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Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... Zachary Watts #510717 07/24/16 03:56 AM
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Gene Templet Member/2500+posts Joined: May 2014 Posts: 2,999 Sout Loosiana	152s are cool ! and the price reflects that coolness. LOL Blue Skies, Gene N5977J

Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... Zachary Watts #510744 07/24/16 03:58 PM
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Alex Montgomery Member/500+posts Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 511	Haha, but $40k... I'd grab a 172 in a heartbeat if I had that budget. Unless you're just absolutely sold on the 152, Zach, if you can afford a $40k airplane, I'd strongly recommend looking at a 172. It will provide more flexibility with the 4 seats and isn't too much more expensive to maintain. Alex Montgomery

Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... Zachary Watts #510753 07/24/16 06:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 14,793 Likes: 550 Norwalk, CT Kirk Member/10,000+ posts!
Kirk Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 14,793 Likes: 550 Norwalk, CT	What's that splotch on the J-channel, just to the right of center of the picture? It looks like a bad spot of corrosion on a structural piece. [Linked Image] -Kirk Wennerstrom President, Cessna 150-152 Fly-In Foundation 1976 Cessna Cardinal RG N7556V Hangar D1, Bridgeport, CT KBDR

Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... Kirk #510769 07/25/16 12:44 AM
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Zachary Watts Member Z Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 17 KLOU: Kentucky	No, it's some type of silk? bug web.

Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... #510788 07/25/16 07:20 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,706 Likes: 155 Tucson, Arizona Kendel_McCarley Member/2500+posts
Kendel_McCarley Member/2500+posts Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,706 Likes: 155 Tucson, Arizona	Originally Posted by Swordfish What they think of rebuilding an engine with 8,085 hours total time and how many times and how well it will rebuild. It's likely that very few parts remain of the original engine besides the data plate, especially true if it ever got a factory overhaul. A Garmin 430W (not to be confused with the non-WAAS version) still fetches a premium on the used market, at more than $7,000 on eBay. Add the rest of the avionics in and you could get at least $11,000 slinging them on eBay. The engine core is worth at least $5,000 if completely runout. Engine accessories can be sold off separately. Figure you can sling the prop for another $1,000 and the airframe for $4,000. My rule of thumb is that if the price of the whole is less than the sum of the parts, you can't get too burned and should pull the trigger. N18506 C-150L overhaul project N5275G C-310A flying ecological disaster N37BZ fast wrong way 150 N383FM kerosene burning insanity N55HL you bought a what?

Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... Kendel_McCarley #510797 07/25/16 01:38 PM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 17 KLOU: Kentucky Z Zachary Watts Member
Zachary Watts Member Z Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 17 KLOU: Kentucky	Originally Posted by Swordfish I'd call Penn Yan and ask them 1. how much a core engine is worth. 2. What they think of rebuilding an engine with 8,085 hours total time and how many times and how well it will rebuild. How's the mufflers? I did'nt see your wingtip dent as too bad. The crack and a few isolated spots of minor pitting? No big deal. Don't count on your old Garmin being worth much. Old model and lots of years in the heat. How's the landing gear, windows, paint, interior.....? Dumping cash into an engine soop-up STC sounds like a bad outlay. This is an outdoor plane and if the seller felt you out for 16K, that's steep. The engine was a Lycoming rebuild installed in 1999 with 1900 total hours on it at the time. It's got another 2400-2500hrs on it now, making it around 4400hrs in total. A call to Penn Yang certainly wouldn't hurt though! The Garmin equipment was pulled out of the aircraft when it was parked and they've been properly stored since. They were relativity new at that time too. Originally Posted by Kendel_McCarley It's likely that very few parts remain of the original engine besides the data plate, especially true if it ever got a factory overhaul. A Garmin 430W (not to be confused with the non-WAAS version) still fetches a premium on the used market, at more than $7,000 on eBay. Add the rest of the avionics in and you could get at least $11,000 slinging them on eBay. The engine core is worth at least $5,000 if completely runout. Engine accessories can be sold off separately. Figure you can sling the prop for another $1,000 and the airframe for $4,000. My rule of thumb is that if the price of the whole is less than the sum of the parts, you can't get too burned and should pull the trigger. Yeah that's pretty much how the seller arrived at that number. Not a bargain, but not far off base either...

Re: Help: Buying the 152 I Trained In... Zachary Watts #510804 07/25/16 03:34 PM
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Gene Templet Member/2500+posts Joined: May 2014 Posts: 2,999 Sout Loosiana	Man that plane scares the heck out of this ole boy. Blue Skies, Gene N5977J

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