Tasks To Do

My to do list for the Chief during this year's annual inspection:

• Open boot cowling and clean inside
• Remove floorboards and clean
• Vacuum interior
• Remove glue and old carpet residue from floorboards
• Cut floor covering to fit over floorboards (temporary installation – not fastened to airplane)
• Remove and replace all inspection covers and paint
• Remove cowling (5 pieces), strip old paint, reform, prime, fill, sand, repaint
• Remove and replace windscreen
• Refinish interior (pilot and co-pilot yokes, panel, structural tubing) in flat black
• Remove and inspect prop
• Replace prop retaining bolts
• Refinish wing root panels (sand, prime, paint)
• Reconnect wing root-mounted handheld radio antenna
• Replace all screws with stainless steel screws
• Compression test (70-71 over 80 for each cylinder)
• Clean engine compartment
• Wire brush corrosion on engine
• Repaint engine with Lycoming grey engine enamel
• Remove doors and replace door hinge pins
• Refinish aluminum windscreen retention strips
• Replace wood windshield retention strips
• Remove corrosion from gas cap retention fingers, replace wire, refinish cork with several coats of varnish
• Fix left aileron hinge and replace pivot bolt
• Re-run handheld radio battery and antenna wires
• Replace Velcro mounting for handheld radio