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After oil change and plane wash today I noticed that my flaps were not closing. I opened them so the FBO could access the snap connectors attached to the flaps to lower bottom cowl. I want it closed to preheat the next time I fly and tried a couple times final got it closed but 2 amp breaker kept popping. I can fly this time of year without opening the cowl flaps as it unlikely to get warm again till spring here in Missouri. Could putting push spring snap connection off 180 degrees backward cause excessive friction. I can fly with closed now as it is cool and am not really wanting to open it till I let the shop see the problem. I cannot imagine that having an oil service would mess with the cowl flat electric motor other than the flap mechanical connectors that need to come off to drop the bottom cowl. A short in cowl motor or connector may cause the breaker to pop out but why would that happen with just changing oil? They also cleaned the engine. I believe they use some type of kerosene, and they also washed the plane and may have used a type spray wax. Has anyone had problems with cowl flap breaker popping off and how was it resolved. Suggestions appreciated.
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My buddy and I did an oil change on the airplane last weekend. A royal pain, we wound up having to pound a wood chisel into the oil filter to get enough oomph on it to get it turning, but we got it off, got the new one on, safety wired and everything. We went to put the cowlings back on the nose and made the most unpleasant discovery. The screws aren't all the same the way there were on the Cherokee. Every screw doesn't fit every hole, not by a long shot. Well, we worked with it and by the end we had every hole filled with a screw but three that didn't fit our remaining screws. We were both tired and frustrated, so I figured I could play musical screws with the airplane another day. They all came off, they should all go back on. We put the remaining screws in a baggie on the hangar shelves. Where I couldn't find them today for the life of me. They're Criminy, do I feel like a boob.
