So out of the blue I was contacted by Van's to tell me they had an engine for me if I was ready to make final payment. Absolutely! Final payment was wired and a week later, this shows up!
The crate had the left overs of two additional ship to addresses on it. Apparently the other two builders were either not ready to make final payment or chose to defer their spot in line or some other issue caused them to go thru them before offering to me. No clue but I was glad they did!
The powerplant kit was shipped in two boxes. The engine in the wood crate and the rest of the stuff was in this cardboard box. This box was fairly light.
Here is everything that was in that cardboard box. The exhaust, radiator, oil cooler, throttle cable and a couple brackets were back ordered.
Because I decided to add the Rotax Care extended warranty, I got a "free" $1300 Bose headset out of the deal. That is basically half the cost of the Rotax Care addon. I decided to add the Rotax Care due to the flurry of SB's that have been issued by Rotax lately.
Inside the engine crate was the engine, the engine electrical harness, the headset, the fuse box, the ECU computer. oil tank, air filter, fuel filters, starter relay, fuel pumps and a few other odds and ends.
All of the applicable service bulletins were complied with before the engine left Vans.
Here is one blade of the two blade prop. This will end up getting replaced shortly after the ink dries on the paperwork by a three blade E-Prop.
