OH,,,, Did I forget to give my " clean enough to eat off of " speech ?

When balancing jet engines, and attempting to get the tool to repeat within .0001 inches, the term that I prefer is "surgically clean".

Sounds a whole lot better than "clean enough to eat off".

Hell, that might even be obscene.

Bottom line,

You really shouldn't be using silicone sealer in these engines. The far better anerobic products will not spell engine death if a small piece comes free.

I know they are easy- an readily available at Autozone and Walmart, but I try and use the newer products. RTV's made it into the parts stores in the 80's.


Michael

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The rooting paid off...the system held pressure today, so I put everything else together, and after getting the air bled out of the injector lines (no hand pump on a 6.9l ), she fired right up...almost as if I had last run her 3 1/2 minutes ago, not 3 1/2 months.

Greg, although I didn't read it until after the fact, I did follow your "clean enough to eat off of" sermon...the parts were clean and freshly painted to begin with, and I hit every surface with paint thinner and allowed everything to dry before even thinking about starting with the RTV.

Now all I need to do is get the air pockets out of the cooling system...

That's great Tim. Now, aren't you glad you waited?

"Clean enough to eat off................". ROTFLMAO.

ehh, HUSH... Seriously, yes, although I'm now working my tail off trying to get the truck ready for the meet this morning...

And don't laugh too hard...when I was in Scouts, we were cleaning the engine room bilge on our boat, and to serve as a good example to the crew, I cleaned "my" portion off so well that I ate my lunch off of it It actually worked to motivate them...

Greg is going to love it.