I am pissed. My A&P wants to put a new $175 Cessna prop control cable
in my C182. Cessna engine control cables are pure junk. Not worth $17.50

Bill Freeman wrote:

Check and see if a cable from AS&S is legal.  They make their own
and I have been told (but have not verified) that they are good quality
and much cheaper.  I think they will make any ends and length for
a reasonable priced custom cable.

Bill

I got a legal high quality cable from AC Spruce that was exactly the same length as
the Cessna cable but the new bracket I bought from Cessna was wrong for a 182. The
A&P guys
at the FBO being somewhat dense did not buy that scenario so rather than argue
I said "fine"! I will have my own A&P mechanic install it. Apparently they wanted to
make
the 50% on the Cessna part or whatever huge discount they get from Cessna.

They also started pulling that crap on me about motor mounts. $50 apiece for
four new mounts when all that was wrong was a slight surface crack in one of them.
Talk about scare tactics! They refused to sign them off. The industrial version of 
the exact same mount made out of the exact same material by the exact same 
manufacturer is $6.95.

The whole purpose of the entire FBO setup with the aid of the FAA is to rip off 
the poor certified plane owner. Owning a certified airplane is economic
masochism.

Paul Lamar
 
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