Loved your comment about rags. A friend recently installed a newly overhauled engine on a very early C-172 and used rags to ensure that nothing got into the engine before he installed the mags. While installing the prop he rotated the engine with the prop to help with getting to the bolts and nuts of the prop and you guessed it, a rag was pulled into the engine by the gears in the accessory case un-noticed. While running the engine for the ground breakin he noticed that the oil pressure fell off at the end of the run and shut it down. The largest piece of the rag that drained out of the engine was part of the tag on the rag. The rest was turned into a fine emulsion. It required that the engine be torn down and flushed and cleaned of the fibers. Fortunately, no damage occured but it did cost about $2500 more for the teardown and rebuild. It reminded me of the lump I got from my father 45 years ago for using a rag on a auto engine he and I were rebuilding. I have never forgotten that lesson. Richard Blair N99997 - 415D St. Marys, Ga. 4J6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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