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Never really looked! Not sure it would say much about why they did it. Just perhaps THAT they did it, but I don’t need proof of that. Lol

I did. But he will not be here when I go to put it back in so, just covering my bases. He just said send the top cover with it. I guess he’ll know how to make it work. Ah! Interesting. V helpful I guess the point is… you have a bigger slit to fish through the center bar? Provide underneath support? I’m not sure I’m sold on it being useful in any way but I’ve also never been without it. Bruce’s write up doesn’t really explain the purpose thoroughly or not that I can see.

I'm sending my glareshield to Hector to rework it. Somebody in the past created this plate that holds up the middle of the glareshield and built a cover for the slit, where the screws mount to the little plate they created. I guess it was modified to accept the cover plate.... Does anyone know what it came like from factory? Should I plan on deleting this little shelf under the glareshield? Did they all come with a cover to cover the slit?

Sure. Call it a repair then. If I’m getting an “overhauled cylinder” I want a fresh cylinder machining, new guides, seats ground, etc. Not that you just measured it and it looks good. That would be a repair in my mind.

It doesn’t make a lot of difference to me what the standard is per the FAA, we as users just ought to stop using the word “overhauled” in general if there is no standard. Too many users think they are getting something for that term. They are instead getting whatever vendors feel like it is. We ought to just do away with the term and start treating all assembly work as an a-la-carte menu.

There is so much variance in the field across providers interpreting what an overhaul means. I had no idea this was the case. Engines, cylinders, etc. This isn’t a discussion about regs, because they don’t matter to a lot of people and there is almost never enforcement. So, it’s the Wild West. I would start by asking said shop what kind of honing machine they have. If they don’t tell you some Sunnen XXX model and fumble that question, it’s because they are using a drill with a dingle berry hone. Are drills useful? Sure. For an overhaul, GTFOH.

Any J owners that have upgraded their propeller, I’m looking for a McCauley stock replacement. Let me know if you have one willing to sell. Thanks!!

Probably just pull up LinkedIn, see who works for whoever owns Dukes, see if you could find someone to cross reference drawings for you. Finding the right/willing person is key but not so far out of sight because they haven’t been trained to not answer questions like anyone who answers a main phone line.

This is wild!

I hope I’m this lucky, Don. I respect the decision a lot- for sake of the community as well as the fleet. Sounds like you’ll have as much aviating in your future as you like with the support of your neighbors. That’s pretty cool, too.

Installed to the top side of the belly panel? I thought they were all installed into the airframe itself? Only one I’ve pulled off, nothing was mounted to the belly.

@AJ88V it’s really not a bad system. Most of its reputation in the peanut gallery derives from the early years where the mounting clamps were probably not up to the task of holding the weight of a heavier magneto. Some of them fell off over the years. The latest iteration of clamp seems to have resolved this, assuming the installing mechanic follows the service instruction for torque values and use of proper new star washer. They work the same, your just moving the common drive from inside the accessory case to outside the accessory case. Same number of moving gears. The only other reason I can think of as a demerit is that, the only place to get parts from is Kelly Aerospace. It’s really not that mag shops can’t work on them all the same as a standard mag, they don’t like the parts supplier being Kelly. I would argue it’s all a crap shoot on parts quality nowadays anyway.

That’s a good point. There’s almost no way to perfectly replicate the exact pitch position without being in flight. sort of irrelevant to your issue I understand make sure you come back to post your results one way or the other.

Gotcha. I was just generally wondering if one method was better than the other. I’ve done the process twice but never really considered that. We just pushed it to 2500 with throttle only.

Same victim mentality that jobless able-bodied EBT users cite as they check out of WalMart with their ho ho’s and Coca Cola filled basket. I can, therefore I will. A rebellion against the man that’ll never be heard. Just an impactless loser.