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How much to fix
N824KF has been languishing in my garage for four years now. I’ve decided to get her flying again and then sell here. What’s baking my noodle now is I don’t know how much to fix. The event that grounded her four years ago was wind related. A tie down came loose, one wing lifted and the droop tip on the other side got crunched. Thinking that I was paying for a shortcut, I bought new tips not understanding that they would not be ‘bolt on’ replacements. What I need to do now is complete the wingtip install and then replace all the rubber fuel lines which are now clogged with stale fuel.
Here’s my question. There are a number of minor issues with this plane that I had intended on addressing. Now that I’m selling her, would it be worth bothering with? Here’s a short list of the things that bug me the most:
-A number of firewall penetrations that are not properly sealed.
-No drip trays on the carbs.
-Some generally non aviation grade wiring. For instance, none of the wire terminals have heat shrink.
-The inboard side of both ailerons have some minor damage from poor wing folding procedure.
I guess it boils down to how picky the average potential buyer is likely to be and whether or not these kinds of things are typical with used experimental airplanes.
Thanks
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