Larry wrote:
> John, The sawdust idea was also a joke. The clue was that it > involved recommendations from a used car salesman. Jeezzz, must I > explain everything. By the way, for those of you who took the super > glue idea seriously, forget it. Super glue, while being a great > adhesive, will not fill voids. Thus, I doubt if it will do much to > help the leaking situation. I am wondering if the thing is actually > leaking all that oil. I'd have to go back and get the specifics, but > I know that my friend Jack Gocha had the problem of blowing his oil > out the breather when running continuously at high RPM. c-75 > converted to C-85. The problem is with filling up to the new > recommended oil level for the 85 hp engine. If he runs it a quart > low, no blow out. By the way, the guy that owned my Coupe before me, > fixed the problem in a very high tech way. At the end of the breather > tube, he attached the lower 4 inches of an aluminum coke can to the > front gear strut. Put it on with wire ties. The breather tube goes > into the coke can, and any oil that blows out is collected in the can, > rather than blowing all over the lower part of the engine, etc. I > guess what I'm saying is that you need to make certain the leak is > where you think it is, rather than something else. Estimated cost of > coke can $.50. Estimated cost of engine tear down $3,000.00 plus. > Check every alternative first. > > Larry > > John Cooper wrote: > >> In a message dated 00-01-05 00:00:33 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> > I for one, was not serious, and I doubt if the slushing compound >> or >> > the super glue were either. >> >> OK just to clarify, the sloshing compound idea was a JOKE. The clue >> was that >> it involved FLYING WITH NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. >> >> The super glue idea was serious, but not mine. It may have come >> from Light >> Plane Maintenance, but don't hold me (or them) to that. Tryer >> Beware. >> >> John >> >> ____ >> __________________________________________________________________________ _ >> >> To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> Get your favorite topic delivered daily. >> http://www.topica.com/t/11 > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Get your favorite topic delivered daily. http://www.topica.com/t/11
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