Need A/P for Pre-Buy inspection near Jasper, GA

killbilly

killbilly

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This is a pretty good network of folks, so I'm gonna try here. @SlumTodd_Millionaire - you're an Atlanta guy, if you've got someone even second-hand, let me know....

One of my students just put a deposit on a 172 in GA. Looks pretty nice from the ad but he needs a pre-buy inspection done by someone who hasn't seen the airplane before.

You guys know of anyone you'd recommend for this? Aircraft located at KJZP.
 
Guy at Stanton Airfield, MN has some pretty extensive C172 experience

He MAY need a vaca 507 645 4030 ask for JQ
 
stroboli62 said:
Guy at Stanton Airfield, MN has some pretty extensive C172 experience

He MAY need a vaca 507 645 4030 ask for JQ
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Bit of a trek, I think. I'll keep the number handy - and I appreciate the post. Looking for someone a little more local.
 
The only things I care about when I'm buying a 172 these days is:

1. Corrosion on wing spars/airframe
2. Borescope the cylinders to check for corrosion/rust
3. Cylinder compression

Fly the airplane for 1 hour prior to doing this work to reveal oil leaks that were washed off prior to the inspection. I used to spend $500 for a pre buy taking apart half the airplane the entire day. Now, I'm in and out in less than an hour and I just do it myself.

Logbook inspection:

Annual, Pitot Static, ELT, AD's signed off, when was the last magneto overhaul. How many hours has the plane flown in the last 12/24/36 months.

After buying the plane, expect to spend $2-5K overhauling/repairing crap the previous owner didn't disclose/didn't want to fix, or just flat out didn't know was broken. Regardless if you spend $500 on a pre buy or do those items I listed, you're going to spend $2-5K on crap thats going to break. I bought a 172 in December with everything working. The COM1 KX155 crapped out last month on it. I've been pretty lucky with it so far.
 
Call S&S Aviation at Cherokee County or A&B Aviation at WDR.

Know both the owners and couldn’t recommend either more
 
killbilly said:
You guys have any thoughts on the older Continental 0-300s? @Roger Roger or @USMCmech ? Airplane is a '66 172G.
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If I remember correctly the O-300 has never had an AD, I don't know if that applies to a GO-300. I recall it being smooth and reliable in the '56 172 I did some of my flight training in, something about 6 cylinders vs 4.
 
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The continental is great for private ownership. Don't buy it if you're doing any kind of flight training whatsoever.
 
knot4u said:
If I remember correctly the O-300 has never had an AD, I don't know if that applies to a GO-300. I recall it being smooth and reliable in the '56 172 I did some of my flight training in, something about 6 cylinders vs 4.
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Good to know.

mrivc211 said:
The continental is great for private ownership. Don't buy it if you're doing any kind of flight training whatsoever.
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Why do you say that?

Roger Roger said:
I know they have their oddities...something about cylinders? Maybe they crack? Can’t remember. They might also be one of the engines that does better with mogas, fewer sticky valves.
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My chief was saying that the o-300s were way more susceptible to carb ice than Lycomings, so proper use of carb heat is a really big deal in those. I haven't heard that one way or another, but worth finding out. Also @SurferLucas - I think he found a local guy here who is going to fly down and take a look at it, but I'll keep both of those names on the radar. Thanks.
 
killbilly said:
Good to know.



Why do you say that?



My chief was saying that the o-300s were way more susceptible to carb ice than Lycomings, so proper use of carb heat is a really big deal in those. I haven't heard that one way or another, but worth finding out. Also @SurferLucas - I think he found a local guy here who is going to fly down and take a look at it, but I'll keep both of those names on the radar. Thanks.
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Continentals in general because the carburetors aren’t bolted to the oil pan like a Lycoming is. Side note, I don’t know why more GA aircraft don’t have carb temp gauges.
 
Roger Roger said:
I know they have their oddities...something about cylinders? Maybe they crack? Can’t remember. They might also be one of the engines that does better with mogas, fewer sticky valves.
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I don't think the VAR crank debacle applies to the O-300.
 
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