Just a quick post while I have lunch - Today I had an experienced aircraft maintenance engineer help me pull the #2 cylinder - Thanks Ron. We both took a good look at the cam shaft lobes and crank, and inside the cylinder. Everything looked as good as new. No sign of corrosion at all. We had planned to pull #4 cylinder as well, but #2 looked so good that he said it wasn’t worth the trouble. Woo hoo!! I’m going to open a bottle of wine tonight to celebrate.

Now I can press on as quickly as possible to get the first engine run in, maybe this weekend. Now that I have let all this moist summer air inside the crankcase, I want to get the first engine run done ASAP to splash some oil on everything.

More details, a picture, and a lesson learned later.

I have also managed to ditch a planned work trip that would have eaten up 4 or 5 days during the week of June 23rd. That makes me very happy, as I am quite close to flying, and I want to get the last details wrapped up as quickly as possible.