Greetings,

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.  I spent my Friday holiday tearing apart the "junk" 6 port engine that Tommy gave me a couple years ago.  This engine wouldn't turn, and there's really no telling how long it's been sitting up, so my expectation was to take it apart for entertainment and education (where have we heard that before).  I was pleasantly surprised to find that the engine looks pretty good inside.  In fact, at first glance, I don't see any wear, or damage of any kind.  I also don't see rust, or corrosion.   I'm just amazed.  I'll know more when I clean it up, but I'm thinking that the failure mode of this engine may have originally been a stuck apex seal.

I'm thinking that this engine may be good for either a normal rebuild, or a single rotor project, so I'll clean it up, with rebuild in mind.  My question concerns all the rotor seals.  Bruce's video tells you to keep track of all the seals, so they can be put back in their original location.  Just how necessary is this?  I find it hard to believe this is critical.  Also, how about the springs?   I strongly suspect that the apex seals will be broken by the time I get them out, and I'd probably try those new seals that Tracy has on his site anyway.  For that matter, I'd probably buy the "master" kit that Tracy sells, so I'd get the other seals as well.  I guess the real question is weather I should keep up with the old seals at all. 

Tracy- Since it looks like you put these rebuild kits together from different suppliers, is it possible to get a kit with the new type apex seals in it? 

Cheers,

Rusty (still full of Turducken)