Removing 6mm Seals
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Removing 6mm Seals
Well we bought an early 12a I'm assuming a 73ish RX2 engine (has the twin dizzy, 4 spd tranny, double side seals, HUGE apex seals), that was sitting for the last 30 years, the rotor is currently stuck in the housing, how could I go about removing the the apex seals (I'm assuming they are carbon?) they are going to have to sock for a lonnnnnngggg time, years maybe, what kind of cleaning solution will be easy on the seals, but not eat them?
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I will get pics up sometime shortly, they are on my buddies camera.
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I will get pics up sometime shortly, they are on my buddies camera.
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I was lucky enough too, and picked up an early twin dizzy 12a for 150$. When i opened the engine i saw the engine had only like tops 5,000 km on it. The rotors look like they have never been used, same with the apex seals. So i put them on ebay and couldn't even get a lousy 50$ for the apex seals and 50$ for the rotors Congrats on the find though, they are super cool engines with their strange dual side seals, and lightened e-shaft.
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Ok....
And here are the pics.
What a senseless waste!!!
http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ert/OLD%2012A/
And here are the pics.
What a senseless waste!!!
http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ert/OLD%2012A/
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Originally Posted by Nismo Convert86
Ok....
And here are the pics.
What a senseless waste!!!
http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ert/OLD%2012A/
And here are the pics.
What a senseless waste!!!
http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ert/OLD%2012A/
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Originally Posted by re10
They are carbon. But I doubt that you will get them out i one piece. Try soaking them in oil for a couple of weeks, but don't get your hopes up
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I'm glad my RX-2 engine doesn't look like that inside. There's a chance mine will live again.
Are the rotor housings salvageable?
If you need a set of side plates and another waterpump, I may have what you need. Not sure of their exact condition, but they're night and day compared to yours.
Are the rotor housings salvageable?
If you need a set of side plates and another waterpump, I may have what you need. Not sure of their exact condition, but they're night and day compared to yours.
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No, those housings are scrap, those large leaf shaped rust pieces are the chrom that flaked off, we aren't rebuilding it, more or less a learning expericance, we had a 5foot bar on the Johnson bar, figured it to be about 1200ftlbs to crack the flywheel nut, and that still didn't make it turn over at all.
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