Don Wright and Ted Setzer arrived safely in Cameroon to begin work on the two airplanes. Ted Setzer is heading up Tom's Sportsman project. Don Wright is heading up my Glastar project. Daniel is helping on both projects and I am helping on the Glastar and trying to learn as much as possible. It is a valuable experience to be able to work with Don on this major project. Bro. Tom had been flying the Glastar quite a bit since his plane was grounded, and the airplane developed a rough running engine over the last few weeks. The engine has close to 1300 hours on it right now. We were advised to plan for a top overhaul of the engine which involved replacing all four cylinders. Don and I removed the four cylinders today, and Don found the major culprit of the rough running engine. One of the cam lobes and followers was bad, which was causing a loss of power and allowing oil to accumulate in one of the cylinders. Several phone calls are being made and more new parts are being ordered. We are praying Don can replace the camshaft while he is here which will take a miracle of logistics and lots of hard work.
It also adds close to another $2,000 to the top overhaul cost. Tom and I are splitting the approximately $7,000 repair. Please pray about helping us with this unforeseen cost to help us get the Glastar back into the air and back into the bush airfields. Please pray for all the parts to be able to arrive in Cameroon soon. Please pray for Don, Ted, and all of us to be able to complete these two major repair projects on the two airplanes.
Work begins...
Using the specialty cylinder removal wrench...
Holding the number two cylinder after removal...
The offending cam with a rounded edge causing the loss of power...
All four cylinders and pistons removed...
Praise the Lord for Don and Ted's expertise and willingness to come to Cameroon to work!
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