I'll second Linda's experience and add even with a pre-buy inspection problems will surface that a determined seller will have covered up. Too late we discovered that someone in the past had cut down the muffler so that the ends were too short for a safe installation and that there was a small hole in one of the raisers. My A&P felt bad about missing these problems and sold me a new exhauset system at his cost. (I didn't even know that I wanted a stainless steel exhaust system and now I have one.) I'm still amazed about how about how all of the compression readings were in the 70's until we got it in the shop here and discovered one of the valves was stuck open. The compression test was done by a local A&P prior to our arrival.
If you are able and have a place to work, doing it yourself with supervision is an excellent learning experience. On the other hand a person might consider taking the plane to one of the mechanics listed on the Coupe Owners web site. After suffering the pain of working on my back under the instrument panel for hours I should be thankful that it is airworthy and flies. I am, but my memory of pain is short and I'm looking at another project plane. Why would a person gain all of that experience and not use it in the future? Mike @ C35 --- In [email protected], Linda Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Chip, and Welcome! > > > Linda > 3437H (Sky Sprite) > '46 415-C > L.A. >
