I just finished repairing a A-65 Continental that goes on a Interstate Cadet. The Cadet was involved in a takeoff accident when the elevator controls came disonnected and the plane crashed into a alfalfa field. The only damage was both main gear were folded back, a little damage to the lower cowl and the prop.
I tore the bottom end of the engine down to perform a prop strike inspection, the engine had been overhauled about 200hrs ago, so no work was done on the top end. The only damage from the prop strike was a minor bend to the flange and a cracked cam gear, however, I did find damage from a low or no oil problem. I had to have the crank and cam ground, new lifter bodies, new rod and main bearings, new rod bolts, new cam gear, and new cam and crank gear bolts.
Here is the crank and rods mounted up to my build stand
this is the crank case halves assembled and torqued,
and the finished engine ready to install
I would have like to have had the cylinders gone thru and to repaint the rear case and oil sump, but since I was not paying the bill, I had to go with what the customer wanted.
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