"Denny" wrote in message
ups.com...
Do you have a mechanic to work with who will sign off a field
rebuild...
You might consider sending the case, crank, cam, con rods, to Divco for
IRAN and balancing (or Aircraft Specialities, etc.) along with the new
cylinders of your choice of brand... Press new bushings in the rocker
arms... Send the carb, alternator, vac pump, oil pump, for overhaul...
Overhaul the mags and install with new wires and new hoses... Then
with your mechanic put it back together... This should be less than
the highest bid you had for an overhaul and will give you the
equivalent of a new engine...

denny

My experience is that the mechanic's labor is a very small component of the
cost of a rebuild. The difference in labor cost between the local mechanic
(who may be Superman with a wrench... or not) and a well-known shop is
*probably* less than the bump in value the airplane will get by having an
engine that was rebuilt by a nationally known shop.