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Today I ordered all the replacement parts to rebuild my engine after landing on the freeway last January. That engine as you may remember ran for a few minutes without coolant before it gave up the ghost.
Inspection revealed that the following parts would be unusable:
both rotor housings, apex seals, and rubber bits.
For good measure I have also decided to replace the side seals and springs, but have a good condition rotor housing on hand (a common item for a typical gear head) .
Rotor Housing (New): $495
Apex seals and springs: $210
Gasket Kit: $168
Side Seals and springs: $130
Total cost for parts after catastrophic engine overheat (including shipping): $1000
I think that buys a stick a gum at the lyc parts store.
(OTOH, lycs dont ever loose their coolant.... but even after the rebuild, emergency aircraft towing and truck rental to bring the plane home, my total cost of FWF is still $10K less than what I would have spent on a lyc...)
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