Originally Posted by
mustafagander
C152 and Pa 28 really are apples and oranges. You do circuits in a C152 and you can go touring in a PA28. What do you want to do?
As for engine overhaul, my pals just spent $40K on an overhaul for their time ex C172S engine. Prop OK. The LAME wanted 4 days work to remove and replace the engine.
As said before, if it flies, floats of fcuks never buy it, rent it.
Last year staying with a friend in Van Nuys. He has a small shop of he and another A&P. Cirrus needing an engine change . He heads to the owners T-Hangar with his pick and tools at 7am. Engine out and new and an exchange engine fitted with new mounts, new scat hoses and new oil/fuel lines and a cleanup of the mount and bay done by him with his offsider with a lunch break of 30 minutes and running by 6pm ready for dynamic prop balance and check flight at 7am. Back to the owner by 9am. Labour cost $2200.00. [forget exchange rates as salaries are similar] The game changer for me was that he was organised and had pre-ordered the mounts and hoses etc and had a comprehensive toolbox in his truck plus oil etc etc...