[R-390] Mechanical filter postmortem response

[Buzz]

Listers,
I had many emails so I thought that I'd reply through the list rather =
than individually.
I only opened two of the three filters because I figured that number =
three would be the same as one
and two.
I haven't yet attempted to rebuild the filter, but after reading the =
comments I think that I'll go
with the closed cell foam.  I was able to wash most of the foam goo off =
with brake cleaner, but
would like to use the vapor degreaser where my neighbor works before I =
put it back together.

I started taking things apart when I was a kid.  I'd drive my parents =
nuts.  They would give me a
toy for xmas or birthday and I'd play with it for a few days then take it=
 apart.  Sometimes I'd get
it back together, but most times not.  As I grew up I worked on =
motorcycles, then cars, then I
started on electrical things. I day I took an old battery charger apart ,=
 then the transformer,
then the selenium rectifier stack.  I was dumbfounded when there were no =
moving parts inside? A few
years later when I went in the Navy I signed up for avionics and, as the =
saying goes,  the rest is
history.

Thanks for all of your nice comments re: the pictures and the web page.  =
If someting else comes
along I'll do it again.
Now get busy and repair those filters!!!!
Thanks,

Buzz