Ouch, Glen. Took a $1,000 to get mine air worthy after I bought it. I couldn't get an AI from the area to do a pre-purchase inspection. Flew it from Southern Missouri to Milwaukee after looking it over and going for a few demo rides with the PO. My AI at home was furious when he inspected the plane. Mine too had been "signed-off" six months prior by an AI in Chandler, AZ that some day I hope to meet face-to-face. I have some _serious_ questions for him. Flew it for a year with no troubles and then tore it down for a complete airframe restoration. More bucks..........but glad I did it! Good Luck, Glen. I know the feeling when your prize turns out to be your money pit. Go through the plane _thoroughly_ because it sounds as neglected as mine was. Jim N87112 AZ -----Original Message----- From: Glen Ward SKY SKOUT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, November 28, 1999 2:04 AM Subject: How do incompetents become IA's?
>Hi folks, >Well, I am feeling like a real fool. I guess I should have known that a plane >which was just annualed the week before I bought it, but after I had agreed to >buy it, was not a good deal, at least concerning the annual. I am not even >sure if the IA ever looked at it. It is 3am here and I have just come back >from finding the most obvious of problems, the most stupid of which was that >the hose clamps on the little pieces of rubber hose that goes between the >roughly 1.5" pipe and the intake manifolds on each cylinder are on two >cylinders jingling around loose down on the metal pipes! Must have forgotten >to tighten them or just never put them back on. Possibly the former owner was >messing with it, as they were not like that when I first agreed to buy it. >One of the hoses is deteriorated. I got so excited when I saw those hanging >there I jumped up and now have a big knot on my head from the prop. The fun >had started earlier when I got into the fuel bowl since it was leaking and >found the gaskets to be shriveled down to about nothing and cracked almost >into pieces. Also a fuel line on the right side is almost pulled off its >nipple on the firewall. The oil was evidently not changed like it says in the >book as it is still like tar, in fact it is odd looking, much thicker than >Aeroshell 40 is out of the bottle and kind of grey mixed in too. I believe >the airframe is in good shape overall though. Possibly more of the inspection >rings should be cut out on the bottom of the wing though, as only about 5 on >each wing have been done so far. I am just glad the plane made it back from >Indiana without a problem! And glad that Claude Wheelbarger had a flat last >weekend and wasn't able to make it here to fly the plane with me, that turned >out to be good luck Claude! Anyhow, all you folks who are always asking for >advice about maybe buying one, BEWARE, if they miss easy to fix stuff like >this how will they ever spot a spar that is corroded, etc.? >Glen Ward > >____________________________________________________________________ >Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
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