Yetti

is done as owner assist. I will say I have a lot of respect for A&P as I went to bed every night tired and sore. It took the better part of 4 days. The largest time thing was getting the rock shield back on the landing gear after replacing one of the 1975 brake lines. The most major thing we did was replace the front seal in the engine. My prop nut wiring tying skills improved since I got to do it over till it was correct. The question I would think of as hours of turning screws was. How much faster is a more rounded stainless access cover screw than the rusting originals and how much weight could be saved by going from the floating clip nuts to say just a springy U tinnerman clip

I kind of didn't like balancing 1200 lbs on a cone so these seem a bit more safe. And the tie downs should not cut the tie down ropes.

Coax and connectors? Did they SWR meter it?

Are the antennas through bolted? The bolts will create the contact with the skin which is the ground plane. Paint is probably more your issue. Stripping paint off plastic is going to be a challenge

Rubbing is racing... oh wait this is not a bike thread

When people ask why there are not more women in aviation, I say for the same reason there are not more men. Most men now days don't want to get down on their knees to check the gas in the gascolator or get their hands dirty with checking the oil. The best line I heard was... When you get old enough to afford flying, you are too old to pass your medical. There is pretty much nothing 2 minute microwave bake about staying current as a pilot and keeping your plane current. People as how is the plane. My response is "Working fine until the next thing breaks"

It's grade A rust on the spades that are not used.

Maintenance Manual, Parts Manual, Propeller Manual, Engine Manual, Still learning the safety wire thing. I got an "it will work, but we don't want other shops to think we did that" I think I want to try for my Airframe certificate one day. '

An affordable new plane for the middle class?

"However, a quick look at the IPC reveals that Mooney calls for more screws than nuts (see attachments). How should one know what gets nuts and what doesn't? Perhaps the conventional thinking is that all should. " I was thinking of you while screwing things back together. Noticed that some of rear trim pieces had nuts back them up. I think you have to have the interior out to get to the back side. The flaps motor belly panel had a 4-5 wood screw threads where there should have been machine threads.... Sadly I just went back with the wood threads instead of properly replacing them. Next year I will have a proper stock to replace with the correct ones.

If I had to troubleshoot it I would cut the harness apart to help trace things. They are two sided relays but looks like they only use one pole at least on the starboard one. The starboard relay is the CF02 Port is CF03 I am still a little confused how it knows to stop at TO middle position. Has something to do with the flaps switch. It is kind of funny talking with the IA. "So we need to check the flap pump" Nope electric flaps. "hmmm wonder where the motor is" Maybe under the baggage compartment. "Maybe why don't you pull some more panels" Dang OK. A Day later. Lots of things have been lubed.most of the panels back on. New front seal on the crankshaft. One 1975 brake line replaced. One relatively sore Yetti. Turning screws upside down is hard.

Here you go

For the same reason there are IT help desks. It is easy to ask someone that it is to read the manual. Hence the phrase RTFM.