what do you think of this 337 for sale?

phlgsse · #1 11-09-20, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mshac

I bet $45k cash would buy it right now. In the mainland, that's a $35k airplane with those engine times.

that's kind of my thought as well. he had it on the market over the summer, took it off, and put it back on. I need to talk with the A&P (yeah, THE) and find out if it's decent. Someone told me the a&p told him that one of the 337's on island should be sold for scrap. Unsure if it's this one or another. I had a junker single here I just sold. I want two engines for around here for sure.

mshac · #2 11-09-20, 08:45 PM

This could be a great buy if you plan to operate under part 91. No requirement to do engines at TBO under 91. I've seen these engines go over 2000 hrs, but I wouldn't count on it. Send some oil off for analysis, remove the oil filters and cut them open to check for metal. Both of these things will cost you under $100, and that includes buying new filters. Have a compression test done on warm engines, preferably with you present.

Note the trends in logbooks over the last few annuals. Have cylinders been replaced, or are these the originals? What major repairs have been done in the last 10 years? How many hours per year has the plane flown over the past few years?

phlgsse · #3 11-09-20, 08:48 PM

The only continental 360 I've had was a turbo and there's no way it'd go 2k hours. I'm not sure about the na other than jewel wants a lot more to overhaul the 6 than a lyco 360. Thems the breaks I guess.

Unsure, I haven't seen the logs yet. It's been flying coast guard auxiliary and I think has flown regularly, just based on sale history it appears 1k hours over 13 years, which isn't great. The logs should be illuminating.