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  • 4 weeks later...
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First break in flight today. Rings may have been broken in at factory run in as CHTs at 75% 3500 ft full rich were were 279-297-312-274. #3 reads higher because JPI probe is piggy backed onto factory probe.  After 2 hours I closed cowl flaps and CHTs were 325-331-350-312 at 75%. 

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  • 3 weeks later...
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All invoices finally received for engine/prop replacement.  Total $47,893: 

factory rebuilt IO360A3B6 = $29,963

new Hartzell prop =$9,192

rebuild prop governor = $932

Skytec 149-NL = $431

Rapco 215CC =$329

Lord mounts $592

A&P labor & parts = $6,955

sell old spinner ($500)

 

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1 hour ago, amillet said:

All invoices finally received for engine/prop replacement.  Total $47,893: 

factory rebuilt IO360A3B6 = $29,963

new Hartzell prop =$9,192

rebuild prop governor = $932

Skytec 149-NL = $431

Rapco 215CC =$329

Lord mounts $592

A&P labor & parts = $6,955

sell old spinner ($500)

 

Can I ask what was your iron level in the oil before and at the time when you decided to go for new engine? I have A3B6 and I'd like to compare. 

Thanks. 

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2 hours ago, amillet said:

All invoices finally received for engine/prop replacement.  Total $47,893: 

factory rebuilt IO360A3B6 = $29,963

new Hartzell prop =$9,192

rebuild prop governor = $932

Skytec 149-NL = $431

Rapco 215CC =$329

Lord mounts $592

A&P labor & parts = $6,955

sell old spinner ($500)

 

Wow, yeah it's high.  I resealed my prop for 650$,  paid 2 grand to the IA for the two weeks it took me and the motor was 2k cheaper 3 years ago.  But umm, yeah.  I drive a 7,000$ car. This is 6 times that and it uses a quart of oil in 6 hours. 

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$6955 to R&R an engine and to think I charged my partners $0 when I hung ours. I was quoted $4700 by our local shop for an engine R&R in 2010, my IA supervised my work for $500. It seems prices have gone up considerably in 5 years.

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Price included new hoses & baffling.  A Google search returned a Victor Aviation 2013 price list quoting $9431 for an Ovation R&R.

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On 8/20/2015 at 5:16 AM, 1964-M20E said:

My test flight yesterday yielded nothing both the mechanical and electronic gauges were rock steady no 10 to 20psi fluctuations. :(

 

I'm glad it was steady after 45 minutes of flying but I wanted to find or eliminate something and I achieved neither.

 

I have new springs and balls coming for the oil pressure regulator.

 

I will contact EI to see if they have seen or heard of this before and if it has been the sending unit.

Did you resolve these fluctuations or maybe they never came back?

thanks!

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1 hour ago, Ragsf15e said:

Did you resolve these fluctuations or maybe they never came back?

thanks!

Turned out to be the pressure sensor.  Changed that an issue went away.

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On 8/3/2015 at 5:11 PM, StinkBug said:

 

Either you're joking, or you don't understand what's being discussed. An annual inspection does not include engine overhaul, and overhauling an engine (or even just one cylinder) isn't cheap.

Oh I think he does stinky

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We haven’t seen Mr. Bug around here in a couple of years...

Rags pulled a thread from the past...

And John answered without hesitation... as if the situation happened last week!

Go MS!

:)

Best regards,

-a-

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