Engine Overhaul
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Well, into each life some rain must fall... through the crack in the engine case no less.  I had been noticing a small oil leak for some months, but could never track it down.  Unfortunately, when I did I wished I hadn't.  I found a small 1/4" crack at the 2 o'clock position on cylinder #2.

My good friend Jason Owen, Northwest Captain and master A&P was kind enough to do the work on it.  Well, the important stuff anyway.  I get to do all the unimportant, dirty, cleanup, mindless stuff... but I'm not complaining!  Its a heck of a lot easier taking this apart than it is putting it all back together.  He's got some good ideas on reworking the nose bowl and building a plenum box for better cooling so there's a lot of extra work in store.

The process will be covered here in sections:

bulletThe Teardown
bulletCleanup
bulletSpecial Projects
bulletNew Parts
bulletReassembly

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