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Old 04-22-2017, 06:44 PM
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Per the other thread yesterday, no luck fishing out Pmag clamp so dropping sump is the price I pay. Planning on replacing all paper gaskets and rubber intake sleeves as advised but metal exhaust flange gaskets all look good so thinking I can keep those?

A few exhaust nuts awere tough to get a socket on but got a extra thin walled socket n finally got the last one off. Ball joints on exhaust seem pretty frozen despite my occasional dose of mouse oil over the years. At least they are frozen in the right orientation.

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Now might be a good time to free up the ball joints. I put nickel based high temp anti seize on mine. Not running yet, but it won't evaporate like mouse milk. They are hard to hold, I put two 2" bolts through the flange holes and sat it on the vice and clamped the bolts. It made a good platform for exercising the joint.

Good luck on the sump and extraction.
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Old 04-22-2017, 07:16 PM
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Woohoo! Sump is off, and Pmag clamp was inside. That's a relief.
Got the exhaust ball joints freed up as well.
Feeling better about things.
Where do you suggest I order sump gasket, intake gaskets and the rubber sleeves for the intake tubes? Guessing ACS doesnt carry this stuff. Could likely get from Aerosport Power but is there something quicker stateside?

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Old 04-22-2017, 07:44 PM
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I've had success getting this kind of stuff from http://aeroinstock.com/. AircraftSpruce does have intake tube gaskets. Don't know about the others.

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Old 04-22-2017, 07:54 PM
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I just ordered 2 from aircraft spruce. They have the Superior gasket.
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Old 04-22-2017, 08:54 PM
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Aircraft Spruce doe have all the gaskets.
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Old 04-23-2017, 04:43 AM
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Here's a pic of inside of sump with that little booger Pmag clamp as I found it



Although I drained the oil there was still a thin layer on top of the clamp part that made it difficult to identify with a borescope before removing sump

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Old 04-23-2017, 07:36 AM
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Welcome to the club. I did the same thing with my PMAG clamp about 3 years ago. It hurts now but you will be telling some poor soul the story on VAF years from now because they just did it and their world just collapsed.

Part number from spruce 08-11835 http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...or08-11835.php

You may want to use Loctite 518 on the gasket.
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Old 04-23-2017, 09:29 AM
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Thanks for the link Axel. That certainly looks like the right sump gasket, although my engine was built from ECI parts rather than Superior. Are they likely to be identical?

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Same thing.
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