diff --git a/game/reconstructed/mech.cpp b/game/reconstructed/mech.cpp
index 41b930c..f9124ae 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/mech.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/mech.cpp
@@ -572,25 +572,19 @@ int
 	extern int BTPlayerExperienceSimLive(void *owner_mech);		// btplayer.cpp (+0x25c;
 	int noviceSim = (BTPlayerExperienceSimLive(this) == 0);		//  NULL-player reads LIVE)
 
-	// COOLANT-CLAUSE HYSTERESIS [T3 smoothing deviation, 2026-08-03]: the
-	// binary's clause is a plain `< 0.05` compare, evaluated per frame from
-	// the master performance (FUN_004a9b5c+0x10 -- the arcade DID run this;
-	// an earlier "dead code" note here was wrong, corrected same day: the
-	// absolute-pointer scan missed the E8-relative call).  A bank fraction
-	// hovering exactly at the threshold is a degenerate oscillation the pod
-	// plausibly never sat in (leaks drain THROUGH the boundary); live under
-	// flips the panic-arm mode EVERY FRAME (observed: hundreds of ON/off
-	// pairs), churning the mode mask, the lamp, and the arm audio cue into a
-	// ~10 Hz stutter tick.  The engine's own idiom for exactly this is the
-	// dual-threshold pair (HeatSink coolantActive: 0.003 on / 0.0025 off);
-	// mirrored here: ARM below 0.05 (the binary constant @0049fb50), stay
-	// armed until the fraction RECOVERS above 0.06.  No new members -- the
-	// current ejectPermitted is the state.
-	Scalar coolantGate = ejectPermitted ? 0.06f : 0.05f;
+	// (A short-lived coolant-clause HYSTERESIS was tried and REMOVED
+	// 2026-08-03, same night, for strict fidelity: the binary's clause is
+	// this plain `< 0.05` compare, evaluated per frame by the master
+	// performance (FUN_004a9b5c+0x10) -- the ARCADE ran exactly this, so a
+	// bank fraction hovering at the threshold flapped the panic-arm mode at
+	// frame rate there too.  The flap is cosmetic churn (mode mask + lamp;
+	// hundreds of transitions ran crash-free on the bench) and was NOT the
+	// operator's audio tick -- that was the autofire scalpel spamming the
+	// per-pull jam click, no game bug.  Keep the authentic compare.)
 	ejectPermitted =
 		(liveWeapons < ejectMinWeapons)						// @0x448 floor (inert at 0)
 		|| (liveGenerators == 0)
-		|| (coolantFrac < coolantGate)						// _DAT_0049fb50 + hysteresis
+		|| (coolantFrac < 0.05f)							// _DAT_0049fb50
 		|| (gimped && noviceSim);
 	return ejectPermitted;
 }