I've run across a possible candidate Cherokee 180c. Paint, interior, equip., TT, and price look promising, but...engine has 2003 hrs since factory 0 time engine and still has good compressions.
What is the parts cost to do a top OH (repair)? If you pull all 4 jugs can rods be replaced? It's probably not necessary to replace rods, I'm just curious. Do cylinders have to be replaced or can they get a cleanup hone or bore, and if the pistons checkout just get rings then a valve job?
Are new cylinders, pistons, valves, rockers, pushrods always required to be replaced or are those items sometimes inspected, cleaned, and re-used?
Of course I would have fees paid to the willing A&P who oversees all this but I've got a brother in law who is an excellent mechanic (who I trust with my life) that would turn the wrenches for free.
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I've read that these engines will tell you when it's time to go into it due to wear. This is not a catastrophic failure but just a rough running or slight loss of power. Is that correct? I see that some of these 0-360s go 2500 hrs or more so who knows when it would need some work. What I'm trying to get at is, how safe is it to fly with a high time engine?
What is the parts cost to do a top OH (repair)? If you pull all 4 jugs can rods be replaced? It's probably not necessary to replace rods, I'm just curious. Do cylinders have to be replaced or can they get a cleanup hone or bore, and if the pistons checkout just get rings then a valve job?
Are new cylinders, pistons, valves, rockers, pushrods always required to be replaced or are those items sometimes inspected, cleaned, and re-used?
Of course I would have fees paid to the willing A&P who oversees all this but I've got a brother in law who is an excellent mechanic (who I trust with my life) that would turn the wrenches for free.
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I've read that these engines will tell you when it's time to go into it due to wear. This is not a catastrophic failure but just a rough running or slight loss of power. Is that correct? I see that some of these 0-360s go 2500 hrs or more so who knows when it would need some work. What I'm trying to get at is, how safe is it to fly with a high time engine?
