Rip wrote:

Agreed. I won't fly hard IFR with a dry pump, and I laugh each time I
throw one of those Parker Hannafin "mandatory" notices in the trash,
unopened. The last wet pump I had overhauled had over 3000 hours on it,
and the overhaul facility changed the bearings, just so they could say
they had done something.

I agree. Dry pumps should be outlawed! :-)


Matt