X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:42:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web81203.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.107] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.9) with SMTP id 4463956 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:06:31 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.199.107; envelope-from=cwfmd@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 93316 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Sep 2010 13:05:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=1QDke3SPr6ShDwa4tYp7meVO/fkSxLvvWr9gFgZamOyWdEviUmojEtG9iuGPXb9gPorzXpnKRRc5eCfajD4p+Ob+2Xol7cDvNLBBC40uhujWImyvfn8X6SsvgU9to/b/HWMcwlnqHbOQZGdR4L7EhsLAJ/fmyg1ame5yVKNMmkg=; X-Original-Message-ID: <729721.92693.qm@web81203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: MwwJCLkVM1mYSUHgHVnqP9JK3XqCdIQDwQUIB_o8PmRMrgt 5auky9fPIJvRi713EhEd99Dcw5mjYyE4G7PsRNmM_gxNMOs43dn1zAkQFSn8 PjVDRGmgFSUE5Fapw_4XS57DAZRe9.aLL_sUVGzTgEqn8XCu6tKB_zoDBGlT 2qqXGOQWdPQekaCSOGUV7bFIEC5IxunAeDi8LxNLrnbX944GASYYD4Bw1BoW T20BmhAvQ91P4ToxGBXXPqibvnXhmjQ.ruy4eoxDvViKqBsyHj1ztiVL5uGS fdnA635vI21kRkHklkOV_L4prNgG.KqSZLDmP696FCmoh4VTTNxHriTc- Received: from [98.201.170.87] by web81203.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:05:55 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.4.7 YahooMailWebService/0.8.105.279950 X-Original-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:05:55 -0700 (PDT) From: William Miller Subject: metal in oil sump 550 IV-P X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-826181422-1284296755=:92693" --0-826181422-1284296755=:92693 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We found=A0two 8-10mm x 2mm curved steel metal fragments, while=A0cleaning = the magnetic plug during a routine oil change.=A0 Consensus of our local me= chanics and experts is that the fragments=A0look like the bearing race from= the starter adapter. We plan to pull the starter adapter next Monday to ve= rify the source. I plan to talk to TCM Monday. We have not yet sent the fra= gments for further analysis. There have been no other starter or engine pro= blems in ~580 SMOH. 1. Anybody see this before? 2. Would you pull the starter first or suggest another preliminary approach= ? Thanks Bill Miller 330FF ~330hrs=0A=0A=0A --0-826181422-1284296755=:92693 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
We found two 8-10mm x 2mm curved st= eel metal fragments, while cleaning the magnetic plug during a routine= oil change.  Consensus of our local mechanics and experts is that the= fragments look like the bearing race from the starter adapter. We pla= n to pull the starter adapter next Monday to verify the source. I plan to t= alk to TCM Monday. We have not yet sent the fragments for further analysis.= There have been no other starter or engine problems in ~580 SMOH.
1. Anybody see this before?
2. Would you pull the starter first or suggest another preliminary app= roach?
Thanks
Bill Miller
330FF ~330hrs

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