overhaul

Looking at buying a 500hr TT plane that’s 30 years old with an O-360. It’s been sitting most of the last 20 years. Pre buy scope confirmed pitting in the cylinders, though it still has excellent compressions for now. Obviously can’t see the cam or lifters but presume they are also corroded. I am...

I'm seeing more planes over the last 6-12 months that are putting top overhaul times down in lieu of a SMOH. Sometimes they're upfront about it, other times they'll kind of bury it in the details of the description. My question: As a buyer, how much faith do you put in these TOH in terms of...

Hi Everyone. I was thinking to purchase a "project" of a plane, an old Piper around 30k and overhaul the engine, modernize the avionics, repaint it, change the interior etc. until she looks smart and sexy again :) Anyone know anyone in Los Angeles area that can help with that? Thanks

I now have about 25 hours on a freshly overhauled O-320 with Millennium Cylinders. I've halted practicing the power off 180s and steep spirals as they are not conducive to ring seating. It seems like the break in period happened quickly and I never experienced high oil consumption [in fact its...

Hello, My flying cub has a DA-42 and the engines needed to be overhauled. They pulled them out and shipped them to Austria (or maybe Germany I can't remember). Is that normal? Are all the Austro engine's in North America/the world shipped to the mothership for overhauls? The plane was down...

I have an AI that was starting to lean randomly back in 2019. Sent it into one of the recommended/popular shops for overhaul. It came back working better but started to lean randomly again a few months later, so I sent it back to the same shop for a warranty repair. 5 months later, it's doing...

Looking through my logs, and noticed that the last time someone printed out an AD compliance sheet for the engine, the dates on the ADs listed only went back to the date of major overhaul. I just recently had another major overhaul on the engine. When checking AD compliance, do I need to look...

The compass card on my King HSI had started to fail over the last year. I would have to toggle it from “slave” to “free” to “slave” multiple times after startup to get it to point to the correct magnetic heading. As I taxied, it would get stuck, requiring me to repeat the sequence. In the...

Been looking at an entry level aircraft to buy. I recently saw a Cherokee 140 in pretty good shape but the engine time is about 1900 hours. I wanted an aircraft with at least 300-400 hours left on the engine before overhaul. My mission is 50-100 hour a year. But the discounted price on this...

Selling an engine out of a Piper Arrow that had an unfortunate incident. With 100 hours since factory re-manufactured, the plane suffered a landing incident and the plane was totalled. The prop dug into the dirt, so the engine is currently undergoing a prop strike inspection and required...

Hello, I'm considering purchasing a very low-time Cherokee 6/300 with an engine that's just past it's TBO. 2 newbie questions: 1. What is the average cost to overhaul a 6/300? 2. I'd also like to install a Garmin 430W for GPS IFR. What might this cost if I source used equipment? I'm...

Flyers, I have about 2,220 hours on our IO360-A1B6 non-D engine in our '71 Cessna Cardinal RG. IIRC, it was rebuilt by G&N Engines in 1996 or so by the previous owner. So, it is definitely due for some TLC. It runs fine except a little hard starting, even with pre-heating. No sense in...

Hi Everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this so I am sorry if this is the wrong place for this. I am looking at purchasing a 1972 Cessna 150L. The aircraft I am currently looking at has roughly 5200hrs. TTAF and about 1600 hrs. SMOH. It had all four cylinders replaced and...