I was going to post something about them a few months ago but I changed my mind thinking maybe it was just one bad deal. Now I am sorry I didn't. I might have saved you some trouble.
I was doing a top overhaul on an O-290D on my Pacer. I had several broken rings and all the pistons were shot, but the cylinders could be stretched another 500 hours until I was ready to upgrade to an O-320. (The 290D has awefull parts availibility and prices compared to the 320) I had to decide between $4,000 for exchanged cylinders with new pistons or about $1,200 for just honing the cylinders and putting in new pistons and rings. Premium was the only company that said they had the pistons and rings and they had a good price. The cylinder overhaul shops would not sell pistons without the cylinders because the sets they had left were all they could get. I ordered the pistons and rings from Premium and sent the cylinders off to Don George to be inspected, honed, and repainted. The day the cylinders were being shipped back I called Premium to get a tracking number and was told "We are still looking for them" What kind of BS is this? I spent a bunch of money and wasted a week to have my old cylinders done and the only company that said they had them in stock now couldn't come up with them. To make a long story a little shorter, I wound up buying overhauled cylinders and pistons from Gibson (great company, I would highly recommend them) and the fresh painted and honed cylinders I paid to ship all over the place for nothing were returned as my cores. I have attached part of my correspondence with them at the bottom of this email. I am also copying this to the Mustang and RV lists to let everyone else know to beware of Premium. I also need to go back and look at my credit card statements and make sure they have not charged me. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Don Chisholm Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:26 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Premium Aircraft Parts just a heads up to the group that are putting together production engines for their machines. Avoid this company like the plague, I got stung on a complete set of rings for an 0 235 Lycoming engine I put together and contacted Barnstormers about them where I seen their adds and was informed that they dropped them because of many complaints and will be contacting my credit card company also. So beware _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html ----Original Message----- From: Chris Baker [mailto:cba...@premiumaircraftparts.com] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:43 PM To: br...@engalt.com Subject: RE: Estimate from Premium Aircraft Parts, LLC We will cancel your order. I am sure you will have no problem finding these elsewhere as you have indicated. -----Original Message----- From: brian brian [mailto:br...@engalt.com] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:44 AM To: Chris Baker Subject: RE: Estimate from Premium Aircraft Parts, LLC I was told that you had them. I need to put them on this weekend. I would have found them somewhere else if I knew that you didn't have them. Let me know if you can get them to me tomorrow or not. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Chris Baker" <cba...@premiumaircraftparts.com> List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:18:45 -0500 >I don't think Tim has found any pistons yet. > >-----Original Message----- >From: brian brian [mailto:br...@engalt.com] >Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:10 AM >To: Chris Baker >Subject: RE: Estimate from Premium Aircraft Parts, LLC > > >I ordered pistons and rings on Monday. They should have been shipped. >Can you send me the tracking number. Thanks. >
