Doug Rodrigues
Active Member
A couple of people wanted to know how the case turned out? This was the case that was glass bead blasted by a non-FAA shop where the bead blaster guy went way beyond what I had told him to do. Everything got blasted, including the bearing supports on the internal case webs! I was seriously thinking of just tossing that O-360 case into the trash can and accepting it as a "learning experience." Needless to say that I was somewhat depressed at the time. However, DivCo, inc. in Tulsa said, "No problem."
I just got the case back today. It looks beautiful. Not only has the rough metal surfaces been smoothed (don't know how they did that?), but all of the machined surfaces are perfectly machined on the case halves and the accessory case cover. Total bill including shipping $1,145. The case is certified. I'm happy that I didn't toss the case into the trash, and also my cylinders arrived last week. Doesn't get any better than that.
I just got the case back today. It looks beautiful. Not only has the rough metal surfaces been smoothed (don't know how they did that?), but all of the machined surfaces are perfectly machined on the case halves and the accessory case cover. Total bill including shipping $1,145. The case is certified. I'm happy that I didn't toss the case into the trash, and also my cylinders arrived last week. Doesn't get any better than that.