Jessie, A tip of the hat for that rebuild. You have shown it can be done. Worked on radials at an aircraft engine shop. Here's a similar P&W R-985 on a test run. For anyone doing a rebuild for their MV..Get yourself a good quality torque wrench and follow the torque setting to the pound. The engine is held together with steel studs threaded into aluminum alloy..Really easy to over-torque and weaken the holding strength. Under-torquing allows bits and pieces to "squirm" into the soft alloy. Aircraft style engines are notorious for shock load damage...If a propellor strikes the ground...the whole engine has to be taken apart and inspected. That's why Dumping the Clutch in a radial powered AFV is a no-no. The engine is not capable of absorbing that sudden impact....
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02-10-18, 01:26
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