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View Poll Results: If your Apex Seals failed, what would you do?
pull the engine out and replace the Apex Seals only after all, its cheaper!
3
5.17%
pull her, and replace anything that was worn just in case
9
15.52%
pull her, throw cash in the air and your hand in your pocket and do a full rebuild/recondition cause i am there anyway!
46
79.31%
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Quick Whip Round Poll (Engine Rebuild)

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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 01:30 AM
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Quick Whip Round Poll!!

ok guys, quick whip around poll to check opinion on something... hope you can help me out with your honest opinion!!
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 01:34 AM
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Never cut corners when building/rebuilding motors.. youll be sorry later..
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 05:46 AM
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 10:23 AM
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Originally posted by Godzilla-T78
Never cut corners when building/rebuilding motors.. youll be sorry later..
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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wow. the poll results don't look good..
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 06:57 AM
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I think they look the way they should...it shows that alotta people on the board do it right the first time. When you're going to the trouble of ripping out an engine, to replace a part, it's best to check out everything, and replace ANYTHING that needs it.

Turbojeff taught me that lesson, and I have the peace of mind that I didn't before I did it. Tuning was the next stop after that...and now that it's done...I sleep better at night. Or at least I will when I get to drive it again..it's been over 9 months since I've gotten to take her out for a spin.

But when I do, I know that she'll be good as new...
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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I would go for the full rebuild, if not, yoru gonnas end up taking your engine apart more than once to replace **** seperately, it might be less money all at once, but it will be ALOT more when added up.
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 03:37 PM
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agreed, that was what i thought to and was my intention from the start... just cavasing opinion to make sure that even a newbie knows you rebuild the babies if you have to open them up.

what parts do i need? do i just geta full rebuild kit from somewhere like rotary aviation and then check housings and rotor when i get there?

or is there a better/more complete rebuild kit out there i should know about?

i'm a man on a budget, but all advice is great!
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 12:31 PM
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Pull it apart and replace all the seals, spec out the housings and rotors to see what you need to replace. But depending on how bad the motor went it might be smarter to get a reman.
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