---------------------------------------------------------- Stratus-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 01/10/06: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:42 AM - sign me up (Zill Coleman) 2. 06:53 AM - Re: weight, resale (Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)) 3. 01:56 PM - Re: weight, resale (Bryan Martin) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:34 AM PST US Subject: Stratus-List: sign me up From: "Zill Coleman" --> Stratus-List message posted by: "Zill Coleman" zill@pinnacletrans.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:53:10 AM PST US Subject: RE: Stratus-List: weight, resale From: "Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" --> Stratus-List message posted by: "Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" Just to be complete with information here....The latest valve guide failure from Mykals shop had the circlips installed..He "rebuilt" the heads again and they had circlips they had also been knurled on the outside (a common auto shop botch) and glued in with locktite. So there are examples of the circlipped guides failing as well. I'm so glad I met on Carr at Ram Performance. Frank i still love that engine. got a prop balancer and it's so smooth and has very nice power for my pelican. yes, disappointed in mykal with the heads - he offered to rework them at his cost after promising that they had clips (they didn't) for $350 but i sent to RAM for $500. lucky i checked and glad i sent them out. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:56:49 PM PST US Subject: Re: Stratus-List: weight, resale From: Bryan Martin --> Stratus-List message posted by: Bryan Martin If the alternator mounting fails, the worst case scenario is that the alternator falls off causing a total electrical failure requiring an emergency landing. In this airplane, you have a very good chance of making a successful emergency landing and walking away unharmed. If the engine mount fails, the worst case scenario it that the increased stresses on the other mounts cause them to also fail and the engine falls off. If the engine falls off, there is no hope of maintaining control of the aircraft. If you don't have a parachute, you will probably die in the resulting crash. Granted, this is a low probability event but the consequences are so severe I would give the cracked engine mount a higher priority. -- Bryan Martin N61BM, CH 601 XL, Stratus Subaru. do not archive. on 1/9/06 8:57 PM, rueffy@jetthrust.com at rueffy@jetthrust.com wrote: > --> Stratus-List message posted by: rueffy@jetthrust.com > > Maybe your right about engine mount being critical. but then again so is the > alternator I would think? Id have to think what that alternator would do if the > mounting broke completely!! I only had 200hrs at the time. > > Brett > > Quoting Bryan Martin : > >> --> Stratus-List message posted by: Bryan Martin >> >> Maybe it was because I only had 120 hours on the plane at the time of >> failure or maybe because the engine mount is a more critical item. I don't >> know. >> >> >> -- >> Bryan Martin >> N61BM, CH 601 XL, Stratus Subaru. >> do not archive. >> >>