Nathan,
Thanks for the note. I was interested in this motor because it was represented as a zero-time rebuild with the 125HP conversion and the numbers were working out. I?m really not in a hurry to put a new engine in 790, but finding a bargain sometimes encourages me to do things I might not otherwise do. So, I pursued it.
I found out that it is a standard O-235 w/out the 125 HP conversion. Also, the airplane it was on had a nose-in-the-dirt crash in 1985. The engine wasn?t pulled until 1993, and then, it wasn?t rebuilt until 2001, and it has been pickled and sitting for the last 6 years.
What I find interesting after turning this down, is that it showed up in the classified ads at a higher price, under a different owner?s name! I called and when the story was the same I asked him where the engine is and it?s in the same hanger as the other owner!
I?m still not sure what the whole story is, but I really don?t care at this point.
Terry
