Despite the cold today, I decided to tear down a AG and do a full tune on it, seals, deburring , the works. I prefer to work outside.
Anyway I took the old piston seal off and had to put the new one in hot water to soften it enough to put it on the piston. All went well but I left the pot with the water on the stove. Just after I got the seal on, my oldest son dropped by while I was in the yard. He walked out the back door with a cup of hot tea and I asked where he got the tea from. He said he made it with the hot water on the stove. Well, I told him, that water had been used to boil a piston seal to soften it up. He asked if I thought it would hurt, poison wise. I said, Don't know but we will find out.
Anyway that was a couple of hours ago, and I quess he is still alive. Somewhere.
I guess the kids will never learn to ask first. They ought to know by now.
