The Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) T206 has arrived from the field and will be undergoing a major inspection plus an engine change.  In last weeks post you saw Stephen working on this 206's new engine but this week you will see him removing the old .

 An interesting thing about airplane engines is that they have a life limit.  This one's is 15 years or 1800 hours.  After the time passes the engine needs to be overhauled, which is basically a tear-down, inspecting for cracks, making sure nothing has worn outside of serviceable limits, replacing worn parts, reassembly and test.

 While the engine is out, the firewall, engine mounts and tunnel will be cleaned, inspected and repaired if necessary.  New hoses will be fabricated, tested and installed. 

The old engine came with parts that the new engine did not, so the exhaust, turbo system, engine baffling, prop governor and alternator will all have to be removed and sent out to specialty shops for repair, except the baffling that we can repair ourselves.

When those pieces return we'll be able to complete the assembly and test of the new engine.

Something to look forward to...

Thanks for taking the time to read this and remember to keep us in your prayers.

Josh