co2bruce Posted June 13, 2011 Report Posted June 13, 2011 Service center thinks my starter adapter is going bad. 1999 Mooney Eagle w/ IO 550. Has anyone had this repaired. They recommnend sending it out for rebuild ( $850.00 - $1400.00) and labor to remove and reinstall (4 hours). Does this sound about right? Don? anyone? Quote
thinwing Posted June 13, 2011 Report Posted June 13, 2011 yeah,welcome to continentals...ive done 2 of them in past years....they have to send out to machine shop to machine down undersized (010 as i recall).You donot mention engaging starter and having a delay before the prop rotates.What symptons are you experiencing???sinc kp couch Quote
co2bruce Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Posted June 13, 2011 Starter engages but can not pull engine through compression stroke. It just seems too weak. After 2 or 3 turns of the key it pulls through the "tough spot" and starts right up. When hot it will not pull though at all, takes 10 or 15 tries. Quote
drapo Posted June 13, 2011 Report Posted June 13, 2011 Quote: co2bruce Starter engages but can not pull engine through compression stroke. It just seems too weak. After 2 or 3 turns of the key it pulls through the "tough spot" and starts right up. When hot it will not pull though at all, takes 10 or 15 tries. Quote
thinwing Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 yep..those are the symptons all right,,,I have used Divco in tulsa ok for the machine work...I under stand you can do this a couple times before you replace complete assembly from continental.I do not believe skytec has a stc for starter....goodluck...kpc Quote
thinwing Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 oh,i forgot to mention...is that soon the starter adaptor will no longer engage at all and this is one engine you donot want to handprop..kpc Quote
jetdriven Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 I had a guy hand prop me in an IO-520 in a Bonanza I was flying once. You should have seen that, and no, I wouldn't attempt it ever. Quote
co2bruce Posted June 15, 2011 Author Report Posted June 15, 2011 Thats OK, I'll have my wife do it. Quote
co2bruce Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Posted June 16, 2011 Yep, MSC listened to it for 2 seconds and said thats what it was. Sent out for rebuild, should be back in the air in a few days. Thanks for all the info. This is a great site. Bruce Quote
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