Pulled Air Handler to inspect reeds. Questions for y’all.

[TR1]

1E051996. 300xs. 650 hours.
Oil pump was leaking. Decided to inspect reeds while I was that close. I have some questions since I have never done this before:
1. 5-10 of the reeds are slightly over the .02 gap spec. 4 on the very bottom have very minimal chips (1/16”). Should I just replace all 60 reeds? Or is it 12 sets of 5?
2. Neoprene surface of cages look fine. This type is just remove/replace I imagine. No surfacing involved?
3. If I do need to replace reeds, are the OEM the best? Best for me equates to durability and top end speed.

Any other advice is welcome.
Thanks in advance.

T

[lpugh]

TDR reeds are the best, European marine has them, replace all of them and do surface the cages

[JOE54]

reeds must be lapped in

[EuropeanAM]

^^^^ +1 to both of the above.

TDR is one set that has all the reed petals. 12 Petal Plates for 6 cages.

[TR1]

Thanks everyone. Have a blessed weekend.

[TR1]

Update: Changed Oil Pump. Replaced reeds. Put back together. Used Techmate Pro to prime system. Pump was working. I have one concern; the engine mounted oil tank only dropped about 1 inch. I expected it to drop more. Is that normal?

[TR1]

One more thing, I forgot to open the bleed cap on the engine oil tank. Does that matter? Do I need to do the prime again?

[JOE54]

recommend do it again