<VV> Tear-down III (was Rebuild II)

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In a message dated 3/26/2006 9:14:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, BobHelt 
writes:

> Well, it looks like I've hit a nerve here. 
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No nerve hit!!  gg    I just do not believe it is an issue....adamantly!  
LOL!!

I work for a company that always puts newly assembled $1,000,000 engines in a 
test stand before the customer gets it!   $$$$$$$$

When I pulled my 3000hp turbine out,  " ULTRA reworked it" in 2 days....this 
engine had BIG  problems.....and threw it back in the Generator  
package....was on line by 11am that Monday...people were taking bets how long until it 
blew...

2 yrs. later we pulled it.....to send out to a nearby site..who had lost 2 
freshly,  "professionally" rebuilt engines, in the 1st 100 hours...Company was 
embarassed!

That 3000 hp design engine made 2400 kilowatts when new.....after I "fixed 
it", it made 2977!

I'm not saying I'm a better mechanic...just that it isn't  NECESSARY to be  
meticulous!!  and super clean....it's SAFER to be that way....but as we see 
from all these "horror story posts" over the last several years...it doesn't 
GUARRANTEE success either!

Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Mr. DeckRug
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.
http://members.aol.com/patiomatt    Corvair Info!