"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:

Snippage

IMHO, the customer *did* get screwed, but not by Ney.... he got screwed
by
Ney's customer that called the shots.... again... probably, with full
disclosure.... which seems to muddy the waters a bit....

He got taken by both parties. A seller who didn't disclose things and
an engine overhauler who performed a substandard overhaul.


Matt

Without having all of the facts (i.e. getting Ney's story and the story from
the previous owner), I'd venture that Ney is free from criticism, and we can
examine the actions of the previous owner.

The previous owner takes the engine to Ney, says (in essence) "Fix the
bottom end, but don't replace any cylinders, unless absolutely necessary."
The cylinders are serviciable, so Ney re-uses them. At that point, the
owner has saved several thousand dollars on cylinder replacement costs, and
the cylinders *may* make TBO. Or, they may not. No way to tell. However, if
the cylinders do go bad, the owner has had the benefit of $4-$6k in his
pocket for some period of time, and can take this money and maybe a little
more, and get 4 (or 6..whatever) new jugs. No harm, no foul. However, in
the meantime, he decides to sell the plane. The engine still runs fine, so
he can honestly advertise it as a new rebuild that runs well. He still has
no idea if the cylinders will last 25 hours or 2000 hours. Neither does the
guy who has brand new cylinders.

Now, let's talk about the responsibilities of the new owner... What kind of
pre-purchase did he do? Did he take the time to figure out how many hours
the cylinders had? He should have. Also, he should have negotiated the
aircraft's price to reflect that. If he did, good for him, if he didn't, he
didn't do his due dilligence.

The bottom line is that whatever you buy without a warranty, you're taking
the risk that it'll break. You've got to understand that risk and walk away
from situations you don't like. If you buy it, then it breaks, you can't
blame the previous owner.

KB