<VV> Discussions "doing it right"

[Matt Nall]

Matt, you always have been exceptional.. LOL!

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Most just say, "Exceptional luck"   I remember before  driving my Salvage  66 vert to Tahoe  my Friends MADE me put one of Lon's Mech  fuelpumps on,  or they wouldn't let me caravan..  I had made 2 good pumps out of 6 junkers...so I had a spare!...but that wasn't good enough for them!  LOL!!


My  "Greatest LUCK"  was a  "freshening" of a 3,000  hp  Gas Turbine...designed to make 2400 kw....... worn out..only making 1800 kw..


I used all "rejected"  new parts, where I deemed needed......  did it in one weekend........   made 2900 kw  and lasted for years!....2 yrs. later the engine actually went to a BIG  customer  that needed their unit back up  ASAP  and I was only 200 miles away...and yes we built another "used parts engine"  to replace it!


My Boss was very happy....  OUR  cost was $700,000  and 3 weeks for a company  certified overhaul.... This unit saved us approx. $1.3 mil per year in Utility cost......and would've cost us an additional $200,000  to be down a month..  If I had been "unlucky"  it would only cost us the original amounts!   And yes I used RTV [ against company policy]  to seal surfaces  where water leaked out when I water washed the cold inside of the engine [  turbine tuneup!]  because it made a mess and I had to clean it up!!   LOL!


Picture is not the unit...but similar;




Matt Nall
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