I was told recently that lycoming no longer manufactures any parts for their piston engines. They just assemble engines from purchased parts. Is that true?
I was told recently that lycoming no longer manufactures any parts for their piston engines. They just assemble engines from purchased parts. Is that true?
That must have been a really long time ago. In the mid 60's a company in NY State was supplying Lycoming with the cylinder castings..Lycoming has a fantastic piston making machine. They also assemble the cylinders on site. They are bringing back in-house a lot of things that they once outsourced during the lean years when profits was scare.
However, the one thing that they can't bring back in yet is the foundry. They sold their foundry years ago and now wished that they had it back. So things like case and cylinder castings are still outsourced.
This thread my friends, is the definition of ‘thread drift’. What happened to the discussion about Lycoming building engines?