gitmo234
Line Up and Wait
I've heard horror stories of owners and their first annual. Mine just finished up and I was pleasantly surprised. No major issues.
I had the generator problem which I mentioned in another thread. It was diagnosed and being completely dead. It was barely producing and actually failed completely during testing of some sort. Also, I had noticed increased oil burn and he said the gasket around the generator was completely worn out and causing a sizeable oil leak. One screw in the starter had vibrated very very loose (almost out) and the other wasnt even hand-tight, so that was adjusted.
They had to treat the inside of the wings with corrosion-X, but I knew this was an issue. I was going to have it done at annual when I bought it. Other than that, compressions were all mid to very high 70s (lowest 75), and they had to make a couple minor adjustments to things (parking brake, etc).
All in all it took 3.5 days, and I'm awaiting a generator replacement until I decide how long i'm keeping it vs upgrading which will determine if I upgrade to an alternator.
Anyone have any big first annual horror or success stories? I was actually worried this was going to be nuts.
I had the generator problem which I mentioned in another thread. It was diagnosed and being completely dead. It was barely producing and actually failed completely during testing of some sort. Also, I had noticed increased oil burn and he said the gasket around the generator was completely worn out and causing a sizeable oil leak. One screw in the starter had vibrated very very loose (almost out) and the other wasnt even hand-tight, so that was adjusted.
They had to treat the inside of the wings with corrosion-X, but I knew this was an issue. I was going to have it done at annual when I bought it. Other than that, compressions were all mid to very high 70s (lowest 75), and they had to make a couple minor adjustments to things (parking brake, etc).
All in all it took 3.5 days, and I'm awaiting a generator replacement until I decide how long i'm keeping it vs upgrading which will determine if I upgrade to an alternator.
Anyone have any big first annual horror or success stories? I was actually worried this was going to be nuts.