Magneto Repair vs Overhaul Question.

Sounds like they could call it an overhaul, unless Slick has a CMM or other document that requires replacement of all of
the parts you are referring to.


"Ebby" wrote in message ...
:I just got an answer from one of the repair shops. They indicated that for
: slick magnetos overhaul involves a replacement of all components making the
: magneto essentially new. The cost of overhaul is well like buying new.
: Repair included contacts and an oil seal with an up charge if anything else
: was required. That's about it.
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: Ebby
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: "Blueskies" wrote in message
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: "Ebby" wrote in message
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: :I was following the thread on Bendix and Slick magnetos and contacted
: : several repair shops regarding getting my magnetos overhauled. I got a
: : message back from one shop telling me they didn't overhaul magnetos they
: : only repair them. What am I missing? I don't believe my magnetos are
: : broken but they do have a few hundred hours on them. If I get them
: repaired
: : what would be repaired? I'd get an 8130.3 from the shop with the
: repaired
: : magneto. Oh, knowledgeable ones in the group please enlighten me.
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: : John "Ebby" Ebensperger
: : Hatz Classic s/n37
: : Camden, NY
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: FAR 43.2 Records of overhaul and rebuilding.
: (a) No person may describe in any required maintenance entry or form an
: aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller,
: appliance, or component part as being overhauled unless-
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: (1) Using methods, techniques, and practices acceptable to the
: Administrator, it has been disassembled, cleaned,
: inspected, repaired as necessary, and reassembled; and
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: (2) It has been tested in accordance with approved standards and technical
: data, or in accordance with current standards
: and technical data acceptable to the Administrator, which have been
: developed and documented by the holder of the type
: certificate, supplemental type certificate, or a material, part, process,
: or appliance approval under §21.305 of this
: chapter.
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: (b) No person may describe in any required maintenance entry or form an
: aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller,
: appliance, or component part as being rebuilt unless it has been
: disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired as
: necessary, reassembled, and tested to the same tolerances and limits as a
: new item, using either new parts or used parts
: that either conform to new part tolerances and limits or to approved
: oversized or undersized dimensions.
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