Proposed AD ECi connecting rods

I hate repeating things that everybody's probably already read on Avweb or
AOPA, but here's the long and the short of a proposed AD published in the
Federal Register about ECi connecting rods used in overhauled or repaired
Lycoming 360 and 540 cubic inch engines.

Full text here
http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2005/2005ne07ad.pdf

Jim


Engines Overhauled or Repaired Since New

(g) If your engine was overhauled or

repaired since new, do the following:

(1) Before further flight inspect the

maintenance records and engine logbook to

determine if the overhaul or repair facility

used ECi connecting rods, P/N AEL 11750.

(2) If the connecting rods are not ECi,

P/N AEL 11750, no further action is required.

(3) If the connecting rods are ECi, P/N AEL

11750, and if the serial number is 54/7 or

higher, no further action is required.

(4) If the connecting rods are ECi, P/N AEL

11750, and if the serial number is 54/6 or

lower, do the following:

(i) If the connecting rod has 1,500 or more

hours time-in-service (TIS), replace the

connecting rod with a connecting rod that

has a SN 54/7 or higher, or that has a P/N

not specified in this AD within 50 hours TIS

after the effective date of this AD.

(ii) If the connecting rod has fewer than

1,500 hours TIS, replace the connecting rod

with a connecting rod that has a SN 54/7 or

higher, or that has a P/N not specified in this

AD before accumulating 1,500 hours TIS on

the connecting rod.

(h) After the effective date of this AD, do

not install any ECi connecting rod, P/N AEL

11750, that has SN 54/6 or lower into any

engine.