Today Maico completed the new leak testing tool and blank off. He tested them with C-seals without springs and all was leak tight. He then inspected the crushed seals and noticed that there was an area that was crushed less on both seals (more prominent in one,  20130906_tm3sourtrayefurb_P1020975) and that this reduced crushed zone only appears on one side of the seal. This is similar to the failure seen on both sets of the heat shield lines. On the seal with the greatest change in crush zone the average crush zone was ~0.025 and the reduced crush zone was ~0.012". He inspected the leak tester and the blank off and determined they were within tolerance and that they had a total seal goove height of 0.074" which is nominal. New seals were selected and one had a visible dimple prior to crushing (20130906_tm3sourtrayefurb_P1020978)  and the other had some defects on the inside (20130906_tm3sourtrayefurb_P1020962). These defects were marked and crushed using the same leak testing tool and blank off. The seal with the dimple showed a reduced crush zone in the same area (20130906_tm3sourtrayefurb_P1030021) and the seal with the defects on the inside showed less or undetectable change in crush zone. Maico then inspected (20130906_tm3sourtrayefurb_P1020991) and crushed the "thicker seals" (more indium coating). When inserting the seals he noticed that they fit tight on the counter bore of the blank off. He then attempted to crush the seal to the point where the copper faces would touch (as design intent) but the seal locked. The gap between the 2 copper faces was measured to be ~0.001". This setup was leak tested and found to be leak tight. When inspecting the crushed thicker seals it was found that the material had actually been pushed sideways causing a lip to form around the crush zone (20130906_tm3sourtrayefurb_P1030003). Maico then fitted the wires for the testing of the module and the heat shield line.