mikehoover
Well Known Member
I am about ready for first engine start here in the next several days or so. It is a YO-320-D1A with fixed pitched Sensenich prop. While installing the I was reading through Vans manual Chapter 11. I got to the Lycoming Service Instruction 1435 and read about converting from constant speed to fixed pitch. Ugh! So I am wondering if that conversion has already taken place. I would have thought that Lycoming would have dropped shipped the engine ready to go since when I ordered the prop/engine combo from Vans. The engine has the governor cover plate installed at the rear of the engine with the steel return line installed from there to the front just behind the crank flange. I guess I can remove the 1211 crank plug from the front and check to see if there is a rear plug and that it has been pierced, but is it necessary with the return line in place?