Dear Mooney flyers,
Earlier this year, we had cylinder 3 detach from the crankcase in our Mooney M20E while in the air and were lucky to be near an airport in the UK and land her. Getting to the bottom of what caused this has taken many hours and we are still unable to verify the exact cause of such a significant structural failure. In the meantime, we ordered a new engine (IO 360 A) which is being delivered later this week after a long 4 month wait as Lycoming is running way behind in production.
However, I am writing to seek assistance to find an exhaust part (see below) which was damaged during the incident. I'd be ever so grateful for any steer as to where I could procure the stack pipe cylinder from? Thanks ever so much.
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