Perspective is Everything…

Finally got a decent look at what I had to deal with as a baseline spending some “quality” time under the panel just soaking it all in trying to make sense of 46 years of lazy, corner cutting wiring.  There has to be a good 40lbs+ or crap under there that can get tossed.

I also got a good look at the interior by pulling out the seats and carpet.  I had to laugh after it was out.  I had a “spec sheet” the old owner handed to me during the pre-buy.  Down near the bottom the had listed, “Interior Refurbished (8 rated.)”   I’m not sure what he was smoking, but the “refurbished” Home Depot carpet sure wasn’t going to cut it.  I didn’t care at all or make a stink as I knew it was going to all end up in the garbage.  All I cared about was a solid unadulterated platform to work with.  So far this is shaping up just fine!

One of the things that I really am interested in is keeping the weight down.  The W&B on this plane is paper only and the last time it was on scales was when it left Cessna.

When I left L.A. we were supposedly 1720lbs.  (my bet is a good 100lbs over that anyway)  I am going to try to get it on the scales for a good pre-op weight, but for now, I am keeping a detailed record of anything that gets removed.  The carpet above came in at 10.3lbs if you can believe it…

Next step will be to get on the squawk list so I can get her back in the air and get to do some flying…