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That time I laughed at the old mechanic's magnet trick on a turbine engine
Old Hank kept insisting you could find metal shavings in an oil filter by rubbing a magnet on the outside, and I thought he was crazy. After I missed a fleck that grounded a King Air for 3 days, I tried it on my next filter and a tiny sliver jumped right to the can. Anyone else have a 'dumb trick' that actually saved them from a major headache?
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bailey.sandra5d ago
A dab of dish soap on the threads saves me every time.
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barbara_moore734d ago
Old Hank was onto something for sure. That magnet trick is the kind of thing you learn from getting burned once, like the time I forgot to put a drain pan under a filter and soaked my boots in oil. Speaking of @bailey.sandra, dish soap on threads is a lifesaver, I use it on every oil change now after a buddy cross-threaded his filter on a Bonanza and we had to drill the damn thing out.
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