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Deems Davis



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:54 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued 2
service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending upon
serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections (at) 5
hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been some
chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be bigger
than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively short
time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10 experiencing a
mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's flying I'm curious as
to the extent this problem has been seen in the community. What are
people experiencing/hearing?

Deems Davis # 406
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Tim Olson



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:20 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

I checked my s/n this weekend (didn't do an internal inspection of
the mag) and found that mine is before the S/N's listed, so I breathed
a huge sigh of relief. But, I just heard of our pal Wayne up in
Alaska...y'all know him, and he hasn't had THAT many hours on his
plane, but I guess his mag was one affected and he just had it
go out up there....sounds like it was just a wreck inside.
I don't know what the heck Unison did...would be nice to know the
history, but it sure sounds like if you're in that s/n range, it's
a disaster waiting to happen....so I'd keep close tabs on it.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
do not archive
Deems Davis wrote:
Quote:


I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued 2
service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending upon
serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections (at) 5
hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been some
chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be bigger
than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively short
time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10 experiencing a
mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's flying I'm curious as
to the extent this problem has been seen in the community. What are
people experiencing/hearing?

Deems Davis # 406
'Its all done....Its just not put together'
http://deemsrv10.com/



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:49 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

The cap failed on my Bendix mag (at) 50 hours, could be a product wide problem.

Deems Davis wrote:
Quote:


I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued
2 service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending upon
serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections (at) 5
hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been some
chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be bigger
than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively short
time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10 experiencing
a mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's flying I'm curious
as to the extent this problem has been seen in the community. What
are people experiencing/hearing?

Deems Davis # 406
'Its all done....Its just not put together'
http://deemsrv10.com/



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:09 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

I knew nothing about this SB until Deems' email - thanks for the heads
up!!

Since my engine ex Vans was shipped mid last year, I expect that I will
have two problematic mags that need treatment. With luck and since they
have not been used, I may be able to have them replaced under warranty.

I have never pulled a mag apart before and have little clue about what
may be involved to perform these inspections. Can anyone shed any light
on basic mag maintenance, or provide a pointer to the relevant Slick
docs (eg L1363)?

I thought I was almost finished, but with 2 Vans SBs, one on the
Injector servo and now this, I doubt I will ever get there and wonder
what I've gotten myself into.

Ron
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Deems Davis



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:27 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

If I read the SB's correctly (that's a bif IF). the 1st one which
contains the most restrictive and more frequent inspection cycles has a
narrower serial number range. The implication is that this issue is
related to more recent production (say within the last couple of years.
However, the second SB, essentially broadens the serial number range,
but makes the inspection cycle somewhat less onerous for the earlier
produced units. I didn't know of Wayne's incident, but that's the 2n'd
RV-10 with a mag failure that I've heard of with relatively few hours on
the mag/s

Deems

Tim Olson wrote:
Quote:


I checked my s/n this weekend (didn't do an internal inspection of
the mag) and found that mine is before the S/N's listed, so I breathed
a huge sigh of relief. But, I just heard of our pal Wayne up in
Alaska...y'all know him, and he hasn't had THAT many hours on his
plane, but I guess his mag was one affected and he just had it
go out up there....sounds like it was just a wreck inside.
I don't know what the heck Unison did...would be nice to know the
history, but it sure sounds like if you're in that s/n range, it's
a disaster waiting to happen....so I'd keep close tabs on it.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
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Deems Davis wrote:
>
>
> I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
> potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued
> 2 service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending
> upon serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections
> (at) 5 hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been
> some chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be
> bigger than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively
> short time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10
> experiencing a mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's
> flying I'm curious as to the extent this problem has been seen in the
> community. What are people experiencing/hearing?
>
> Deems Davis # 406
> 'Its all done....Its just not put together'
> http://deemsrv10.com/
>


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Deems Davis



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:34 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

I'm hoping the Kelly McMullen , John Cox, or Pat Thysen will chime in
here on this, and shed some A&P insight. Some of the other lists have
chatter that's pretty critical towards Unison.

