PeytonM

One last question: risers. I was told at 4100 hrs, it’s likely that all risers would need to be replaced. Again, it’d an IO360A3B6D. Thoughts & experience please.

Spoke to Matt at Custom this morning; very informative. (Clinton, the owner, was not in yet.) I plan on sending the muffler & risers for inspection & repair to save myself $. If unrepairable, they have PMA new available.

If they don’t offer other options, find another doc! Mine did, but he also reviewed the data as I had already done. I decided on the repair.

This is pretty old post. Any update on these guys? I am looking for options for my IO360A3B6D. Flame tubes shot... 600 hrs after exhaust system overhaul

Based in Chicagoland area, firsthand suggestions for IRAN?

I paid a 10% deposit to AirPower for IO360A3B6 factory rebuilt in April 2024, with a scheduled delivery November 2025. Delayed to May 2026. Just found out there is another delay to April 2027! No credibility for even THAT date. 4200TT, 2000 SMOH. Using a quart/6 hrs. Compressions and borescope all good. Not sure what to do.

I’ve been told to plan on 20 weeks. Too many horror stories.

You’ll need MRI to visualize the tear. 23 years sounds pretty good…although the thought of going thru it again on the same shoulder. Yikes.

Thanks for the kind words of advice

Just had my left shoulder rotator cuff repair surgery Feb 12. I’m planning to be out of the airplane for 20 weeks. That is what it was for the other shoulder 12 years ago. I’ll re-emphasize what others have said: 1) find a surgeon who has done thousands of these. in fact, go to large PT center and ask who has had the best outcomes. You’ll likely only hear one name. 2) follow the doc’s PT regimen to the letter 3) do not screw it up; redo has poor success rate. Hopping in the airplane a month or two early does not make sense. You’ll realize after the first two or three months of PT that you for sure don’t want to have to repeat that!!

I was out of the airplane for 5 months last time. You don’t want to have to re-do; success goes down the dumper. Be careful.

My airplane is going to sit for 6 months while I recover from rotator cuff surgery. I understand that the battery in the G5 could discharge to the point of being un-rechargeable. What can I do?

You might want to clean/check spark plugs. This happened to me a couple times during takeoff roll; very disquieting! Cleaning plugs resolved it. (Fine wires at that!)

I know there was a thread on 201 cowling repair that was pretty detailed several years ago, but I’ve been unsuccessful finding it, obviously failing to limit my search (84 pages!) I guess my Boolean logic is rusty. Cowl and crack? Maybe you could school me on my search logic!

Why no TFR data message? Software, hardware or simply no TFR data being broadcast?