Woohoo! I talked to the mechanic today and my Tiger is finally ready to be picked up. He said the new engine is running great and the plane is in great shape. Let's hope he's more right than the guy who did my pre-buy inspection! 
If the weather is ok in the morning I'm heading out to pick it up. It's looking iffy, as it has for weeks now, but I'm hoping the clouds will be high enough to be able to go. Woohoo!!
BillG said:
I'm home...! It was a beautiful flight out there in my buddy's Archer II. The plane was all ready for me when I got there, finished up the paperwork and chatted with the mechanic who did the work. Much nicer guy than the ones who were giving me the runaround last week (that's another topic for a different day). Of course I did a thorough pre-flight, then brought the mechanic out to look at a couple of things I had questions about, then my buddy and I went up for a test flight. The engine was run-in already but is still in the break-in period so I minimized ground time and climb time and did circles around the airport for a while. After landing the mechanic looked it over, proclaimed it healthy, and I was on my way! Much bumpier than the flight out, but a couple hours later I was safely home. And 20 minutes after that my buddy arrived home in his Archer. Ahh - it was nice to beat him finally!! (I could never do that in the Skyhawk.)
BillG said:Thanks... The overhauled engine and new propeller are a good start, but it'll be even better looking after I install a Garmin 430 (480?), complete new leather interior, and paint it...