bnicolette Posted June 17, 2011 Report Posted June 17, 2011 Spent all day with my mechanic installing four new lord mounts and cleaning injectors. To my delight when we put the cowl back on, it lined up perfectly with the spinner and the clean air inlet. I elected to change out the lord mounts as there was about a 1/2 inch sag showing and didn't want to just put in shims to raise the engine back up. I had to believe that the MSC that put the engine in 11 years ago had it lined up/shimmed correctly and thanfully that must have been the case. It is perfect now with the new mounts. I am very anxious to fly behind it again and see if I notice a difference with the cleaned injectors and new mounts with the little bit of vibration that I had previously. Quote
tony Posted June 17, 2011 Report Posted June 17, 2011 I'll bet you'll go faster now too. The thrust line will be where its supposed to be. Quote
bnicolette Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Posted June 17, 2011 That would be a nice surprise that I hadn't thought of. Thank you for the insight!! Quote
DaV8or Posted June 18, 2011 Report Posted June 18, 2011 I'm hoping this too. My engine was sagging, but we shimmed it at annual. Drooped down about a half inch. I get it back next week, so we'll see. Quote
PTK Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 Quote: Bnicolette Spent all day with my mechanic installing four new lord mounts and cleaning injectors. To my delight when we put the cowl back on, it lined up perfectly with the spinner and the clean air inlet. I elected to change out the lord mounts as there was about a 1/2 inch sag showing and didn't want to just put in shims to raise the engine back up. I had to believe that the MSC that put the engine in 11 years ago had it lined up/shimmed correctly and thanfully that must have been the case. It is perfect now with the new mounts. I am very anxious to fly behind it again and see if I notice a difference with the cleaned injectors and new mounts with the little bit of vibration that I had previously. Quote
Shadrach Posted July 24, 2011 Report Posted July 24, 2011 Brett, do report back. My experience is that it will make little difference in cruise speed unless something is really off... It will look better though! Quote
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