Deems

Tim Olson wrote:
Quote:


I checked my s/n this weekend (didn't do an internal inspection of
the mag) and found that mine is before the S/N's listed, so I breathed
a huge sigh of relief. But, I just heard of our pal Wayne up in
Alaska...y'all know him, and he hasn't had THAT many hours on his
plane, but I guess his mag was one affected and he just had it
go out up there....sounds like it was just a wreck inside.
I don't know what the heck Unison did...would be nice to know the
history, but it sure sounds like if you're in that s/n range, it's
a disaster waiting to happen....so I'd keep close tabs on it.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
do not archive
Deems Davis wrote:
>
>
> I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
> potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued
> 2 service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending
> upon serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections
> (at) 5 hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been
> some chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be
> bigger than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively
> short time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10
> experiencing a mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's
> flying I'm curious as to the extent this problem has been seen in the
> community. What are people experiencing/hearing?
>
> Deems Davis # 406
> 'Its all done....Its just not put together'
> http://deemsrv10.com/
>


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:41 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

Ron,
Now I feel awful when I goofed you about "almost being done."
Sorry, you will get there we have no doubts.
I asked someone from the RV list to cross post his info on
inspection of his mags. Worth reading.

Robin

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:30 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

One of the things to note is that the 0409xxxx series seem to be the retard
breaker mags and the 0408xxxx seem to be the non retard breaker mags.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:35 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

Yeah, and lucky me, after seeing your post I went back digging
for the SB's and saw the 2nd one, which DOES incorporate my
mag. The nice thing is, I have over 250 hours, which puts
me at a less frequent inspection timing.....but it still doesn't
give me lots of warm fuzzies. The real big thing that DOES
give me warm fuzzies is that I have a Lightspeed unit, so even
if my mag fails, my LSE should be working good....but hopefully
the mag timing isn't so far off if the mag fails that it
makes the engine run bad.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
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Deems Davis wrote:
Quote:


If I read the SB's correctly (that's a bif IF). the 1st one which
contains the most restrictive and more frequent inspection cycles has a
narrower serial number range. The implication is that this issue is
related to more recent production (say within the last couple of years.
However, the second SB, essentially broadens the serial number range,
but makes the inspection cycle somewhat less onerous for the earlier
produced units. I didn't know of Wayne's incident, but that's the 2n'd
RV-10 with a mag failure that I've heard of with relatively few hours on
the mag/s

Deems

Tim Olson wrote:
>
>
> I checked my s/n this weekend (didn't do an internal inspection of
> the mag) and found that mine is before the S/N's listed, so I breathed
> a huge sigh of relief. But, I just heard of our pal Wayne up in
> Alaska...y'all know him, and he hasn't had THAT many hours on his
> plane, but I guess his mag was one affected and he just had it
> go out up there....sounds like it was just a wreck inside.
> I don't know what the heck Unison did...would be nice to know the
> history, but it sure sounds like if you're in that s/n range, it's
> a disaster waiting to happen....so I'd keep close tabs on it.
>
> Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
> do not archive
> Deems Davis wrote:
>>
>>
>> I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
>> potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued
>> 2 service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending
>> upon serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections
>> (at) 5 hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been
>> some chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be
>> bigger than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively
>> short time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10
>> experiencing a mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's
>> flying I'm curious as to the extent this problem has been seen in the
>> community. What are people experiencing/hearing?
>>
>> Deems Davis # 406
>> 'Its all done....Its just not put together'
>> http://deemsrv10.com/
>>







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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:06 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

I also have a Lightspeed unit on the right, (top) side, and when my mag failed, I experienced no noticeable difference in engine operation. Until the next preflight run!


