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Al, your advice is not misleading. It's just that I would hate see anyone throw money at something without a thorough checkout beforehand. Inspect everything first, then take it from there. In my experience, there's a fair chance nothing more than a generator change is necessary, but an inspection will reveal what's what. Yeah, I still have that '59 Forney F1 for sale. I might take it off the market - I'm working the wing issue with my PMI at the moment. Might have to get another set of Forney wings for it or rebuild the ones I have. If so, that will put the cost up there so I'll probably just hang onto it and fly it awhile when it's finished. Actually, I have been making quite a bit of headway on it lately.... in-between my real job and the other project(s) I have. Tom > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > Tom's advice is very accurate, and my reply may have been a bit > misleading. > Thanks for the clarification, paisano. My main concern is debris getting > into the engine from the shaft failure. The teardown would 1. clean it > up, > and 2. spot any damage that may have occurred from it. While open, > tolerances would naturally be checked. Costly? Yea, it may be, but what > is > it in comparison to your life. I would estimate a teardown for a little > Continental, done at the local wrench's shop as about $2K. Lose an engine > and you'll spend the $2K in medical deductibles if you're lucky. I guess > I'm getting old, I don't want to take those chances any more. > > And speaking of Barnstormers, Tom G. has a fabulous Forney project for > sale > that I was about to bite on. If anyone out there is looking, I STRONGLY > suggest you find him and convince him to sell it to you. > > Al > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:58 AM > Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Generator > > >> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following >> any >> advice in this forum.]---- >> >> >> Hi Sean. Before you start looking at the engine as the culprit, check >> out >> the generator. Think about it. The shaft most likely broke because the >> generator wouldn't turn. If it was an engine drive problem, the shaft >> would not break, the generator would just stop turning. The usual >> culprit >> is the generator - i.e. the generator starting to lock up (or actually >> locking up) vs. anything in the engine. Shouldn't be any reason to get >> into your engine unless your A&P sees some sort of damage at the >> generator >> drive on the engine side. An engine teardown at this point would be a >> piece of very costly advice. The generator shaft is >> the weak point - usually by design - in the generator system and, while >> a >> broken shaft doesn't happen that often, it does happen.....usually with >> no >> damage to the engine. First suggestion is to inspect the generator - >> it'll >> mostly likely have a problem - along with the generator drive system for >> any damage, then proceed from there. Your A&P should know what to do. >> >> >> Tom Graziano >> A&P I.A. > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
