A piece of art

Well done great work,I like the colour

That's red for sure

Awesome!!

That Red offsets that Gray nicely!

Good color combo

I’m confident the engine’s designer, Fred Loetterle, would be pleased and not care about the color variations.

Wow thats beautiul

Looks like there is a lumpy bump stick in there

Well I just have to find two serviceable VAR cranks!

Were these previously out of spec and then brought back?

Just curious I’m not defending the previous engine builder but hypothetically if you didn’t have the faa to watch over you would you use more modern aftermarket parts, I feel like company’s like sonny Bryant, crower, Callie’s could forge cranks as good or better than the original, pistons are now extremely high tech with the 3d modeling an hundreds of thousands of hours of r-d, camshafts an updated valve train components, I see these old engines an see a lot of room for improvement, I’m not saying use off the shelf automotive parts but improved purpose built aircraft parts by automotive aftermarket suppliers.

The offense may have happened several owners ago. Make sure you're reporting the right person if you report it.

I find this a lot with Ranger engines. I'm curious, what was the reason that it came to you for overhaul?

I'm with Brennan wondering why someone would go to this length to engineer a piston for the Franklin. Not to excuse the legality and "experimental" aspect of what was done, but I have to wonder if these pistons might actually be superior to the originals. I guess the big question is, how long since these were put in and how was the engine fairing?

The shop that did this need reported and shut down.

Any idea of who did the work? My first 220 had a piston break in flight but the connecting rod pounded it into an unidentifiable lump…but I know who overhauled the engine before I acquired the aircraft.

Floyd's cheap engine overhaul service...warranty! 30 seconds or 30 feet!

Please tell me this was installed on an Experimental and not a Certificated?

Looks like a set of JE bbc pistons. Lol. Wow.

Just like the guys I seen reuse con rod bolts and crank gear bolts on lycomings. Astounding some of these people ever got their A&P.

I find it very interesting that they’d go to this length. I wouldn’t think it’s easy to find a piston that would fit the bore and have the correct wrist pin diameter! Seems they tried harder to make something wrong work than just using the correct piece. Wonder what the deck height is on that piston vs the stocks?!

My favorite is the Allis Chalmer exhaust valve!

Dealing with one of these situations right now and not the first time. This "handy" work looks familiar. Make sure the piston pins are legal and not the .001” oversized NON-FAA-PMA pins… Exhaust valves PEP/NON-FAA-PMA and not sodium filled?… Bearings re-babbitted?… crankshaft ground undersize by automotive shop & not re-nitrided?… valve springs not PMA’d and ground I.D. to fit?… Pirated STC and NON-FAA-PMA’d engine mount & exhaust to install in 172/175? Wonder if any of these contributed to the horrifying fate of 7043M? Great Job Airworx for catching this and turning it into the FAA!

Did you ever find out who did the build?

Time to report it! This is unacceptable! These types of mechanics need to be punished and removed from aviation

Thank you for your service and contribution to aviation! Wow thank god your catching all this stuff.

Reminds me of the one we had. Could of killed us. Thank God for Angels, ethical A&Ps and Airworxs!!

How many hours did it have

You get what you pay for.

John Vaughn

Hmmmmmm

It's sad, but there's a LOT of stuff like this out there. I always refer to them as "Flying Totals", because it would exceed the value of the aircraft to make things "Right/Legal" again. In the 29 years I've been in Aviation, it's gotten to the point, where Nothing surprises me anymore. You can never underestimate the capabilities of those who are stupid, especially when they don't KNOW they are stupid.

Did Harold Halladay from Lamesa Texas sign off on this? He did a motor for me. Was told he knew what he was doing. He did. Ripped me off good and put lives at risk. Reported to the FAA. They did nothing. Knew about his BS long before I met the Prick

Crazy!!!

Report 'em

Not that I want that engine, but it would be a bad mofo in my 172b

Cams like what and install? Franklins?

That hardware and safeties hurt my eyes! That's basic day-one stuff. This was obviously built by someone who did a garage overhaul on a car engine and thought now they're some expert and can do aircraft engines too. This is why I won't touch a plane with a field overhaul.

Just looking at those cam nuts I’m pretty sure I can tell you who put that motor together.

Not believing that oil pump bolt ..but I do because I've seen similar in the industry.

Thanks for sharing. Interesting to see the stuff you guys find.

Real spiffy safety wire job too

People are dumb! Wow that’s terrifying

There is some sketchy shit that goes on out in the field :-/

Chatham Holt

Disappointing yet, hardly surprising. The shoddy work that gets done in the field is unreal.... Good catch

Crazy