>Glad you got it turned around so quick Joe.  The Two rotor housings replaced makes me very curious >though.  What was wrong with the originals?  

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>Other than a minor delay in the thermostat opening, I doubt that the reversed cooler connections had any >effect. 

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>There is no bearing in the center housing so I assume David meant rear housing.

 

Not sure why the rotor housings were replaced – it may just have been easier.  I’m trying to remember the second area of wear. If I recall it was in the center housing where the E-shaft goes through the center housing and just on the forward 1/10”. Doesn’t the E-shaft rest on some bearing in the center housing?

 

I got the engine back in the plane on Saturday and turned it over with out plugs to check out oil flow. Oil flows quite well out the oil return line from the oil cooler by just turning the engine over. I then connected that line to the engine and removed the oil return line from the PSRU and turned it over. It took a while but began to get a good oil flow from the PSRU (of course I had emptied the PSRU of all oil when I took everything apart. So, now all I need is my EM-2 back from Tracy (hint hint) so I can start the engine. I’m a little skittish starting the engine without knowing what the oil pressure is J

 

Thanx Guys!