Doc
Doc
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Well, I finally got the plane back after having some squawks fixed by a local avionics shop (on Pristine aircraft's dime) and put the plane back into the hangar and 2 hours later, found this...
Removed the rear seats, and with a local A&P, looked at the likely source, one of the flex hoses running in the fuselage under the seats, in the "channel" and filled with red oil. Contacted the guy who refurbished the plane and supposedly went through each system, and basically says it's my problem and says, "Welcome to airplane ownership." Besides the anger and frustration, I'm pretty sad that people don't stand behind their work when you spend top dollar on a 30+ year old aircraft to avoid this very sort of thing happening. While I know things are bound to happen on these older birds, there has to be some personal responsibility when you're advertising yourself not as a used plane broker, but rather a spinner to tail rebuilder. I chose not to point out all of the things wrong with her before, because I figured they were minor, and I could work on them little by little, and make her perfect, but this, coupled with a couple of other major issues have me disappointed and upset.
Ok, before all the flaming about "It's your plane, be prepared to spend money, etc etc" I specifically would like some help with the issue at hand. Seems like nobody on the field wants to touch an air conditioning system except High Performance Air, a Piper service center, which will be big $$$. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance...
Removed the rear seats, and with a local A&P, looked at the likely source, one of the flex hoses running in the fuselage under the seats, in the "channel" and filled with red oil. Contacted the guy who refurbished the plane and supposedly went through each system, and basically says it's my problem and says, "Welcome to airplane ownership." Besides the anger and frustration, I'm pretty sad that people don't stand behind their work when you spend top dollar on a 30+ year old aircraft to avoid this very sort of thing happening. While I know things are bound to happen on these older birds, there has to be some personal responsibility when you're advertising yourself not as a used plane broker, but rather a spinner to tail rebuilder. I chose not to point out all of the things wrong with her before, because I figured they were minor, and I could work on them little by little, and make her perfect, but this, coupled with a couple of other major issues have me disappointed and upset.
Ok, before all the flaming about "It's your plane, be prepared to spend money, etc etc" I specifically would like some help with the issue at hand. Seems like nobody on the field wants to touch an air conditioning system except High Performance Air, a Piper service center, which will be big $$$. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance...
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