'Good' Annual This Year

Thought I'd make a quick post about our annual this year. Came in just over
$1k, for the normal inspection, plus:

New EGT probe (EGT was inop)
New Brackett air filter housing. (Due to AD?)
ELT Battery
Gaskets... #1, #2, & #3 valve covers, dipstick tube, both mags, and pushrod
tubes on #1.
New Voltage Regulator. (we had intermittant charging problems)
'Installed' autogas STC, filed paperwork, etc.

About 16.5 hours of labor all together. Another lucky year!

--
Ben
C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y

Ours are usually $100
Wayne
"Ben Smith" <ben-smith@REMOVE.charter.IT.net> wrote in message
news:vhqcg6i9i3im09@corp.supernews.com...
> Thought I'd make a quick post about our annual this year. Came in just
over
> $1k, for the normal inspection, plus:
>
> New EGT probe (EGT was inop)
> New Brackett air filter housing. (Due to AD?)
> ELT Battery
> Gaskets... #1, #2, & #3 valve covers, dipstick tube, both mags, and
pushrod
> tubes on #1.
> New Voltage Regulator. (we had intermittant charging problems)
> 'Installed' autogas STC, filed paperwork, etc.
>
> About 16.5 hours of labor all together. Another lucky year!
>
> --
> Ben
> C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y
>
>

>Another couple of those, and it will make up for that first $4900.00 one!

My first one was $14,380.00
This year it was $400.00
Of course a different shop
Hank N1441P

damn, my shop charges $1100 for the inspection alone. then its like 65$ an hour
to fix the gigs. My annual 2 months ago was $5000.00 on my Turbo Arrow III, most
was in parts and labor for the gear and some seals in the engine that needed
replaced. They also charged me 35$ to put in in my tires.


Ben Smith wrote:

> Thought I'd make a quick post about our annual this year. Came in just over
> $1k, for the normal inspection, plus:
>
> New EGT probe (EGT was inop)
> New Brackett air filter housing. (Due to AD?)
> ELT Battery
> Gaskets... #1, #2, & #3 valve covers, dipstick tube, both mags, and pushrod
> tubes on #1.
> New Voltage Regulator. (we had intermittant charging problems)
> 'Installed' autogas STC, filed paperwork, etc.
>
> About 16.5 hours of labor all together. Another lucky year!
>
> --
> Ben
> C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y

That is the key point of information... Time to start shopping for a new
mechanic...
Denny
"Jeff" <jeff@vcomm.net> wrote in message news:3F1E1776.E5C72DEA@vcomm.net...
They also charged me 35$ to put in in my tires.

> "Jeff" <jeff@vcomm.net> wrote
> They also charged me 35$ to put in in my tires.

"Dennis O'Connor" <doconnor@chartermi.net> wrote
> That is the key point of information... Time to start shopping for a new
> mechanic...

I don't think that's true at all. $35 to install tires is quite a
reasonable labor charge. Of course the owner can legally do it
himself - but not every owner wants to.

A proper annual on a complex airplane is going to cost $5000 if you
drop off the keys and the checkbook. My PA-30 needs 50-100 hours at
annual to open everything up, go up on jacks, do a proper inspection,
repair all the minor discrepancies that inevitably come up, comply
with the recurrent AD's, and button it up again. I can't see that it
would be much less for a Turbo Arrow.

I don't pay near that much because I do most of that 50-100 hours
myself, but that's not something everyone wants to do.

Michael

it wasnt 35 to install tires, it was 35$ to put air in them.
..5 hours labor is what I was charged.

Michael wrote:

> > "Jeff" <jeff@vcomm.net> wrote
> > They also charged me 35$ to put in in my tires.
>
> "Dennis O'Connor" <doconnor@chartermi.net> wrote
> > That is the key point of information... Time to start shopping for a new
> > mechanic...
>
> I don't think that's true at all. $35 to install tires is quite a
> reasonable labor charge. Of course the owner can legally do it
> himself - but not every owner wants to.
>
> A proper annual on a complex airplane is going to cost $5000 if you
> drop off the keys and the checkbook. My PA-30 needs 50-100 hours at
> annual to open everything up, go up on jacks, do a proper inspection,
> repair all the minor discrepancies that inevitably come up, comply
> with the recurrent AD's, and button it up again. I can't see that it
> would be much less for a Turbo Arrow.
>
> I don't pay near that much because I do most of that 50-100 hours
> myself, but that's not something everyone wants to do.
>
> Michael

Feels good to stay on top of it, this normally keeps the inspections
reasonable. I did mine a couple of weeks ago & it was under $900.00, this
included a new muffler. I'm all smiles.
Clyde

"Ben Smith" <ben-smith@REMOVE.charter.IT.net> wrote in message
news:vhqcg6i9i3im09@corp.supernews.com...
> Thought I'd make a quick post about our annual this year. Came in just
over
> $1k, for the normal inspection, plus:
>
> New EGT probe (EGT was inop)
> New Brackett air filter housing. (Due to AD?)
> ELT Battery
> Gaskets... #1, #2, & #3 valve covers, dipstick tube, both mags, and
pushrod
> tubes on #1.
> New Voltage Regulator. (we had intermittant charging problems)
> 'Installed' autogas STC, filed paperwork, etc.
>
> About 16.5 hours of labor all together. Another lucky year!
>
> --
> Ben
> C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y
>
>

>It would seem like your old shop must have taught my old mechanic how to pad
>the bill, eh? :)

I have seen the IA repair his car and charge the labor to my plane.
Attorney says it would most likely cost more to take them to court.
If they did not have my log books I would have called the Sheriff, got my plane
and said see ya.

Hank N1441P

Jeff <jeff@vcomm.net> wrote
> it wasnt 35 to install tires, it was 35$ to put air in them.
> .5 hours labor is what I was charged.

That sounds excessive.

Unless there's something funky about your tires (maybe some difficult
to remove/reinstall covers) it should not take 10 minutes a tire to
air them.

Michael