Recommendations on Lycoming Overhauled/Rebuilt/Remanufacturered?

I just ordered "The Major Overhaul" from aviationbook.com. Their phone
number is 1-800-423-2708 It is 39.95 plus shipping... I'm not going to
need an overhaul for a while (God willing) but it sounds like a great book.

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Mooney 201 4443H

Dave Butler wrote:

Bob Chilcoat wrote:

We're beginning to converge on TBO in our '74 Archer. At the rate
we're all
flying (four partners) we'll hit 2000 hours next year sometime. Plane
uses
a bit of oil, but compressions were OK at last annual (new one is this
month, so we'll see). Engine runs very well at the moment.

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?


[broken record]

Find a shop that does engine overhauls every day, day after day.

Find a shop that's nearby, so warranty resolution is made easier. The
nationally advertised name-brand shops are fine if they're right next
door, but don't ship your engine far away. Warranty issues are also made
more complicated if one shop does the remove and reinstall, and another
does the actual overhaul. Fly your plane to the overhaul shop and let
them do the R&R.

Replace, don't repair cylinder assemblies. The price of a new Lyc
cylinder is very close to the cost to overhaul.

Ask nearby FBOs with rental fleets where they have their overhauls done.

Find a copy of the out-of-print "The Major Overhaul" by Kas Thomas.

On 2/11/2005 13:53, Jon Kraus wrote:

I just ordered "The Major Overhaul" from aviationbook.com. Their phone
number is 1-800-423-2708 It is 39.95 plus shipping... I'm not going to
need an overhaul for a while (God willing) but it sounds like a great book.

Thanks for the info, Jon. I've been looking for a place to buy this
book and have been unsuccessful until now.

Best Regards,


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL
Sacramento, CA

The book doesn't show up on the websight... I had to call the 800 number
and have a human being look for it... Actually, as soon as I said the
title she knew exectly what I was talking about... The entire
transaction took maybe a minute...

JK

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 2/11/2005 13:53, Jon Kraus wrote:

I just ordered "The Major Overhaul" from aviationbook.com. Their phone
number is 1-800-423-2708 It is 39.95 plus shipping... I'm not going to
need an overhaul for a while (God willing) but it sounds like a great
book.


Thanks for the info, Jon. I've been looking for a place to buy this
book and have been unsuccessful until now.

Best Regards,

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:27:15 -0500, "Bob Chilcoat"
wrote:

We're beginning to converge on TBO in our '74 Archer. At the rate we're all
flying (four partners) we'll hit 2000 hours next year sometime. Plane uses
a bit of oil, but compressions were OK at last annual (new one is this
month, so we'll see). Engine runs very well at the moment.

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 bought a Cherokee 180 during the summer with a 1300 hour engine. It
had a "sudden stop" in 92 after which Pen Yan tore it down and rebuilt
it. They also took care of the ADs that applied.

And its still running great. In fact, its got almost 1500 hours on it
now and its the strongest pulling/climbing 180 around. I occasionally
fly a CAP 172 with a 180 in it, and it can't hold a candle to my
Cherokee in climb rate.

Basically -- Pen Yan did a great job on this engine 12 years ago.


Chuck
N7398W

On 2/11/2005 16:55, Jon Kraus wrote:

The book doesn't show up on the websight... I had to call the 800 number
and have a human being look for it... Actually, as soon as I said the
title she knew exectly what I was talking about... The entire
transaction took maybe a minute...

Hmmm, I ordered it from their website. I think I searched for it,
and found it that way (I've ordered two book recently, and I'm
getting the two purchases mixed up...)


JK

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 2/11/2005 13:53, Jon Kraus wrote:

I just ordered "The Major Overhaul" from aviationbook.com. Their phone
number is 1-800-423-2708 It is 39.95 plus shipping... I'm not going to
need an overhaul for a while (God willing) but it sounds like a great
book.


Thanks for the info, Jon. I've been looking for a place to buy this
book and have been unsuccessful until now.

Best Regards,





--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL
Sacramento, CA