Al Downs Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 At 1000 hours the gear box needs to be inspected. How many hours of work is it to remove and reinstall the gearbox along with a new fuel pump? I am thinking I may have been double charged for some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The fuel pump needs to come off to remove the gearbox, so changing the pump should only be the time it takes to change the fuel lines and add the new drain line. That should be no more than an hour, and should take less than that. The gearbox removal and installation should be in the 2-3 hour range by the time you include cowling removal, installation, clean up the spilled oil, and checking the prop pitch. Roger can probably do in less time. I'm not sure on the time to do the actual gearbox inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The actual box inspection takes about 40 min. Which would include a re-shim. To do a gearbox and pump start to finish would be about 2hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The actual box inspection takes about 40 min. Which would include a re-shim. To do a gearbox and pump start to finish would be about 2hrs. Before or after obtaining "Roger Lee" superpowers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Once the box is off it is fairly straight forward and quick unless you have been using 100LL. The the clutch gets sent out to a distributor to be pulled apart and cleaned. This inspection then should have happened at 600 hrs. With a lot of 100LL use. If you have a 1500 hr TBO engine then it is 600 hrs. no matter what. If you have the 2000 hr. TBO then it could be the 600 or 1000 hr. Inspection. I get boxes sent to me fairly regular form all over and only a couple have been CT's. Once you do something often enough speed just comes with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpiper Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 You could always bet Roger dinner for two that he can't do something in the time he states. I won't make that mistake again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Oh come on, how am I supposed to eat then. Not that I need to eat at all for about 80 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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