The 447 mags were still working but the left mag had a bearing starting to get noisy. This was found when the mag was off last year for another reason. I still had a little more than 100 hours left on them but wanted to get them swapped due to the bearing. I would have stayed with the 447's and had them gone through but after checking into it thought it better to go with the Bendix. The bendix are fine no problems. They are much less expensive to buy and parts are now much less expensive than Slick mags. Continental is working hard at getting market share.
Eric Olson Portland, OR N7165F 1966 Cessna C-150F Troutdale, OR (KTTD) Hangar C1 John 14:21
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