Two years ago I purchased a Lycoming Factory Overhauled O-360-A1A. The
engine is running fine and there was no problems with the core charge. I
believe mine was $4000.00 and it was quickly returned.

Ross

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Bob Chilcoat wrote:
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At any rate, I'm beginning to collect data on overhaul options. The
options
seem to be that we can consider a local shop overhaul, a Lycoming or
national center overhaul, or a "factory reman" from Lycoming or
perhaps
Mattituck, Superior or similar. I've heard good things about Penn
Yan. Any
hard data out there? Anyone to scrupulously avoid? Strong
recommendations?
Thanks. Thoughts on the relative merits of overhaul vs.
remanufacture?


I was planning on going for a factory overhaul on my O-360 this
month. While researching this for a few months I found an alarming
number of folks who'd had recent factory overhauls and were slapped
with $3K core charges. In most cases, Lyc. could not supply any
documentation for the charge, but since they already had the customers
money, it was an uphill battle. If you google the rec.aviation groups
for Lycoming and overhaul, I think you'll find a few recent examples.

I kept shopping around and finally decided to go with a Millenium
overhaul from Superior. They have authorized shops scattered around
the country and there just happened to be one at my home base (no
shipping charges!). The kicker in my decision to go with Superior was
their Warranty. 5 years flat out. None of that "prorate to TBO at
40hrs/month" business. One of the larger local flight schools has
bought several of these engines and they are very happy with them.

I'm getting the work done in about 3 weeks, so I'll let you all know
how it turns out.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)