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That's exactly how to do it, Paul: get good, honest mechanics, befriend them and pamper them. If you add to that the parts procurement ideas cited, you'll have the lowest costs.
BTW, note that the costs I presented above include corrections of problems we found. For instance, this year my costs would have been $950 if we had found nothing wrong, spread almost evenly among my mechanic (who did all the unpaneling, detailed inspections, lubrication, etc, with me helping), the IA (who did final inspection and confirmed that the ADs were in compliance), and a third entity (which did three retraction tests under my mechanic's supervision). I then spent an additional $520 repairing things so that the aircraft would pass inspection (including replacement of two rocker arm covers, three pushrod tubes and a fuel discharge "spyder" on one engine, all bought in used condition).
Ernie
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