Re: Preheater

Sorry to hear that.  I put the Reiff cylinder and hot padd heaters on my Six
back in 1996, and have had no problems with it whatsoever.  At the engine
change this summer, we re-adhered the pad to the new engine using some kind of
hi-temp goop the A&P had on hand, and again, no problems.  My guess is you may
have either had some residual oil left on the sump or on the heat pad, or you
had a bad batch of adhesive.  My cylinder bands were custom made for me, as I
bought them soon after Reiff came out with them, and the original models were
too wide to fit on my narrow deck engine.  I think they've since asked you to
specify wide or narrow deck.  The narrow deck ones are 50W instead of 60W, and
are a bit skinnier.  At the time, the customer service was exemplary, but since
I have not had to deal with Reiff since, things may have changed.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

> "Victor J. Osborne, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > I've had Tanis in two planes and now have the Reiff product.  The Reiff
> > was easier to install, doesn't mess w/ the CHT probes and is owner
> installable
> > w/ an A&P signoff.
> >
>
> Everything is owner-installable with an A&P signoff.
>
> I purchased a Hot Padd heater from Reiff.  The heater could not be mounted
> on my engine in accordance with the supplied instructions, so I made do as
> best I could.  The adhesive didn't cure and the pad easily peeled off.  I
> returned the pad to Reiff for a refund, they sent it back to me with more
> adhesive.  Apparently I violated the warranty by not following the
> instructions to the letter, (the fact that it was impossible to follow them
> was of no interest to Reiff).  I don't know if the Reiff heater is any good
> or not, I do know that their product support and customer relations are
> terrible.  I won't do business with them again.
>
> I purchased a "milkhouse heater" and some ductwork at a local home
> improvement store.  The cost was about $35 and it does a fine job.

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