MBDiagMan Posted March 23, 2018 Report Posted March 23, 2018 I have been doing owner assist Annuals on my Cessna 140 for many years and started stripping the Mooney today for annual. It’s no Cessna! I can strip my Cessna in a few hours now that I have done it a few times. i removed the engine covers and built a rack so that I could safely store them without threat of them getting stepped. I pulled 26 covers from nderneath the right wing and pulled all the fuselage covers except the belly covers. I took time to go get a creeper for the hangar and lumber to build the panel rack. I had about six hours in it including a diversion to visit with a Mooney driver that landed. I plan on doing the other wing and belly Pans in the morning and then see what it takes to get out the interior. They are supposed to start the annual Monday. As an aside, the gentleman that did the prebuy inspection and first annual said that it was the most corrosion free Mooney he had seen in thirty years. I now know why. Everywhere I looked inside looked like brand new. I have yet to see the tiniest bit of corrosion. Before coming home with me she lived her entire life in a hangar where she was born, Kerrville, Texas. There is a lot to be said for a dry climate.
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