Jon Kraus wrote:

No new gotcha's today... Maybe the exhaust is the biggy and will stay
that way. The A & P said except for the exhaust the Mooney is pretty
clean and passing the inspections with no issues. All the control
surface, landing gear, electrical inspections are pretty much complete.
All the inspections should be finished tomorrow.

He did say that we needed to take care of a couple of tank seepage
points (leaks). I said "Hey it's a Mooney, they are supposed to leak"
but he didn't buy it. Now I get the fun of scraping all the old sealer
off using a couple of plastic scrapers and picks. It sucks but better
me doing it than paying them $60.00 and hour to do it. We will get rid
of the wing staining once and for all... Or at least for now :-)

I also took all the inspection covers and the belly panels to the parts
cleaner and got them looking like new. Actually between the scraping of
the tanks and the cleaning of the panels and covers my day was pretty
much shot. Hell I'm going to have to go back to work to get some rest.
This manual labor stuff is for the birds!! :-)

More to follow...

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201


Have you been asked to clean out the belly under the floor inspection
plates. My first annual, the A&P/IA said clean it out. It is amazing the
amount of stuff that can be in a '65 model Skyhawk. Old cut off
tiewraps, hardward from prior work, etc. Plus just the grime. It took
awhile. I even removed the belly inspection plates and cleaned from that
direction with help from mirrors and flashlights.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP