Sounds like some of the annuals I've seen signed off!
Here's another one for ya then Carl,
I have to tell ya, After all the work that @*%^($%%^*& Aircraft Co. did on my plane last year and the year before I went to the A&P there for an annual. He told me since he did almost everything that could be done on the plane, "meet me at Home Depot and bring your log book and $400.00 and I'll sign it off".
OK laugh, I deserve it
But when your a new owner and quite nieve (?) you tend to believe your A&P.
D O N' T
Ask questions, believe what Carl tells you, believe the great and powerful POOH BAH These guys know their s _ _ t.
406 is in for it's annual now, a real annual, shouldn't be too bad though, EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE ALREADY. No not really but it sounded good. See Ya
Been where you are, as have many others so no one is laughing.
94W is in annual now, and even after a year of chasing the power gremlins, the first annual is a fine tooth comb variety that will cost me big time. We found some interesting things including: A locknut installed upside down (how did they get it started anyway) on the spar carry through to wing spar attach point (nut can crack under load). Trim screw jack block unlubricated and so worn you could almost push the jack screw through the block (2700 tt?), many of the pulleys and hinges showing no lubrication, all new brake hoses, etc.
So...it's gonna cost me, but when it is done, I expect future annuals to be in and out in a day.
I have looked at the trim chain and gear in the tail of several C150s recently, and rarely found one that had been lubed since it left the factory. I think we have all been lucky that the tail AD came out forcing us to do more than open the inspection plates and close them for annuals.
