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Cylinder Overhaul, Services and Repair

Gibson Aviation in El Reno, Oklahoma, offers cylinder repair and assembly. Our team of highly trained and licensed professionals are here to serve you. We can return to service your repairable cylinders for $595 each.

We also offer same day shipment for exchange cylinders. Stud assemblies are $695 each plus $100 core charge or we can also provide complete cylinder assemblies. Our professionals provide prompt service. Call us today for prices for your engine.

Note: Some cylinders may cost more than the price stated above. Example IVO-360, TIO-540 AF1B, any with oil cooling guide, 541, TO-360 C1A6D, F1A6D, TIO-360 C1A6D, TIO-540 AJ1A, TIO-540 V2AD, LTIO-540 V2AD, TIO-540 W, LTIO-540 W. The reason is the cost of guides are higher for these cylinders. Contact us so we can give you a more accurate price.

Services include:

  • Disassembly, cleaning and inspection of the cylinder, valves, springs, rocker arms, rocker shaft, pistons, piston pin, and other related parts.

  • Valve guides, seats, bushings, studs and fittings will be replaced as necessary in order to bring your cylinders to “8130” status.

  • An additional charge for any valves, springs, rocker arms, rocker shaft, pistons, piston pin, and other related parts which do not meet OEM specs for return to service.

  • Rings and gaskets are not included in the overhaul price.

  • *Cylinders sent for overhaul must be crack free and the bores must be either std or oversize specs.

If you chose to cancel after work has started then you maybe subject to a $50 inspection fee.

If cylinder does not meet manual requirements and is not repairable and you chose not to purchase a replacement then you maybe subject to a $50 inspection fee. If replacement is purchased, from us, than the $50, which is not an extra fee, is not added to your bill.

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We offer other services other than overhauling cylinders.

All prices and work listed below are included in the $595 overhaul price.

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Piston Cleaning and Inspection.

Send us your piston and let us get it back to serviceable condition. Piston must met OEM specs for return to service.

$50.00 each piston.

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Check out our Continental or Lycoming piston inventory.

Cylinder Hone

We can deglaze you cylinder barrel or hone them to any size from STD, plus 10, plus 15 or plus 20. Barrel must met OEM specs for return to service.

$75.00 each cylinder.

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Valve Cleaning and Grinding

We take your dirty carboned up valve and bead blast, grind face to 30 or 45 degree and tip the valve. Valve must met OEM specs for return to service.

$13.00 each valve.

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Rocker Arm Overhaul

Let us overhaul your rocker arms. We clean, NTD test for cracks, reface the foot and change bushing as needed or requested.

Rocker Arm must met OEM specs for return to service.

$35.00 each rocker arm + Price of bushing as needed.

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Mill and Reface Exhaust Port

We will remove your old studs, mill your ports, install any helicoils as needed and install new studs.

Port must met OEM specs for return to service.

$30.00 each + price of studs.

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ote: Any broken drill bits, taps or harden steel broken of in stud holes are nearly impossible to remove. We are not responsible for replacing any cylinder if studs are not removable, studs brake off, stud threads are bad or port is to low. No guarantee.

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Piston Wrist Pin or Rocker Shaft

Piston Wrist Pin or Rocker Shaft will be bead blasted and polished.

Piston Wrist Pin or Rocker Shaft must met OEM specs for return to service.

$5.00 each.

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Bush Rocker Ears

If your rocker ears are worn out, loose, we can fix it. We will remove old bushings, install new bushings and ream them out for a new fit.

Rocker ears must met OEM specs for return to service.

$30.00 + the price of bushings.

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Note: we can not change/repair Continental 470,520/550 angle head style cylinders. Sorry.

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Paint Your Parts

Send us your parts that need a new paint job. We will clean rocker box caps, push rod tubes, intake elbows and many other parts.

Colors are Continental Gold and Lycoming Gray.

$**.** Push rod tubes set.

$**.** intake elbow each.

$**.** rocker box cap each.

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