Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 06:06:10 -0500, N. Shane
wrote:


Caution to those pondering a zero-choke re-man by this company.

My O-470J lasted 200 hours before four cylinders showed mid-fifties
compression with Blackstone labs reporting symptoms of excessive ring
wear.

Even after admitting, view phone, that the test-stand results were
abnormal, Ney himself refused to stand behind the engine, on the
grounds that the plane's former owner -- his customer -- made him use
reconditioned cylinders.



My sympathies are with you, but I suspect the whole story behind this
tragedy involves a prior owner getting a "cheap" repair using customer
supplied parts. Having done business with Ney, myself, I suspect that
this owner was told by Ney Enterprises that they wouldn't stand behind
parts that were barely within acceptable limits.... and the customer
proceeded because their intent was to sell the aircraft with a
"re-manned" engine to jack up the price. It seems to me that there
was full disclosure. Apparently, from your own post, it is clear that
the test data was available prior to your purchase. If it wasn't in
the logs when you bought the aircraft... the prior owner *must* have
seen them. It appears to me that either the seller sought to hide
the information or you and/or your mechanic (at pre-buy) missed the
relevant figures.

Trade-a-Plane is full of ads that read TSMO 234 hrs., Time Since Top
Overhaul 2 hours.... Not all repairs are equal and you generally get
what you (or the seller) has paid for.

Your beef is with the seller and/or your mechanic, not with Ney...


Yes and no. Personally, I don't have much respect for anyone who will
let the customer talk them into doing substandard work. I'd tell
customers like that to talk to one of my competitors.


Matt