Tim Olson wrote: [quote]--> RV10-List message posted by: Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com> (Tim(at)myrv10.com)

Yeah, and lucky me, after seeing your post I went back digging
for the SB's and saw the 2nd one, which DOES incorporate my
mag. The nice thing is, I have over 250 hours, which puts
me at a less frequent inspection timing.....but it still doesn't
give me lots of warm fuzzies. The real big thing that DOES
give me warm fuzzies is that I have a Lightspeed unit, so even
if my mag fails, my LSE should be working good....but hopefully
the mag timing isn't so far off if the mag fails that it
makes the engine run bad.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
do not archive


Deems Davis wrote:
Quote:
--> RV10-List message posted by: Deems Davis <deemsdavis(at)cox.net> (deemsdavis(at)cox.net)

If I read the SB's correctly (that's a bif IF). the 1st one which contains the most restrictive and more frequent inspection cycles has a narrower serial number range. The implication is that this issue is related to more recent production (say within the last couple of years. However, the second SB, essentially broadens the serial number range, but makes the inspection cycle somewhat less onerous for the earlier produced units. I didn't know of Wayne's incident, but that's the 2n'd RV-10 with a mag failure that I've heard of with relatively few hours on the mag/s

Deems

Tim Olson wrote:
Quote:
--> RV10-List message posted by: Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com> (Tim(at)myrv10.com)

I checked my s/n this weekend (didn't do an internal inspection of
the mag) and found that mine is before the S/N's listed, so I breathed
a huge sigh of relief. But, I just heard of our pal Wayne up in
Alaska...y'all know him, and he hasn't had THAT many hours on his
plane, but I guess his mag was one affected and he just had it
go out up there....sounds like it was just a wreck inside.
I don't know what the heck Unison did...would be nice to know the
history, but it sure sounds like if you're in that s/n range, it's
a disaster waiting to happen....so I'd keep close tabs on it.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
do not archive


Deems Davis wrote:
Quote:
--> RV10-List message posted by: Deems Davis <deemsdavis(at)cox.net> (deemsdavis(at)cox.net)

I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued 2 service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending upon serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections (at) 5 hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been some chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be bigger than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively short time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10 experiencing a mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's flying I'm curious as to the extent this problem has been seen in the community. What are people experiencing/hearing?

Deems Davis # 406
'Its all done....Its just not put together'
http://deemsrv10.com/



































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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:13 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

Thought I would chime in on the Slick mag issue since I'm the recipient of one of their failures. On June 21st I left TX starting on a flying trip up to and through Alaska that ended this last Sunday July 6th back in TX. When I was in Anchorage getting ready to head to Ketchican I had my right mag fail. I don't mean run rough it completely drop off the earth and went to mag heaven. I don't know the technical term but basically the lobe on the cam in the mag that lifts the points to allow them to open was completely worn off, they call it the breaker point cam. I'm sure all of you already know this but it's Lycoming Service Bulletin 583 & 584 dated June 3rd.

I have the Lasar system so I had that plus the left mag remaining so if I had been where there was no repair station I still had some options left to me. At the time of failure I had about 165 hours on the engine.

I was lucky and found a great shop on the field in Anchorage to work on my problem, Aero Twin. These guys were probably this best group I've ever worked with. I was flying with 12 other planes that had to go on without me and the shop was trying their damndest to get me back in the air so I could catch up with the group. They even worked through their lunch hour to get me back in the air. Great bunch of guys.

My first problem was finding a mag, since as all of you know that electronic ignition isn't widely used and available for general aviation. So the shop manager was able to talk to Joe at Unison and he over nighted me a new mag. The mag that he sent me is under their same service bulletin as the one that was being replace, since they really don't have a know fix yet, that I'm aware of. So I've just traded a bad problem for a known problem. Sue at Aero Sport told me that probably all Slick mags from 2004 on are affected. Isn't this amazing, they've been making these parts forever and they find someone who will make them for $3 less and we end up with their mess because of this.

