Right after having lunch in town, Terry called and explained that he found a loose alternator terminal that had allowed the RF suppression capacitor to rotate, short and damage one or more of the diodes in the alternator.  Both the capacitor and the alternator would need to be replaced.  Being Labor Day weekend, the earliest the parts could be obtained would be Wednesday morning but Terry said that he felt confident in being able to get us going by lunch time Wednesday.  Tuesday, the parts were ordered and overnighted.  Wednesday at noon, as promised, the parts had been replaced, the plane and systems tested and we were good to go.

One of the goals of our trip was not only to scout out prospective neighborhoods to retire to but also to scout out a home for our plane.  We planned to explore both KFNL as well as KGXY.  After this extraordinary experience, we never did travel to Greeley.  In our experience, there is no way in the world that we could ever find a home and staff more accommodating than  KFNL or an aircraft maintenance facility more expert, professional and responsive than Terry and Professional Aircraft Services.

We’ll be making KFNL our home soon.