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From: n295v v Stu brings up the point about arbitration before suing Continental. I had my brand new 550 shipped from the factory with the exhaust clamp skewed at a weird angle because the $1700 exhaust pipe (the cheap side) had a flange out of tolerance.

I won't go into the difficulties that I encountered to get Continental to replace this defective part, but suffice to say, I will always play hard-ball in dealing with them in the future.

I can just imagine how much effort it would take to drag their sorry backsides into an arbitration scenario for a $9000 cylinder job, when it took a major effort on my part to get them to cough up a $1700 tailpipe.

If, and when, my engine becomes an expensive piece of counter-weight because their oil ring hasn't been corrected, I will say that arbitration will not be an option.

On this point, I agree with Dan Shott, lets get organized before OSH so that we can deal with them in force.  My lawyer, who is tenacious as a junkyard dog, and who is the smartest, bestest lawyer I have ever seen, will get their immediate attention when my $50, 000 engine poops.  It is the only thing they understand.

David Jones, Pecatonica, Illinois

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