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20B 3 Rotor stripped

Disassembled 20B

Center housing on stand

more disassembly

Cleanin' the rotors

All the old seals

Clean rotor vs dirty rotor

Wankel Rotor Floss

Clean up ports

And polish ports

Test fit motor plate

Cleaned up and ready for assembly

All parts of a 20B

just another shot

Installing Apex seals

Ditto......

Ditto again.......

Ain't it purty!?!?

Front housing

Notice special homemade apex seal  tool.

Puttin' on the goop..

Putting seals on the bolts

Torque it down.

Me and My Plane....

Test fitting nose parts

Trial fitting

Mike Carpenter, fabricator

 

Engine mount finished.

Pulling wire harness through firewall and install main solenoid.