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Years ago there were a few shops we dealt with in the San Antonio area and we used the Bus lines to deliver parts between us... way cheaper than Red Label and often would come in the same day... only kicker was the shop would have to send someone to the Bus Station luckily all the shops were with blocks of the stations. This was in the late 70’s not even sure it’s an option anymore

I’ve dealt with suppliers and shippers for decades, I’m not going to pick sides but reading your post it seems like there were several at fault. (1) USPS would be my last choice for expedited shipping (2) Once it was determined the parts were on back order I would have found them through another supplier and once the parts were in hand cancelled the Spruce order. The reason for not canceling until afterwards is you keep your place on the B/O list just in case you can’t find them through someone else. I also find it odd that the shop has had multiple issues with Spruce while the majority have not. Generally if ordering parts that I need expedited I do it by Ph not online, the reason is if something shows up as B/O or limited stock their computer screen shows a lot more than you see online, there is generally Alternates that they can substitute on the fly if needed. I have also had suppliers physically go out a pull the part(s) if Qty was limited just to insure the order can be filled. it is also common for a “Next Day Air” order to have other items added, it’s a flat fee up to a point so adding a few small items for other customers would not change the charges as long as all the items ship from the same warehouse. COVID has definitely screwed up almost every industry, the biggest problem is it’s too easy for a worker to call in and say they have a fever or might have been exposed and there is little an employer can do, personally I think it’s being used as an excuse by a large percentage of the workforce and is crippling our economy I know this is of little help to you and is after the fact but in the future if your needing something NOW, phone it in and use UPS or FedEx, rarely do things go wrong this way. Some do not/want to handle ordering items on their own but it is the only way to insure that it did get ordered on time and shipping was correct, this won’t eliminate the shipper dropping the ball but it takes other people out of play... if an order comes in wrong or doesn’t come in on time it was either you/them or sometimes both at fault. As a side note, Red Label (over night shipping) has a cut of time to have it ship that same day, so if it was late in the day I could CALL in an order and have it shipped from a warehouse on the west coast and have it the next day

I wrote a program in VB6 10 yrs ago Home Screen shows currency (30, 60 and 90 day) for VFR, IFR and night, haven’t updated it in over a year. Stopped entering times because I was working on the program for a few more printable reports, time to get back on that project and get some entries transferred

Are we talking white knuckle or break wind tight?

Agreed.... I wonder how long that safety wire tail has been floating around?

@Mooncharlie good deal

Here in S. TX I use Celsius in the summer, 40°c just sounds better than 104°f

Wonder how many of us would score we’ll?

26 minutes for the answer, MS rocks

Interesting, pretty sure I replaced only the lock washers on mine.....

Replace the lock washers and torque them, don’t over tighten them or you will warp the rocker cover.

Not sure its a hobby, but I do like metal work so I've been fabricating tools that I needed at the hangar. Spark Plug Servicing..Vibrating cleaner for the Lead deposits, Media Blast, Spark Pressure Test (18 & 14mm) . Oil Change Tools, I had a cheap cutter but wanted one a little better, been using a crows foot to torque the filters so while the Mill was running I cut out a new Torque Adapter Tried my hand at a little DIY Anodizing this afternoon, will do the cutter next

Our county did the same thing 2 yrs ago, went down and signed an affidavit that it was for personal use only and it all went away, I'm sure it will show back up in a few years and I'll be back down there again

go fly and see if it frees up..or shake the plane

Doesn’t matter to me but what was your purpose for being in VA? If you own property they might get you on that

If you can prove less than 90 days in state, fight it. Who sets the value to be taxed?

@Mooncharlie Here ya go, if you cant download it from here let me know Manual

I have the Maintenance Manual which has it in there, will send it to you when I get home in about 2 hours

@M20Doc some truth right there..... and if you ask both at the same time, no one knows what happened

Not good, 1st pix upper left corner is the engine mount bolt

Yes they operate at the same time when the starter is engaged but it is 2 separate circuits, my guess is if they were on the same circuit the SOS would suffer from the draw of the starter

Agreed, you can even see the placard on the switch in his video

this is from Don Maxwells website The ignition switch has 6 positions. “Off” which grounds both magnetos and makes them both inoperative. “Right” allows the right magneto to operate and makes the left magneto inoperative. “Left” allows the left magneto to operate but makes the right magneto inoperative. “Both” allows both left & right magneto to operate. The other two positions are “turning the key just to the right of the both” position activates the shower of sparks vibrator, and “pushing in” on the ignition key at this position activates the engine starter.

Mine is key fully clockwise (SOS is the spring loaded portion) while holding in the spring loaded section you PUSH in to engage the starter

I heard something outside our front door several years back so I went to check it out, our cat had a Wingwing Dove pinned against the door that he had caught. As soon as I opened the door the injured bird came past me and was gaining altitude, needless to say we sent a few hours cleaning what looked like a crime scene and then several days nursing a bird back to where it could be released