Dawley Aviation PIREP, or: Atlas is BACK

In article ,
Jon Kraus wrote:
If you only paid .62 AMU for your exhaust system rebuild then you got a
great deal!! Was this for a complete system or just the muffler and a
couple of pipes? We had to have our exhaust completely rebuilt last
annual (OI-360) from Dawley, but it cost us 1.8 AMU's. That was
replacing everything including one pipe that they couldn't "rebuild" and
we had to buy new from Mooney. The 1.8 AMU's we paid also included the
20% rip-off, er markup that our shop charges for the privilege of
letting them order parts for us. So in reality our system should have
cost 1.5 AMU's if we would have dealt with Dawley directly (which we
will from here on out), so if you go a complete system for .62 AMU then
my hat is off to you for procuring such a good deal!!

I had my exhaust system replaced by Dawley a couple months ago. It was
around $1.5k including installation. All four standpipes were
overhauled (to replace ends) and two new mufflers were provided. The
shop who did the work extracted a premium also, but shipping was about
$200 for 2-day both ways.

However, I'm glad that I had the work done. Muffler was still intact,
though worn, but the standpipes were leaking badly at the slip joints
with the muffler. Dawley did an outstanding job at reworking the pipes,
and they did the work same-day.



JKG