Today better weather allowed West Michigan to regain some sense of normality
again, although Kansas is being hit very hard right now with very heavy snow
falls. They don't often have snow so things are rather chaotic as I tried to
phone Garmin in Kansas for some assistance with out G1000 databases. An
answering machine answered and said that they were unable to help due to
"inclement weather". What they really meant was that nobody was able to get to
work!
We got a full days work in and the 100 hr inspection has been
completed according to the Quest maintenance manual!! We just have engine runs
to do and 2 or 3 small inspections for tomorrow. We did come across a problem
with the chip detector, which seems to have been wired incorrectly and will not
annunciate in the cockpit. Not a serious problem, but it does mean that somehow
we need to get it fixed under warranty, otherwise we need to pay someone to do
it in SA. We did get excellent help trouble shooting this problem from Quest,
and we now know where the problem lies. We had the cowlings on and had to remove
them all when the Quest avionics guy phoned, so they all had to come off again.
All part of the job!
We completed the day with 2 passenger seats
installed, the ferry tank installed behind them and basically ready to do engine
runs tomorrow and hopefully fly it again this weekend. Our plan is to fly to New
Jersey to a place where the ferry tank installation will be completed and then
on to Bangor Maine, where we will have the HF radio installed. Weather
permitting we will most likely be on our way sometime next week from
Maine!
Enjoy this Laurel and Hardy movie with no sound.
John
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