jetdriven Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 19 hours ago, steingar said: Removing and instilling the turn coordinator is the work of minutes. Did one on my old Cherokee, it took about t5 minutes, most of which was undoing all the screws in the panel. Yes 20 mins. 3 screws it drops from the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clh Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 20 mins and 3 screws to drop out the bottom...... 1.5 hrs if you take off the avionics panels on the outside and try to remove it from the top...... oh, the price of learning Mooneys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kris_adams Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 If it's someone you like and trust I'd just pay the bill. I think of the craftsmen (and women) are probably better at their art than at justifying the amount of time they spent on which specific part of the project. I've always been of the opinion that if I convince my guy to cut this bill he'd just make it up next time. I don't do very much owner-assisted work so I'm pretty much signing up for the bill...but I trust my guy 100%. -Kris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLev Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, Kris_Adams said: If it's someone you like and trust I'd just pay the bill. I think of the craftsmen (and women) are probably better at their art than at justifying the amount of time they spent on which specific part of the project. I've always been of the opinion that if I convince my guy to cut this bill he'd just make it up next time. I don't do very much owner-assisted work so I'm pretty much signing up for the bill...but I trust my guy 100%. -Kris Yeah, in retrospect I should have waited a little and maybe just approved the quote and had them start the work. Yesterday, I called and asked why 3.5 hours for the turn coordinator removal & reinstall. Asked if there was some increased complexity that I was not aware of that made it more difficult since a previous shop quoted me 1 hour to do the same thing. She said she would check with the mechanic and get back to me, but I've yet to hear back. I think it's a reasonable question, TBH and I hope it doesn't offend them too much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 19 minutes ago, AlexLev said: Yeah, in retrospect I should have waited a little and maybe just approved the quote and had them start the work. Yesterday, I called and asked why 3.5 hours for the turn coordinator removal & reinstall. Asked if there was some increased complexity that I was not aware of that made it more difficult since a previous shop quoted me 1 hour to do the same thing. She said she would check with the mechanic and get back to me, but I've yet to hear back. I think it's a reasonable question, TBH and I hope it doesn't offend them too much. And if it offended them, the 0.25 hours become 0.5 hours. It's all about trust... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragsf15e Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Just got my airplane back from annual last month. $12,200. Second annual in 3 years over $10k (different shops) and I think my 68F is very well maintained. This year $5,500 was prop overhaul to include work on some corrosion they found inside the hub. Most of the rest of the $7k (at least over the $2k flat annual) was stuff I asked him to work- new alternator, sand and paint minor surface corrosion areas, rebuilt hydraulic parking brake, etc. when I looked at the bill, I was surprised, but when I went through it, I know they spent more time on it than they charged, and there are some cosmetic things they did without charging-cleaned/painted all the wheels, removed/new wing walk, etc. I trust them 100% mechanically and they always make me feel good even if it’s pricey. The right mechanic is like finding gold. Here’s to a flat rate annual next year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneymite Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 10 hours ago, Marauder said: Alex -- having gone through 28 annuals with my plane..... Wow! 28 annuals? That's impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Wow! 28 annuals? That's impressive. Actually 29 because I converted the PPI into an annual. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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