Re: [LML] Slick Mags inspection -- Slick Service Bulletin SB3-08</TI= TLE> </HEAD> <BODY> You guys probably know about this service bulletin, but I didn’t, an= d my slicks wore out in a little over a hundred hours. I replaced them= with Bendix. The worn out Slicks had advanced the timing such that a pre-det was possibl= e. Models Affected are Engines equipped with Slick 4300/6300 magnetos and Lasa= r 4700/6700 Magnetos. If your engine is within the original full coverage warranty period as stat= ed in your written warranty, contact TCM Technical Services at 1 888 826-546= 5, option 2. Unison/Slick’s Joe Logan at 904 772-1909 was also helpful. This service bulletin has to do with the Slick carbon brushes wearing out p= rematurely. Talk to a mechanic that you trust. Some will tell yo= u to jettison the Slicks and go with Bendix. Others will tell you just= to replace the brushes that may wear out in another hundred hours. My personal recommendation is that if you don’t fly your plane much, = stick with slick. Save the money. If you want to put some hours = on your bird, you may want to check out Bendix. Disclaimer: Other than computer hacking skills and numb chuck skills,= I have no skills. I pay a higher hourly rate for my plumber than for = my attorney. So please check with a qualified plumber before you take any action on any = of the above. You may also want to ask your mechanic. Because &#= 8220;only her hair dresser knows for sure....” John Hafen N413AJ IVP 150 hours On 6/22/09 7:52 PM, "Dominic V. Crain" <<a href=3D"domcrain@tpg.= com.au">domcrain@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><= SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:12pt'>What does anyone reckon the cost of a 500 hour S= lick Mag inspection might be? Cheers Dom Crain </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3328632823

X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:45:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3730285 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:14:22 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.64; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from OMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.28]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7dm71c0060cZkys57fDoAa; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:13:48 +0000 Received: from [192.168.20.191] ([70.56.106.78]) by OMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7fDd1c0051hWg1A3WfDgcA; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:13:46 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.17.0.090302 X-Original-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:13:35 -0700 Subject: Re: [LML] Slick Mags inspection -- Slick Service Bulletin SB3-08 From: John Hafen X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [LML] Slick Mags inspection -- Slick Service Bulletin SB3-08 Thread-Index: Acn0ecKcKQ5GIEuo40+rhReaGAarYw== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3328632823_249317" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3328632823_249317 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable You guys probably know about this service bulletin, but I didn=B9t, and my slicks wore out in a little over a hundred hours. I replaced them with Bendix. The worn out Slicks had advanced the timing such that a pre-det was possible. Models Affected are Engines equipped with Slick 4300/6300 magnetos and Lasa= r 4700/6700 Magnetos. If your engine is within the original full coverage warranty period as stated in your written warranty, contact TCM Technical Services at 1 888 826-5465, option 2. Unison/Slick=B9s Joe Logan at 904 772-1909 was also helpful. This service bulletin has to do with the Slick carbon brushes wearing out prematurely. Talk to a mechanic that you trust. Some will tell you to jettison the Slicks and go with Bendix. Others will tell you just to replace the brushes that may wear out in another hundred hours. My personal recommendation is that if you don=B9t fly your plane much, stick with slick. Save the money. If you want to put some hours on your bird, you may want to check out Bendix. Disclaimer: Other than computer hacking skills and numb chuck skills, I have no skills. I pay a higher hourly rate for my plumber than for my attorney. =20 So please check with a qualified plumber before you take any action on any of the above. You may also want to ask your mechanic. Because =B3only her hair dresser knows for sure....=B2 John Hafen N413AJ IVP 150 hours On 6/22/09 7:52 PM, "Dominic V. Crain" wrote: > What does anyone reckon the cost of a 500 hour Slick Mag inspection might= be? > =20 > Cheers > Dom Crain > =20 >=20 --B_3328632823_249317 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [LML] Slick Mags inspection -- Slick Service Bulletin SB3-08</TI= TLE> </HEAD> <BODY> You guys probably know about this service bulletin, but I didn’t, an= d my slicks wore out in a little over a hundred hours. I replaced them= with Bendix. The worn out Slicks had advanced the timing such that a pre-det was possibl= e. Models Affected are Engines equipped with Slick 4300/6300 magnetos and Lasa= r 4700/6700 Magnetos. If your engine is within the original full coverage warranty period as stat= ed in your written warranty, contact TCM Technical Services at 1 888 826-546= 5, option 2. Unison/Slick’s Joe Logan at 904 772-1909 was also helpful. This service bulletin has to do with the Slick carbon brushes wearing out p= rematurely. Talk to a mechanic that you trust. Some will tell yo= u to jettison the Slicks and go with Bendix. Others will tell you just= to replace the brushes that may wear out in another hundred hours. My personal recommendation is that if you don’t fly your plane much, = stick with slick. Save the money. If you want to put some hours = on your bird, you may want to check out Bendix. Disclaimer: Other than computer hacking skills and numb chuck skills,= I have no skills. I pay a higher hourly rate for my plumber than for = my attorney. So please check with a qualified plumber before you take any action on any = of the above. You may also want to ask your mechanic. Because &#= 8220;only her hair dresser knows for sure....” John Hafen N413AJ IVP 150 hours On 6/22/09 7:52 PM, "Dominic V. Crain" <<a href=3D"domcrain@tpg.= com.au">domcrain@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><= SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:12pt'>What does anyone reckon the cost of a 500 hour S= lick Mag inspection might be? Cheers Dom Crain </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3328632823_249317--