I hope your luck is better than mine with engines. I am in phase 1 with my RV 7. Soloed July 4th 2013,
But I should have soloed around June 1st but couldn?t.
I was having problems with my brand new Lycoming engine I bought straight from Lycoming. 1st problem was it wouldn?t start. After 2 weeks and finally hiring someone it was determined that both mags were 180 deg out (so to speak). With #1 tdc #4 fired on intake stroke. The IA found that both mags were out. He corrected them and said your all set. It?ll start now. And boy it did! I paid him.
Lycoming said wow don?t know how that could have happened. I asked for them to pay the bill???.ha.
But a 2nd problem was starting and it was in the starter! It would work only 30% of the time. So I called Lycoming again and after a week of discussion they said it sounds like your starter isn?t working???????.no comment. So I asked them to send me a replacement and was told ?NO?. I have to buy a new starter and send them the invoice and receive credit from Lycoming. I said I wanted a check, I didn?t want credit! So I took the starter off and discovered they had installed a 24 volt starter in stead of a 12volt. I did not call them! In between all this time I called SKYTEC and told them their starter was intermittent. Garrett immediately said I will send you a new solenoid no charge today. Try that that and let me know. I didn?t work obviously because it was a 24v starter on my 12v airplane. Garrett said ok send back the starter and we will fix it and we?ll pay for everything etc. NICE people! In the mean time I hired the IA back to help with the problem. It took him 20 minutes to determine I needed a starter. I had him check all my stuff I had built for the starting system, battery, cables, solenoids, grounds etc. to make sure it wasn?t something I did to cause the problem. He didn?t remove the starter to look at it, didn?t need to. So sun I decided to remove the starter and that?s when I discovered it was 24 volt. I then went to Penn Yan engines and bought a new starter 12v. Will try it later tonight. So now I have a brand new 24v starter sitting around. Who uses 24v starters?
Fred
But I should have soloed around June 1st but couldn?t.
I was having problems with my brand new Lycoming engine I bought straight from Lycoming. 1st problem was it wouldn?t start. After 2 weeks and finally hiring someone it was determined that both mags were 180 deg out (so to speak). With #1 tdc #4 fired on intake stroke. The IA found that both mags were out. He corrected them and said your all set. It?ll start now. And boy it did! I paid him.
Lycoming said wow don?t know how that could have happened. I asked for them to pay the bill???.ha.
But a 2nd problem was starting and it was in the starter! It would work only 30% of the time. So I called Lycoming again and after a week of discussion they said it sounds like your starter isn?t working???????.no comment. So I asked them to send me a replacement and was told ?NO?. I have to buy a new starter and send them the invoice and receive credit from Lycoming. I said I wanted a check, I didn?t want credit! So I took the starter off and discovered they had installed a 24 volt starter in stead of a 12volt. I did not call them! In between all this time I called SKYTEC and told them their starter was intermittent. Garrett immediately said I will send you a new solenoid no charge today. Try that that and let me know. I didn?t work obviously because it was a 24v starter on my 12v airplane. Garrett said ok send back the starter and we will fix it and we?ll pay for everything etc. NICE people! In the mean time I hired the IA back to help with the problem. It took him 20 minutes to determine I needed a starter. I had him check all my stuff I had built for the starting system, battery, cables, solenoids, grounds etc. to make sure it wasn?t something I did to cause the problem. He didn?t remove the starter to look at it, didn?t need to. So sun I decided to remove the starter and that?s when I discovered it was 24 volt. I then went to Penn Yan engines and bought a new starter 12v. Will try it later tonight. So now I have a brand new 24v starter sitting around. Who uses 24v starters?
Fred