Rolls Royce Avon question...
Someone must know how to take an Avon apart!
Our aviation musuem has a very sad looking RR Avon which we would like to put on display. We could scrub it up, treat the rust and a lick of paint.
However some of us would like to be a bit more ambitious and hope to open the engine up to show the insides.
I have searched for information but I cant find information on how to dismantle the engine. For example although it appears the 'top' half of the primpary compressor could just be unbolted and lifted out I see other references which tend to indicate these engines are dismantled by standing them face down on a rubber pad and I assume taking bits off from the rear end.
Please, does anyone know how to open one of these by non-distructive means?
Thanks