"Larry Smith" wrote in message ...
We rebuilt the old 172's shimmy dampener and now have started shimming the
skizzers and taking a hard look at the steering arms for shims too. You
can read about the causes of nosewheel shimmy (and possibly nosewheel tire
scalloping) he

http://www.sacskyranch.com/cessfrm1.htm

For us, balancing as Cessna recommends makes the biggest
difference, above any other fix. Without proper balance, all the other
fixes only hide the problem for awhile.


We're checking our planes for mice inside. The blasted rodents **** all
over everything and make a mess, the hateful little vermin. One little
vermin has already been found in a prize biplane here. He sneaks in
through the tail and scampers up into the wing where he (or she) has already
built a nest.

A friend of mine says he found an old Luscombe in a barn almost ruined by
mice nesting in the aluminum wings.

Mothballs, man. No mouse will come near an airplane that has
mothballs around or in it. If the airplane is in a hangar, the birds
won't bother it either. Won't even sit on it. Won't go into the hangar
if there's a door on it to limit air movement. Mothballs, stink, but
it's better than a half-eaten airplane.

Dan