Spring maintenance

Ollie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:51 pm

Hi!

One of our 185 is having its engine rebuilt, so once that is done, the Focke-Wulf will get her annual.

We need to check the GNS 430, it may be busted and the nose wheel tyre needs a-changin'.

After that we'll be good to go with the rest : Harvard, P-3, and of course, the Beavers!!

Anything moving your part folks?

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Took the engine off of the T-6 last Saturday. Waiting for Aero Engines to pick it up.

The logs say that the engine went civilian in 1956- no telling when it was overhauled! It does have a few overhaul stamps from wartime though.

Total time 4275 hours, 1312 since major overhaul, 413 since top overhaul.

It was a lot more work than I expected, and that was only teardown of the firewall forward stuff. I hope I can figure out how to get it all back together when the time comes!

Now I have to refinish all the components in preparation for getting the engine back. I think I'll chrome the engine mount, powder coat the exhaust, and make some engine isolators from orange polyurethane. Oh, and add nitrous oxide...

Ollie · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:54 pm

One of our R-985 is out on the West Coast being rebuilt, a total one.

Expensive you say??

:shock:

krlang · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:04 pm

Well,
Just did an oil change and new header in the bug.
On the way to the hangar to put the exhaust on, I lost the cooling fan.
Luckily I had one to replace it with.

OH, Airplanes.....

Sorry, No good Stories!

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

Ollie wrote:

Expensive you say??

Especially with those Canuck bucks! :lol:

Old does not equal cheap any longer I'm afraid.

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:44 am

Planning on starting the Annual on the Stearman this weekend. First order of business is drain the gas tank and change a leaking fuel gauge - definetely an OUTSIDE job! :crispy:

Dan

Tulio · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:05 am **Posts:** 3236

bdk wrote:

I hope I can figure out how to get it all back together when the time comes! .

If you do not, I'm willing to buy the parts you have left over . . . for my future T-6 project! : )

Saludos,

Tulio

C170BDan · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:32 am

Not a Warbird but... my 170 is just out of annual. Since my winter house project is complete I can now get back to flying and polishing. This will be me soon. Will be flying off to some aviation activity almost every weekend from now until OCT!

Ollie · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:41 am

Yes, an overhaul is expensive indeed.

I think the rebuilt of the Focke-Wulf's engine was as costly as the R-985, since that darn gearbox on the GO-480 needs to be pampered alot.

But, the Wulf will soon be out!

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:49 am

We have the prop pulled on our N, needed some exhaust work. About to do her annual at the end of the month.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

I was told on Saturday that an Allison overhaul would cost the same as my R-1340 overhaul!

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