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In a message dated 7/15/0 9:45:59 PM, Brent Regan wrote:

<<A recent post incorrectly cited me as recommending that steel engine mount
washers be replaced with aluminum ones. >>

Mea culpa, I made the posting.  Everything Brent says in his response seems
right on the mark to me.  

The washers to which I was referring are between the engine mount pads and
the firewall.  They are spacers to replace Fiberfrax that would otherwise be
crushed.  I don't I see a problem here, as the aluminum washers are fully
shadowed by the large pads on the engine mount.  This would most assuredly
NOT be the case for the washers on the cockpit side of the firewall, which
are only covered by the bolt heads, and the washers are subjected to bending
loads in an "oil can" manner.  In fact, those washers are visibly deformed
(slightly) when torqued to spec -- there's no way I'd replace those with
aluminum ones.

Sorry for the confusion, and thanks to Brent for correcting my statement.

- Rob Wolf
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