starter adapter replacement on 252 questions

[Will.iam]

16 hours ago, 1980Mooney said:

I am wondering how in this day and age “AOG“ makes any difference. If a part is available, in inventory or on the shelf then all you have to do is agree to pay exorbitant overnight shipping. It doesn’t seem that there’s any way to expedite faster than that.  If a part is not available then no amount of “AOG“ is going to make it magically appear - look at the no-back spring thread above. https://mooneyspace.com/topic/39944-source-for-gear-clutch-backspring/?tab=comments#comment-689670  Basically you can go pound sand while waiting. 
 

Now if you’re dealing with something that has a service component required such as IRAN or overhaul it raises a different question.  Virtually every shop has a backlog and no spare capacity.  I suspect the shop has other failed starter adapters in various states of overhaul and repair. Probably every one of those starter adapters came from a  plane that has been down for a significant amount of time waiting for a functioning starter adapter. What justification would the shop have to preferentially move one overhaul up and push another back further disadvantaging that owner. They are all down and unflyable. Everyone just needs to wait in line. 
 

I’m not sure what others experience has been lately but it seems to me that the service businesses are staying very disciplined regarding working what they deem regular hours and not interrupting their holidays or vacations.  I have been dealing with Rocket Engineering for 3 months getting an engine mount repaired. They work 4 hours a day 4 days a week. I just spoke to Houston Tank Specialists at Eagle Lake. They are booked through January. If you have a serious chronic leak you just have to get in line and wait. And i would be seriously upset if my schedule got bumped after waiting weeks and months because they said someone was “AOG” 

 

Well i didn’t say my plane was AOG but did call everyday checking status and the part shipped Friday. A week ahead of when it was originally supposed to. So I don’t know if “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” or they overestimated so that they could deliver on time or i got put in front of another customer. Maybe someone else’s core that had the parts i needed that were in spec came in, but at least they tried to make up for the time it sat. Whether or not it works we will find out this week. 

[Will.iam]

Well the starter was shipped back from QAA on September 24 and the total bill to repair was, $2394.00 and $146.19 shipping fee. That's not including labor to remove and install as that was all lumped together with my annual.  Here is hoping the adapter last a long time.

[shawnd]

Good luck @Will.iam . They should last a while. I had a failure on the stock one on a rebuilt engine after 25 years!