My second problem came when the shop didn't have the Lasar timing tool. I called Unison and he didn't have any available to send me with the mag and I then called Aero Sport Power, Sue, who I had been communicating with on this, and she had one but they had a Canadian holiday this next day and couldn't get it to me. I ended up calling my friend Steve Gross who hangars his RV6 in my hangar, and he overnighted me my timing tool. I thought this was kind of a funny statement, but maybe not, Joe from Unison said I should always carry my timing tool with me in the plane. Boy that's confidence don't you think! Oh well.

Anyway I was able to get back up and running and was able to catch up with the group in Ketchican, so I guess the saying is all's well that ends well. I guess for now :>}

If any of you have any interest in seeing some of the Alaskan photos that we took I created a blog for my grandkids where I made a daily posting

triptoalaska2008.blogspot.com

Actually with the lack of WIFI at one location and this mag failure I got behind a little but I'm trying to get it caught back up know. At the very bottom of the blog is a daily folder of all the photos we took. There is some pretty interesting country side in Alaska for those of you who haven't been there.

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Time: 07:54:09 PM PST US From: Deems Davis <deemsdavis(at)cox.net (deemsdavis(at)cox.net)> Subject: SLICK MAGs

I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued 2
service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending upon
serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections (at) 5
hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been some
chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be bigger
than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively short
time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10 experiencing a
mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's flying I'm curious as
to the extent this problem has been seen in the community. What are
people experiencing/hearing?

Deems Davis # 406
'Its all done....Its just not put together'
http://deemsrv10.com/

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:38 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

By the way I forgot to mention that I lost a mag on my first flight, so this is the second mag that I've lost. Makes a guy feel warm and fuzzy huh!

Wayne edgerton N602WT

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:38 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

A Bendix mag is very different than a Slick and generally is very
reliable. Slick has had its ups and downs. Mainly use of forms of
plastic that aren't as heat resistant as needed.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Sam Marlow <sam(at)fr8dog.net> wrote:
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The cap failed on my Bendix mag (at) 50 hours, could be a product wide problem.



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:15 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

Makes one want to specify a Bendix mag or two when buying from one of
our favorite specialty engine shops, eh?

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Wayne Edgerton <wayne.e(at)grandecom.net> wrote:
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By the way I forgot to mention that I lost a mag on my first flight, so this
is the second mag that I've lost. Makes a guy feel warm and fuzzy huh!

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:19 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

That's what I thought to, until I read this last post, describing how
the points failed. It described my failure exactly.

Kelly McMullen wrote:
Quote:


A Bendix mag is very different than a Slick and generally is very
reliable. Slick has had its ups and downs. Mainly use of forms of
plastic that aren't as heat resistant as needed.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Sam Marlow <sam(at)fr8dog.net> wrote:

>
>
> The cap failed on my Bendix mag (at) 50 hours, could be a product wide problem.
>
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:22 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

Guys:

As a reminder, the corrected copy of the SB contains the applicable serial numbers that are affected.

grumpy
N184JM

In a message dated 7/9/2008 6:36:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Tim(at)MyRV10.com writes:
Quote:
--> RV10-List message posted by: Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com>

Yeah, and lucky me, after seeing your post I went back digging
for the SB's and saw the 2nd one, which DOES incorporate my
mag. The nice thing is, I have over 250 hours, which puts
me at a less frequent inspection timing.....but it still doesn't
give me lots of warm fuzzies. The real big thing that DOES
give me warm fuzzies is that I have a Lightspeed unit, so even
if my mag fails, my LSE should be working good....but hopefully
the mag timing isn't so far off if the mag fails that it
makes the engine run bad.

Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
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Deems Davis wrote:
Quote:
--> RV10-List message posted by: Deems Davis <deemsdavis(at)cox.net>

If I read the SB's correctly (that's a bif IF). the 1st one which
contains the most restrictive and more frequent inspection cycles has a
narrower serial number range. The implication is that this issue is
related to more recent production (say within the last couple of years.
However, the second SB, essentially broadens the serial number range,
but makes the inspection cycle somewhat less onerous for the earlier
produced units. I didn't know of Wayne's incident, but that's the 2n'd
RV-10 with a mag failure that I've heard of with relatively few hours on
the mag/s

Deems

Tim Olson wrote:
> --> RV10-List message posted by: Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com>
>
> I checked my s/n this weekend (didn't do an internal inspection of
> the mag) and found that mine is before the S/N's listed, so I breathed
> a huge sigh of relief. But, I just heard of our pal Wayne up in
> Alaska...y'all know him, and he hasn't had THAT many hours on his
> plane, but I guess his mag was one affected and he just had it
> go out up there....sounds like it was just a wreck inside.
> I don't know what the heck Unison did...would be nice to know the
> history, but it sure sounds like if you're in that s/n range, it's
> a disaster waiting to happen....so I'd keep close tabs on it.
>
> Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
> do not archive
> Deems Davis wrote:
>> --> RV10-List message posted by: Deems Davis <deemsdavis(at)cox.net>
>>
>> I recently became aware of what appears to be a developing and
>> potentially significant problem. Slick (Unison industries) has issued
>> 2 service bulletins for their Mags and LASAR ignitions. depending
>> upon serial number applicability, they require recurrent inspections
>> (at) 5 hours of ops and then at 15-20 hour intervals. There has been
>> some chatter on VAF about this, however the problem seems to be
>> bigger than reported, with several magnetos failing at relatively
>> short time in service durations. I recently heard of an RV-10
>> experiencing a mag failure (at) 50 hours . With nearly 150 RV-10's
>> flying I'm curious as to the extent this problem has been seen in the
>> community. What are people experiencing/hearing?
>>
>> Deems Davis # 406
>> 'Its all done....Its just not put together'
>> http://deemsrv10.com/




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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

[quote]I am the proud owner of two brand spanking new defective SLICK Mag’s that are covered under the SB. Gezzz another thing to worry about on First Flight. RobinDo Not Archive [b]

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:05 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

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I emailed BPE this morning regarding the joy of having TWO brand spanking new mags that fall under the SB. Rhonda did a little research and found a solution that gets around the SB / future inspections. She OK’d me to post this to the list:

Here is the pricing from the local accessory shop in Tulsa, Quality Aircraft Accessories. Replace the carbon brush and cam, including labor for any Slick mag at or around 100 hours for $75/mag. This would be Aero-Accessory replacement parts, so they would not be affected by the SB after the repair.
[quote]Justin Hicks at Quality can be reached directly at (918) 835-6948 for assistance. I am not sure what it takes to do this yourself. The SB makes the replacement seem pretty simple. Robin[b]


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:27 pm    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

I expect any new engine or rebuilt engine with new mags will be affected by the SB. I bought my engine from Vans mid '07 and I too have dud mags. I contacted Unison to see if I could have them replaced under warranty - mine are brand new never run. The simple issue is that they have NO solution and have nothing better to replace them with. Given our deeeep south location, there are not many options with alternate brush/cam suppliers, so I have no choice other than inspections every 15-20 hrs until 50hrs per the SB. I just hope the mags are not difficult to remove - I am having nightmares about dropping a support bracket or nut into the engine accessory case already.

cheers,
Ron
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Quote:
I emailed BPE this morning regarding the joy of having TWO brand spanking new mags that fall under the SB. Rhonda did a little research and found a solution that gets around the SB / future inspections. She OK’d me to post this to the list:

Here is the pricing from the local accessory shop in Tulsa, Quality Aircraft Accessories. Replace the carbon brush and cam, including labor for any Slick mag at or around 100 hours for $75/mag. This would be Aero-Accessory replacement parts, so they would not be affected by the SB after the repair.
Quote:
Justin Hicks at Quality can be reached directly at (918) 835-6948 for assistance. I am not sure what it takes to do this yourself. The SB makes the replacement seem pretty simple. Robin

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:11 am    Post subject: SLICK MAGs Reply with quote

Just Checked my TMX IO-540 delivered in '07 and it looks like my engine is good. My serial number is 0604 1519, model 6351 rev C. The affected range is 0610xxxx thru 0804xxxx.

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