wrote:
On Jan 29, 3:09 pm, Ross wrote:


It was rather difficult given the two small inspection plates you had to
work though. Then the fact that we had to take the handle position side
off the pedestal to get the whole thing out. After this it should be
good for another 40 years.


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Good maintenance costs money. But it pays off in the end by
avoiding having to replace badly-worn or damaged stuff that could have
been caught and quickly remedied years earlier. It's like cancer:
catch it soon enough and you might live a long life.

Dan

My A&P/IA requires all the floor plates at each annual. When I first
took it to him the plane was almost gutted for inpection. I cleaned up
all those things you talked about. It was a eye opener. He is very thorough.
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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI