[GMAs]

kevin... you might want to go to Cont engines' web site and send a inquiree... seems to me that we replaced two engines with brand new one...yep new ones for less than what the shops are charging... and .... for only about 1200 more than a factory reman... they had several that they thru out on the market under their ... excess parts and materails... you might want to check and see if they have any more... these came complete.. new mags wires, injectors, alternator and starter drive... that we spec'ed... as they went back into a G series... we got rid of the starter drives that had the right angle gears and went for the direct connect...

You plane has to have the gear pump on one engine or both... so you have to have the right angle drive on the accessory assembly... but, they didn't charge extra for any of it... and left it up to your choice...

But, these were brand new...new engines... and they have the best repalcement that one can get...

They too shipped them out to the shop and we changed them out over the weekend... started on Friday night and the plane was back in the air on Sunday afternoon...

Motor mounts are 500 bucks... hoses are another 300 and new baffels were another 300... all in all it went real nice... Props and Gov's were done after the engines... as the plane was flown over to the shop for them to be overhauled... and checked... each prop was 2000 and the gov's were 350 each... but, when he got done he has almost a new plane... with new engines... it took 3 days for them to do the props and govs... but, he was up and flying again the next weekend... putting his hours on... to break them in... (we require 10 hrs local time below 5000 ft... before they go for a 3 hr run)...

So you might want to check out Cont engine direct... and have your mechanic do the change... it might save you some money... that way... as it is real nice to have one engine going and one coming... to make sure things are in the right places.. within hours instead of weeks.. and they forget where the hoses route went.. etc...

In our case we actually removed the rear engine first... then the front.. replaced the front and then replaced the rear.. that way we didn't have to tie it down... just put a support jack under the nose point... it went real smoothly... that way ... hope this helps.. GMAs