Bendix dual mag: Wrong housing??

[toto]

My D3000 mag/s just came back from an IRAN at Kelly, where apparently they replaced a whole bunch of parts. But the one that sounded strange to my mx shop was marked “wrong housing.”

Is it possible that Bendix put the mag in the wrong housing at the factory, and no one noticed? If the housing was worn or cracked or otherwise in need of repair, I’d understand, but this sounds odd to me too.

Seems especially curious since Kelly just received a PMA for the D3000 housing last year. 

Is this a normal thing?

[KSMooniac]

QAA did that to the previous owner of my plane... Gave him a D2000 mag instead of his D3000 that was exchanged. I caught it at my first 500 hr inspection.

Many of us avoid Kelly due to their quality issues over the years.

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[toto]

3 hours ago, KSMooniac said:

QAA did that to the previous owner of my plane... Gave him a D2000 mag instead of his D3000 that was exchanged. I caught it at my first 500 hr inspection.

Many of us avoid Kelly due to their quality issues over the years.

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I had contacted both QAA and Kelly, and QAA quoted me a 3-5 week turnaround while Kelly quoted 3-5 days. I've heard lukewarm feedback on MS about QAA, so it seemed like Kelly was the better choice...

 

[N201MKTurbo]

Did you get the old parts back? I always ask for the old parts back, you own them after all. I like to see what’s wrong and make sure they didn’t ruin the parts during disassembly.

I have about a 50/50 chance of actually getting them. I’m always suspicious when they won’t do it.

[LANCECASPER]

If Kelly and QAA were my only two choices I would sell my airplane and buy a boat.

[WAFI]

1 hour ago, LANCECASPER said:

If Kelly and QAA were my only two choices I would sell my airplane and buy a boat.

Who would you go with?

[jetdriven]

15 minutes ago, WAFI said:

Who would you go with?

Aero accessories of Van Nuys. 

[EricJ]

You could just call them and ask them what that note meant.   It's possible there was an incorrect part in there.

For a long time there were very few shops willing or equipped to maintain dual mags, but now it seems like there are more and more all the time.   So that's good news.

FWIW, Kelly did the 500 hour on mine which turned into very nearly an overhaul.   It's been fine and I've been happy with it.

 

[toto]

3 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Did you get the old parts back? I always ask for the old parts back, you own them after all. I like to see what’s wrong and make sure they didn’t ruin the parts during disassembly.

I have about a 50/50 chance of actually getting them. I’m always suspicious when they won’t do it.

The shop did ask Kelly to send the old parts back, but I have not seen them yet. 

[toto]

1 hour ago, LANCECASPER said:

If Kelly and QAA were my only two choices I would sell my airplane and buy a boat.

I’ve tried to keep track of the latest recommendations on MS, but the two most recent top choices seemed to be unavailable (originally Select Aircraft in Lancaster and then Aircraft Ignition Services after that), and I’d read some recent positive things about both Kelly and QAA. If feels like experiences vary widely with all of these shops. 

[toto]

9 minutes ago, EricJ said:

FWIW, Kelly did the 500 hour on mine which turned into very nearly an overhaul.   It's been fine and I've been happy with it.

Awesome, thanks for that. I’m hopeful that they did good work - despite possibly replacing more parts than was strictly necessary. 

[LANCECASPER]

1 hour ago, WAFI said:

Who would you go with?

Exactly what Byron said, Robert at Aero Accessories does a very good job, on time, at a fair price. Aero-acc@sbcglobal.net