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Well, into each life some rain must fall... through the crack in the engine case no less. I had been noticing a small oil leak for some months, but could never track it down. Unfortunately, when I did I wished I hadn't. I found a small 1/4" crack at the 2 o'clock position on cylinder #2.
My good friend Jason Owen, Northwest Captain and master A&P was kind enough to do the work on it. Well, the important stuff anyway. I get to do all the unimportant, dirty, cleanup, mindless stuff... but I'm not complaining! Its a heck of a lot easier taking this apart than it is putting it all back together. He's got some good ideas on reworking the nose bowl and building a plenum box for better cooling so there's a lot of extra work in store. The process will be covered here in sections:
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