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Hello everyone,
I'm in search of a Continental O-200 crankshaft, camshaft, hydraulic lifters, etc., all yellow-tagged.

Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you very much!

A yellow tagged crankshaft was posted for sale on Facebook today. Check the Continental O-200 Flyers group.

EDIT: Just heard back from the seller, who says he wants $8500 for the crankshaft.... "firm".

O-200 parts are becoming really expensive. My mechanic purchased an Ercoupe “ramp-queen” for not much more than that with an O-200 engine up front. He was offered more than he paid for the plane because the buyer just needed the crankshaft (the mechanic declined).

Spoke with the rep from Continental that sold us the engine for the raffle plane. According to him, IF you can find one, they are going for 8 to 10K. Continental is waiting for a run of crankshafts to be made so that they can fill orders for engines that they have sold.

Interestingly, spoke with the rep from Camguard and he says he can find serviceable cranks without much trouble. (but you will pay a hefty price for them)

Checked the price of Lycoming parts recently?

It's past insane.

Thanks so much. We are still looking for the crankshaft. Hopefully, we can find one very soon.

Another yellow tagged crankshaft popped up on Facebook Marketplace today. Both main and rod journals are 10 under. Located in Indiana. $10,000 asking price.

According to my Continental contact, the crankshaft unobtainium issue is not going to go away anytime soon. So you have a FOMO (fear of missing out) marketplace. With that comes the, I have what you need pricing, take it or leave it. Yes, I have several crankshaft that are tagged and in my inventory. However, they are all earmarked for upcoming overhauls. One must look at it this way, if I sold one of these cranks, what am I going to replace it with in this market and at what price???

"Unobtanium" is right. I pulled my engine for overhaul on Lil Blue back in December of 2021. Parts all sent to Aircraft Specialties for inspection/yellow tags. Of course, I got the dreaded news the crankshaft was unserviceable, "cracks in the slinger ring." So the search began for a new crankshaft. Long story short, I find a gentlemen in Florida who has two, one coming back from Aircraft Specialties here soon, my name is on it. It comes back, cracks in the slinger ring. He sends his second crankshaft in, it TOO has cracks in the slinger ring! Hmmm. Find another source with two crankshafts in stock to be sent for yellow tags, they BOTH get red tagged for cracks in the slinger ring! So long story short, over the span of about a year, I was associated with FIVE crankshafts with "cracks in the slinger ring." Not sure if Aircraft Specialties changed their inspection methods or Continental changed their inspection Go/NoGO criteria but I found it all highly curious. Taking a step back, when I first got notification of the bad crankshaft, I ordered a NEW one from Aircraft Specialties. Said it was in stock on website only to find out it wasn't. This is February 2022. Was told I'm number 8 on the list with an anticipated delivery date of August 2022. The salesman did say up front that he wasn't confident on that delivery date as Continental was not making any of their stated delivery dates. That date came and went. Next one was December '22. Then April '23. Then somewhere along the way... they put an arbitrary "280 Days" comment out there. I will occasionally check with Aircraft Specialties to check status and see where I am in the conga line. I'm up to number 4 for a new one. Not optimistic of delivery anytime soon. I've tried calling Continental directly on the phone with no success of talking to a real person. BTW, when this started in '21, the price for a new crankshaft was $6400.00. Current listed price is $7998.00 I still have an engine sitting in Georgia at Watson Aero in pieces, all set to be assembled, just waiting for a new crankshaft. So unbelievably frustrating.