Cylinders must come off...

Our EAA tech counselor came out with a borescope and we looked inside the cylinders... bad news.. they have to come off. There was some rust areas in several places on the one cylinder we looked at. The pistons have quite a bit of carbon build-up on them. I'm not really surprised about this...

We also managed to peak at one of the cam lobes and it looked ok from what we could see. We'll have a better view once the cylinders come off.

Oil cooler

I picked up an oil cooler off eBay.. Aero-Classic, the same one Van's includes in the FWF kit for less than half the cost.. and it's new.

They guy I purchased from sells them frequently on eBay. His eBay id is "Fastlisle".