Greg Ellis Posted October 10, 2023 Report Share Posted October 10, 2023 I have a 1963 C model with an O-360-A1D. I have a cylinder that needs to be overhauled, however, I was thinking of buying a new cylinder, installing it, and sending the old one off for overhaul to have on the shelf if needed later. This would avoid the long wait times that seem to be occurring with overhauls, etc... I was looking through my logs on the engine and they have listed that I have cylinder part numbers TIST10.1CA. These are Continental cylinders if I am not mistaken. Is this common? For Continental cylinders to be installed on a Lycoming engine? Question #2, what is the opinion of the group on Millenium cylinders? The Lycoming cylinder that I need is on a long backorder but the Millenium cylinder is currently in stock at Aircraft Spruce. Any opinions on this brand of cylinder? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcg Posted October 10, 2023 Report Share Posted October 10, 2023 We bought an off the shelf rebuilt cylinder to replace mine when I stuck a valve and bent a push rod. I want to say it came from J&J, we had it in 2 days and sent mine back as a core, it was about $1700. I'm sure they would be willing to send you a rebuilt and also rebuild yours, they would just have to charge you for a core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Ellis Posted October 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 2 hours ago, bcg said: We bought an off the shelf rebuilt cylinder to replace mine when I stuck a valve and bent a push rod. I want to say it came from J&J, we had it in 2 days and sent mine back as a core, it was about $1700. I'm sure they would be willing to send you a rebuilt and also rebuild yours, they would just have to charge you for a core. Thank you for the information. I appreciate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A64Pilot Posted October 11, 2023 Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 If you put one on a shelf. be sure to corrosion proof the thing, I recommend covering the entire interior with Par-Al-Ketone, known as Black Bear, very similar to cosmoline or the preservative put on steel cable. Dries to an almost black looking wax substance, goes on like grease. Whatever the steel in a cylinder is made from it will rust overnight, take special precautions if storing one, maybe in ziploc bags with desiccant if you don’t like the Black Bear (it washes off with mineral spirits easily) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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