Lyc IO 360 A1A advice requested

[Len]

For those of you intimately familiar with this engine (in this case in a
'68 Mooney), what are the "gotchas"? I am looking at an aircraft where
the engine is about 2940 hrs since factory zero time remanufacture and
990 hrs SMOH done in 1989. Oil consumption normal at about 5hrs/qt and
compressions 76,76,75,77. Any advice on the specific things that might
snap back and bite me, including ADs, would be most appreciated.
L.D.

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >, Len > wrote:

> For those of you intimately familiar with this engine (in this case in a
> '68 Mooney), what are the "gotchas"? I am looking at an aircraft where
> the engine is about 2940 hrs since factory zero time remanufacture and
> 990 hrs SMOH done in 1989. Oil consumption normal at about 5hrs/qt and
> compressions 76,76,75,77. Any advice on the specific things that might
> snap back and bite me, including ADs, would be most appreciated.
> L.D.


A Lycoming majored in 1989 will probably have spalling on the #1 or #2
cam lobes and tappets, as that is where water tends to condense.