TripFarmer wrote:
: Personally I wouldn't play Russian Roulette. I wouldn't throw
: money away with the TOH with 1500 SMOH and 6000 on the engine.
: I did a TOH last year but I had 900 SMOH and 2900TT.

So you would overhaul then? I'd say take a look at the avweb article
mentioned a few posts back (I *knew* I'd read something to get that mindset). Figure
some economics assuming TBO:

1500 hours - 2000 hours is 500 hours of "normal" service.
Swap rings in 1 jug: 3-5 hours of labor, $50 in parts minimum, $1500 maximum (if one
buys a new jug/piston)
Complete top: ^ multiplied by 4
Complete overhaul: $10-15k
500 hours @ $10/hour = $5k "left" in the engine.... definately worth a few jug swaps.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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