Buy a [big] box or two of slide-lock baggies, put the
parts, with a label and tape them to the area near the
inspection cover. You can even add notes to yourself or the
other mechanic who is working on the airplane.

I've heard of owners replacing the standard fasteners with
nice shiny stainless steel screws. Trouble is you can get
dissimilar metal galvanic reactions and then you have to
drill them out.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
| 1) The number of things I found that were not done that
I'd paid to
| have done at previous annuals.
|
| Yep, I found that when I got started, too. (I recently
finished my 8th
| owner-assisted annual)
|
| 2) The number of things done wrong (like no cotter key
in the wheel).
|
| Yep. And wires poorly routed in the engine compartment.
And heat
| ducts carpeted over. The list was fairly extensive.
|
| 3) The amount of work an annual really requires. It took
me 6 hours
| just to remove all the inspection panels (including
drilling out
| several dozen screws).
|
| This seems odd, Robert. Is your plane parked outside?
Why would those
| inspection panel screws be so corroded? Unless...were
they never
| removed recently? (More work undone-but-paid-for?)
|
| I strip a fair number of screws every year -- but I've
NEVER had to
| drill any out on either of the planes we've owned.
|
| Its quite depressing to see my plane
| in so many pieces. I've also discovered that its
extreamly irritating
| that the aircraft parts places are closed on weekends.
|
| What I like is when you have everything in neat little
tupperware cups
| underneath the appropriate parts of the plane -- and then
the shop
| moves the plane. Or they pull an extension cord under
your plane, and
| lasso all the parts buckets. Or they get kicked over.
THAT is my pet
| peeve about doing an annual.
|
| I would highly recommend this experience to any aircraft
owner who is
| comfortable with a wrench.
|
| Agree 100%. I have a voluminous knowledge of the inner
workings of my
| aircraft, solely because of doing the owner-assisted
annuals.
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|