engines

[Guy Paris]

That was an interesting approach to the problem Kevin!
Had I read a response like that I would have used a
different approach with Continental. What happened to
my fan was at close to the (7) hour mark we decided to
lean the engine more than we had been. There I was out
and about (at night) when I could not figure out what was
going on, it looked like a fuel metering issue and loosing
power. Investigation the following day found the problem,
the damm thing was trying to go into feather and on the
ground almost did. I made the first call to Continental and
then the trouble began. The conversation ended with
something like, “well if there is nothing wrong with that
engine YOU are going to pay”. With that I let the mechs
deal with them for most of it. It turned out that the thrust
bearing was out of tolerance and would loose pressure to
the prop and I think the case had to be split. I then had to
get on Continental’s case to pay them for the R/R’s. Sure
wish at that time I had another option for an engine.
Guy, the old 72 driver….