General Skymaster Info & Tips For Buyers

[Shalimar]

I had no trouble with starting using a light weight starter, it spun the rear engine just fine. With respect to counter-rotating the engine you can do it but it is very resistant. It felt to me that I was trying to make it do something that it did not want to do and I was concerned with putting undue stress on the gear train. Perhaps someone else on this blog can shed more light on this. It did make mag timing and compression testing more of a challenge.
All that said, I am surprised that parts for a heavy weight starter are hard to find. There are a lot of heavy weights still out there! Suggest that you contact Cessna Pilots Association (if you are a member, and it's worthwhile) and see if they can shed some light on this.
Good luck

[hharney]

Keven
I bought a reman couple of years ago for the front engine and it was in stock, next day it was in. I can't see why there would be a problem getting parts or just go with a reman.

Getting the 337 ready for that trip to Idaho?