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Old 03-17-2010, 01:37 PM
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Hi guys,
I sent a email to JB at ECI today and found out that 2 of my cylinders are in assembly now and should be back to me in a week or two, they also found indications of slight cracks in the other 2 cylinders and are giving me 2 new cylinders!
SO hopefully I will be back in the air in a couple weeks YAY!!!
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:34 PM
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Kirk

What group were the cracked cylinders in - the lower risk group requiring regular 50-hr inspections, or the other group that originally required replacement by some relatively low hour time? I cant remember now which is 'A' and which is 'B' group.

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Old 03-17-2010, 04:31 PM
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Hi Erich,
All four of my cylinders were the group A, which was the do compression checks every 50hrs. They were the group that were not supposed to be as bad, but I know of three group A jugs that have cracked so I am aweful glad I did not listen to all the folks telling me don't worry about it, turns out I was flying with 2 cracked jugs!!
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Old 03-19-2010, 04:48 AM
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All the previous posts make my situation no different. I am in group B, sent back to ECI because of concerns with the company stibility, and it has been about 6 weeks now. My rep. Joe Trampota, is a nice enough guy but keeps telling me "2 weeks" then another and another.

One of the prior post who saw the hugh number of cylinders at ECI I am sure their task is enormous. The ones who got replaced with new were lucky because the rework or 25% off ($720 each) for a new set of 4 was all they would do for me with my purchase in 2006 and 220 hours of my group B cylinders. And if any of my cylinders do not pass the rework they will be replaced with "like time" cylinders, not new.

The other curious thing was ECI told me if these cylinders were on a certified aircraft they would be replace with new, but because it is experimental the rework is authorized. Interesting

Good luck all. I believe many of us will be sitting around with a pile of engine parts in our hangar for the better part of spring.

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Old 03-19-2010, 05:45 AM
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Not only do they not have cylinders, they "have no idea" when I will get the tappets for my ECI kit. Thankfully I do have everything else, including non-affected cylinders.
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Old 03-19-2010, 12:59 PM
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I sent my 4 Group A cylinders in and they arrived at ECi on Feb 10th. Last night I received an email giving me a sales order number (dated March 18) and an estimated delivery date of April 17th (I assume this is deliver to shipping date). If they keep the promised delivery date, I will be down for almost three months.
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Old 03-19-2010, 02:37 PM
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Yikes. I sure am glad I didn't let all of my cylinders go until having replacements in hand. We just shelled out a bunch of cash and are now sitting on our three group A cylinders (until AMOC is approved).
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Old 08-07-2010, 05:38 PM
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Hi guys,
I sent a email to JB at ECI today and found out that 2 of my cylinders are in assembly now and should be back to me in a week or two, they also found indications of slight cracks in the other 2 cylinders and are giving me 2 new cylinders!
SO hopefully I will be back in the air in a couple weeks YAY!!!
Krik, does the rework for the group A cylinders reomve the AD, or will you still have to do the 50 hour compression tests?

I have four group A cylinders that only have 170 hours TIS and are out of warranty. Can't live with the 50 hour inspections, so I guess I'll have to buy new...
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Old 08-07-2010, 05:52 PM
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Call ECI and talk to them, in my case they ended up giving me 4 new cylinders. At the very least you should be able to get a heavy heavy discount on some cylinders.
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:41 PM
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Like Kirk I ended getting four new cylinders free. I got them back on May 5th.



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