Well done, Tony. Looking very sharp. What a way to turn a bad luck to something positive, congrats! If you've got time next summer and your sexy plane gets its engine back, come and visit us in Pitt Meadows (YPK). We've got a team working on a few interesting Lancair 360 projects you might find interesting, Keep those videos coming, they're awesome!
Tony. Would be helpful to everyone to add some context and facts. Pitting on the cam? Why? 300 smoh? Yeah but where’d you get the lyc? When was the OH? 1995? Oil leak started it right? What’d you find out about that? You want to save $$ but careful doing this work yourself, or even with a field A&P. An engine not fixed properly will fail you at the worst time. Good luck.
Hi @4429dano. The whys and where’s are too long to answer here. I’ll include the back story in the next video: thanks for suggestion. But for quick highlight, engine was in Miami. Plane was being parted due spar corrosion. Had 138 hrs smoh when I bought it. Got bad advice from local AME in Miami which I trusted.OH late 90’s. Once I was ready to install on project at time. AME pulled a jug and saw pitted cam. Sent it to a shop. Lifters and cam were SUPPOSED to be swapped. Seems it may not have been as I only ever got lifters back. Leaks were due to incorrectly installed cylinder rings (they were twisted and kinked on three cylinders). I’m not doing any assembly. Person who does that for a living (and is an AME) is doing is assembling. I am just sourcing parts only and that’s where I am saving. Thanks for the comments. Great advice.
