1mParker

Thank You everyone for your experience and recommendations. I am most certainly going to conduct a pre-buy before I purchase but am looking for some criteria for weeding out the chaff before I start paying for a pre-buy. With regard to the GB engine. Everywhere I read that when overhauled Continental converts your engine to a LB yet the logs on this plane clearly indicate that after the 2012 overhaul a GB engine was installed. What happened here to allow this to happen? Could it have been someone with a bunch of old GB parts selling them at fire sale prices? The search continues...

I'm interested in the damage history, title search and 337's you have found. Thanks, Matthew

Hi, I'm new here and looking for the perfect Mooney. My heart says it wants a Bravo but my budget is more along the lines of a 231 or 252. In any case the following aircraft caught my eye and has some nice upgrades as well. Can you all help me determine if this is a good buy for the long term? http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/MOONEY-M20K-231/1980-MOONEY-M20K-231/1370093.htm The logs (which I have) indicate that there was spar corrosion which was fixed. Is this a concern or is the fact that it was fixed good news? There appears to have been a hard landing with a large amount of work completed afterwards. Any concern here? The engine compressions seem low to me for an engine with only 180 hours, Can you provide insight? 68 72 70 64 62 74/80 Thanks for your time. Regards, Matt