[Hank]

Have an early (1965) Skymaster serial #0160. Last year installed Owen Bell manual rear cowl flap cable, due to problems with the follow-up cable seizing. This mod works fine on the rear. I ended up selling the rear motor for $400.00. Now the motor on the front has seized, new part #C610501-0201 or old part #1452506-4.
A new motor from Cessna $3400.00. Owen Bell has a used motor (no warranty) for $1000.00 or a rebuilt one $1995.00 (1 year warrenty) and a possible return of $500.00 if the old motor is repairable. Spoke to a repair shop, Pifers Airmotive, and was quoted $1695.00 to repair just the motor, and not the attached gear box if that is the problem. Looking for any leads. Thanks