Wish us luck!

[George Patterson]

Ok!

George Patterson
If you're going through Hell, keep on going.

[Darrel Toepfer]

Jim Burns wrote:

> Well, tomorrow morning our Aztec goes in for it's 39th annual. Gosh, you'd
> think after 39 times, they'd have just about everything fixed on it!! :)
>
> This will be a fully owner assisted annual. All three of us took a few days
> off from work and will have our screwdrivers totally worn out by the time
> everything is back together.

40th for our C172F, finished this week after 3 weeks of downtime due to
scheduling conflicts with the A&I. New rotors, brake pads and scat
hoses, tachs low by 50 rpm. Whats the deal with the CO detection
thingie, we've never had that before? I've put a CO detector in every
plane we've owned though...

[Jim Burns]

Well, tomorrow morning our Aztec goes in for it's 39th annual. Gosh, you'd
think after 39 times, they'd have just about everything fixed on it!! :)

This will be a fully owner assisted annual. All three of us took a few days
off from work and will have our screwdrivers totally worn out by the time
everything is back together.

I'm just hoping the engines are fine, other than a nagging oil weep on the
right engine, they sure seem healthy. Everything else should be fairly
minor as we've been doing extensive preventative maintenance and minor
upgrades ever since we bought it.

I'll keep good notes and report in with the results.

Jim Burns

[John Clonts]

"Darrel Toepfer" > wrote in message ...
> Jim Burns wrote:
>
>> Well, tomorrow morning our Aztec goes in for it's 39th annual. Gosh, you'd
>> think after 39 times, they'd have just about everything fixed on it!! :)
>>
>> This will be a fully owner assisted annual. All three of us took a few days
>> off from work and will have our screwdrivers totally worn out by the time
>> everything is back together.
>
> 40th for our C172F, finished this week after 3 weeks of downtime due to scheduling conflicts with the A&I.
> New rotors, brake pads and scat hoses, tachs low by 50 rpm. Whats the deal with the CO detection thingie,
> we've never had that before? I've put a CO detector in every plane we've owned though...

What do you mean, "Whats the deal with the CO detection thingie?" You've never had what before?
--
Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

[Darrel Toepfer]

John Clonts wrote:

> What do you mean, "Whats the deal with the CO detection thingie?" You've never had what before?

IA required our plane to be run at different angles to the wind while he
sniffed for CO from various vents with cabin heat on and off...

[John Clonts]

"Darrel Toepfer" > wrote in message ...
> John Clonts wrote:
>
>> What do you mean, "Whats the deal with the CO detection thingie?" You've never had what before?
>
> IA required our plane to be run at different angles to the wind while he sniffed for CO from various vents
> with cabin heat on and off...

Ok, thanks. I wasn't aware of that particular inspection protocol....

--
Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

[Jay Honeck]

Jim Burns wrote:
> Well, tomorrow morning our Aztec goes in for it's 39th annual. Gosh, you'd
> think after 39 times, they'd have just about everything fixed on it!! :)

Good luck, Jim. I feel your (potential) pain...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jim Burns]

Top and bottom cowls, nosebowls, rear nacelle panels, spinners, and all
inspection panels pulled. Tomorrow the interior comes out. So far all
we've noticed is that the left engine needs a new alternator belt and some
residual grease on one blade of the left prop (beneath the spinner), hope
that isn't a problem.

Jim

[Mike Spera]

Jim Burns wrote:

> Top and bottom cowls, nosebowls, rear nacelle panels, spinners, and all
> inspection panels pulled. Tomorrow the interior comes out. So far all
> we've noticed is that the left engine needs a new alternator belt and some
> residual grease on one blade of the left prop (beneath the spinner), hope
> that isn't a problem.
>
> Jim
>
>

The interior comes out? What do you pull out? Every annual?

Thanks,
Mike

[Mike Spera]

Jim Burns wrote:
>>The interior comes out? What do you pull out? Every annual?
>>
>
>
> Seats, to access floor, then floor panels and side panels to access cables,
> pulleys, hyd. lines, flap accuator ect.
>
> Jim
>
>
Jim,

Is there really any of that stuff in the side panels? Just curious. My
Cherokee has nothing but wiring in the side panels. All my cables are in
the central tunnel and under the hinged back seat deck. So, all I have
to do for inspection is lift the seat deck, unsnap the tunnel carpet,
and remove 2 small inspection plates.

I have not peered into an Aztec lately.

Thanks,
Mike

[Jim Burns]

>
> The interior comes out? What do you pull out? Every annual?
>

Seats, to access floor, then floor panels and side panels to access cables,
pulleys, hyd. lines, flap accuator ect.

Jim

[Jim Burns]

Got the rear seats, baggage compartment floor, baggage compartment rear wall
panel, right side interior panels out, center seats and seat rails, center
carpeting, floor inspection covers, front seats, ELT cover off the tail,
right and left windshields all out today. Cleaned up everything and washed
down the engines, then changed oil and filters.

Right side panels (passenger side) hide the hydraulic lines leading to the
flap accuator. Pilot's side hides nothing but wires, we left that side
alone. Under the seats, under the seat rails, under the carpet were about 8
inspection covers in the center section. No inspection covers in the
baggage compartment, that floor is easy to pull. Cables, pulleys, flap
indicator sending unit, and wires benieth these inspection covers.

BTW, one of my partners is really interested in a new Airtex interior... I
mentioned your project to him. Maybe I'll print out your adventures for
him! :) Any other do's or don'ts that you ran into?

Jim