4.12.145.173] at Thu, 8 Jul 2004 07:43:56 -0500 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 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. > > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >> >