Should I consider this plane - weird engine history

kage wrote:
It wasn't a "Bottom overhaul." It was a prop strike inspection. The case
would need to be overhauled along with at least the oil pump, plus other
stuff they don't touch.

That's what I was thinking. Actually, I think a prop strike inspection
on a Lycoming mostly consists of inspecting the gears inside the accessory
case, but they may have magafluxed the crank, too. Otherwise, they just
reassembled it with the same parts they disassembled it with.

--- Jay


--
__!__
Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! !
http://www.oceancityairport.com
http://www.oc-adolfos.com

Jay Masino wrote:
: case, but they may have magafluxed the crank, too. Otherwise, they just
: reassembled it with the same parts they disassembled it with.

Except some things which must be replaced... like connecting rod bolts.
Main bearings?

Seems pretty silly to me to not do the slight bit more work to get an
overhaul... basically just some magnafluxing of the steel parts is all.

-Cory

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

Count it as a near runout, value the plane and engine accordingly.

Been there, done that. Bought a plane with 1500 SMOH and way too many years,
had a prop strike teardown 500 hours and 4 years before I bought it. Ran
strong, had a couple of fresh overhauled cylinders, clean oil screens and oil
analysis came back great. Engine didn't leak and was clean enough to eat off of
and had flown about 300 hours in the last 1.25 years.

Less than a hundred hours into my ownership, I found bearing material in the
sump screen. Off to the overhaul shop.

The teardown revealed a bearing failure as the source of the metal. Cylinders
and cam, lifters and so on looked pretty good, which means all my inspections
were fine. Case needed a minor re-work, probably the source of misalignment of
the bearing that caused it to fail in about 600 hrs of flying time.

Just because it has been apart doesn't make it as good as an overhaul.



If you count it as a
--
Dr. Nuketopia
Sorry, no e-Mail.
Spam forgeries have resulted in thousands of faked bounces to my address.