Isn't it amazing that the feds will come down on some poor slob who
uses regular foam in his seats and let the big guys do what ever the
hell they want?

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:19:30 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Got the latest AD on the Lycoming O-540 in the mail the other day --
indigestion time once again. They have now expanded the "oh-crap" news to
a whole bunch more O-540 owners.

The Feds are worried that some of the zinc-coated Lycoming crankshaft gear
retention bolts could fail -- which would be a potentially catastrophic
problem.

Luckily -- and it really is just sheer luck -- my engine was rebuilt in 2002
by a shop that used exclusively Superior (rather than Lycoming) parts -- so
my gear retention bolts don't fall under this new AD.

Man, that's THREE times I've dodged these O-540 ADs, thanks to our decision
to use only Superior parts...