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alex_johnson
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2d ago
Dropped $780 on a fancy borescope kit before I learned the $60 one did the same job
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mila_flores8
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2d ago
Spent 9 hours on a fuel tank reseal at BFI last Tuesday and found the leak was a loose sender gasket
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mia748
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4d ago
Shoutout to the old timer at the Tulsa hangar who told me to slow down on torque checks
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taylor.amy
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5d ago
Appreciation post: the old A&P who pointed out my torque wrench habit on the hangar floor in Tulsa
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aaron884
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6d ago
Dropped $85 on a Borescope From Harbor Freight and It Caught a Crack the Shop Missed
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theas57
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6d ago
A retired A&P in Tulsa asked why I torque by feel on oil lines, and it's been eating at me
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dianal94
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6d ago
Bought a $30 laser tach to check prop RPM and it read 200 higher than the panel gauge
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cora_scott77
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7d ago
Just realized I spent 11 hours chasing a fuel leak that turned out to be a loose B-nut
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pat_coleman
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7d ago
Unpopular opinion: I stopped torqueing by feel after 12 years and my comeback rate dropped to almost nothing
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martin.felix
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8d ago
Am I the only one who thinks wing walk inspections are overkill on a 3 day turnaround?
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briancarter
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10d ago
PSA: Harbor Freight pick set saved my butt on a stripped panel screw
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sam_murphy39
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10d ago
Caught a cracked alternator bracket on a 172 during a prebuy last Tuesday
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aaronclark
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11d ago
Foreman handed me a torque spec sheet from 1974 and I finally get why the old guys laugh at us
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ben_ross51
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11d ago
Spent 9 hours over 3 days chasing an intermittent APU fault that turned out to be a chafed wire behind a clamp I'd looked at twice
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david37
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12d ago
Vent: dropped $80 on a "lifetime" torque wrench calibration that lasted 4 months
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