My engine, an o-360A1A was born back in about 1993 and first run in 1999. It flew about 500 hours until a noseover accident in 2009 resulting in a prop strike. I completely tore down the engine and had the crank and cam sent out for inspection. The case was sent to be professionally cleaned. The cylinders were "freshened up" by Columbia aircraft services (they now look like new, but were not technically overhauled because of the low time). New rings and pistons were purchased for the rebuild.
Many other parts were inspected and re-worked or replaced, and some were simply cleaned up and re-used.
After getting a quote of around $4500 just to assemble this growing pile of parts, I decided to build the engine myself. I was leaning toward this anyway, so the cost wasn't the primary factor, but it definitely got the ball rolling. This isn't my first aircraft engine build, but it is the first Lycoming. I purchased and studied two overhaul instructional video's, read the Lycoming overhaul manual, and looked at dozens of builders websites to make sure I was as prepared as possible. I downloaded all of the appropriate tech sheets that I could find and added them to the collection.
So... armed with as much information as I could collect, I set about to build my engine and accomplished that objective working from 5:30am to about 9am each day for four days.
I've prepared the following video to document the process. THIS IS IN NO WAY TO BE CONSIDERED INSTRUCTIONAL. I am an amateur building this engine for my own education and recreation. The sole motivation in posting it here (it isn't public on youtube) is to request that those with some experience kindly take the time to view it and let me know if you see something alarming, missing, or that could have been done better. Not every single piece of the build is there, but i have attempted to make note of the steps taken even if they are not recorded. Note that the video was taken after steps were completed to document what was done, not during to show how to perform that step. Finally, there are a few tasks yet to be done but which can be completed now that the engine is hung. These are listed at the end of the video.
Thanks.
https://youtu.be/mP9qrsFXtMo
Many other parts were inspected and re-worked or replaced, and some were simply cleaned up and re-used.
After getting a quote of around $4500 just to assemble this growing pile of parts, I decided to build the engine myself. I was leaning toward this anyway, so the cost wasn't the primary factor, but it definitely got the ball rolling. This isn't my first aircraft engine build, but it is the first Lycoming. I purchased and studied two overhaul instructional video's, read the Lycoming overhaul manual, and looked at dozens of builders websites to make sure I was as prepared as possible. I downloaded all of the appropriate tech sheets that I could find and added them to the collection.
So... armed with as much information as I could collect, I set about to build my engine and accomplished that objective working from 5:30am to about 9am each day for four days.
I've prepared the following video to document the process. THIS IS IN NO WAY TO BE CONSIDERED INSTRUCTIONAL. I am an amateur building this engine for my own education and recreation. The sole motivation in posting it here (it isn't public on youtube) is to request that those with some experience kindly take the time to view it and let me know if you see something alarming, missing, or that could have been done better. Not every single piece of the build is there, but i have attempted to make note of the steps taken even if they are not recorded. Note that the video was taken after steps were completed to document what was done, not during to show how to perform that step. Finally, there are a few tasks yet to be done but which can be completed now that the engine is hung. These are listed at the end of the video.
Thanks.
https://youtu.be/mP9qrsFXtMo