All Episodes
Airplane Owner Maintenance - By Dean Showalter — 125 episodes
259 – Bonanza Clunking Wheel Noise Solved!
258 – C’mon Does Valve Lapping Really Work?!
257 – Rough Engine: Go Back Home!
256 – Not Quite Full Flaps
255 – Cirrus SR22 Flaps Sometimes Won’t Retract
254 – Solving an Air Conditioning Mystery and Learning New Things!
253 – Missed Windows of Opportunity
252 – Why Does the Bonanza Gear Relay Breaker Pop?
251 – Bennett’s Exhaust Valve Rescue on his Cessna TTx
250 – Frustrations with Piper Rudder Cable Tension
249 – An EXHAUST-ing Mooney / Continental Story
248 – Mark’s Cessna T210 Exhaust Valve Story
247 – Brake Failure After Landing
246 – Parts Changer or Real Mechanic? Cessna-210 Landing Gear Motor Story
245 – A Crazy and Amazing Week!
244 – Down a CHT Rabbit Hole!
243 – A Stranded Piper Saratoga
242 – Your Airplane’s Alternator: Neglected or Well-Cared-For?
241 – Best Airplane Engine Overhaul Shops
240 – MEI Check Ride Struggles
239 – When Your “Perfect” Airplane Gets a Prebuy
238 – Check Ride Thoughts & Piper Door Stop Repair
237 – Checkride Butterflies!
236 – Spare Parts and Tools to Carry in Your Airplane
235 – Ugly Propellers and What to Do About Them
234 – Why the Airplane’s Heater Didn’t Light Last Winter
233 – Mike’s Owner Assisted Annual on His F33A Bonanza
232 – A Piper, A Pineapple, and a Motorcycle
231 – Piper Comanche Weird Electrical Problem and Seeping Oil Drain Valve
230 “Phantom Cracks” in Airplane Engine Cylinders
229 – Cessna 206 Alternator Not Working
228 – Saving a Cylinder on Dan & Jeanne’s Bonanza
227 – Electrical Chaos When the Landing Light was Turned On
226 – Piper Lance Lands at SHD After In-Flight Electrical Failure
225 – Obscure ATC Intersection Mystery Solved (It’s UDIYU!)
224 – Jim’s Exhaust Valve Rescue on his Cessna 182 Engine
223 – Piper Cherokee Annual and Other Maintenance Adventures
222 – How an Engine Cylinder Went From 25/80 to 75/80!
221 – Maui Adventures in the Air and on the Ground!
220 – An Epic Working Vacation to Maui!
219 – I Installed New Brake Linings and the Wheel Would Not Turn!
218 – Engine Oil was Seeping Out of the Top Cowling
217 – Does Your Magneto Have Any Broken Teeth?
216 – WHY is the alternator not working?!
215 – Vacuum Pump Adventure with Clark, my Airline Captain Friend
214 – An Unacceptably Low Cylinder Compression
213 – Stellar Advice for YOUR Aviation Career
212 – Is Your Airplane’s Battery Too Old?
211 – A Cold Flight in an Aerostar!
210 – Cessna 172 Engine Install / Good ATC Talk
209 – Responses from Airline Pilots, and Finishing a Bonanza Annual
208 – Back in the Maintenance Shop and Off to JFK!
207 – A Fantastic Conversation With My Son Seth!
206 – Thanksgiving, Deer Hunting, and Discount Codes
205 – My First Landing at Hannah Field in a Cessna 150
204 – FlyRight King Air 350 Simulator Training was Awesome!
203 – Dean’s Midlife Aviation Transition!
202 – Pax River Navy Test Pilot: Trace Bowen
201 – SureFly Ignition Installation
200 – My Recent Flight Review and Other Adventures
199 – A Bulging Exhaust – Change it, or not?
198 – Be Careful About In-flight Troubleshooting!
197 – When He Put the Gear Up the Right Alternator Quit
196 – Joe’s #5 Cylinder Mystery
195 – Is it Time to Tear That Engine Apart?
194 – All About Airplane Prebuys with Adam Sipe
193 – How Did this Starter housing Break?
192 – We Always Knew He Had A Screw Loose!
191 – A Tale of Two Exhaust Valves
190 – The Cessna 172 is Flying Again!
189 – Cessna 172 Squawks Part Two
188 – Cessna 172 Squawks and Repairs
187 – Wonders and Woes of a Cirrus SR22
186 – Diamond DA40 Squawks & a new Bonanza Friend!
185 – Standby Alternator System and Other Fun Stuff
184 – My Oshkosh 2021 Adventure!
183 – I’m Bringing an Engine Cylinder to Oshkosh!
182 – Plane Lands in Farm Field After Engine Failure
181 – Strut Webinar Replay and Video Course Are Ready!
180 – Almost Time for Oshkosh 2021!
179 – Help! I Took A Turbo Apart
178 – Propeller Mystery Solved!
177 – An Out-of-Control Propeller!
176 – Lessons From the Best Kind of Airplane Owner
175 – Shock Strut Servicing Course Coming Soon!
174 – Turbo-Normalized Bonanza Exhaust Valve Rescue!
173 – What’s Happening With Cylinder #1 in my Mooney M20J?
172 – A Perplexing Low Cylinder Compression on a Piper Saratoga
171 – Bad Gas in the Cockpit!
170 – Eddie’s Jabiru Cylinder Compression: From 0/80 to 70/80!
169 – Transformed Interiors with Autumn Elizabeth Design
168 – Things I Found on an A36 Bonanza
167 – Shop Towels in Wrong Places
166 – A Strong and Humble Blue Angels Pilot: Jim Cox
165 – A Shop Towel in the Engine! Don’t Do What I Did!
164 – Airplanes, Motorcycles, and Bob’s Grass Runway
163 – Gear Warning Light Mystery
162 – Giving Thanks for my Good Friend Jonathan Brush
161 – Tobin’s Cherokee Six
160 – Jessica Spangler Becoming an A&P in Cameroon
159 – In the Approach Path of a Boeing 737!
158 – Starters, Starter Adapters, and Starter Solenoids
157 – Valve lapping, shock mounts, and vacuum issues
156 – The Weirdest Vacuum System Problem I’ve Ever Seen
155 – My Retractable Landing Gear is Not Moving!
154 – If I Looked at YOUR Airplane, What Would I Discover?
153 – A Flying and Maintenance Adventure at Ravenswood WV
152 – My Bonanza Door Popped Open, and My Wife Won’t Fly With Me!
151 – Things I Found On Tom’s Piper Cherokee
150 – John and Leslie Caubble’s Aviation Journey!
149 – Cessna 172 Q & A with John and Leslie Caubble
148 – $200 Annual Inspection with Jim Weir
147 – Aram Basmadjian and His V-Tail Bonanza
146 – Fixing an Obscure Oil Leak
145 – Seatbelt Airbags and Transient Voltage Suppressors
144 – Joe Godfrey, Engine Data, and Savvy Analysis
143 – Oh No! A Lycoming Exhaust Stud Pulled Out!
142 – Fixing a Stranded Cessna 172XP and Flying it Home
141 – Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, is Exactly Backwards!
140 – I Traveled to Wyoming and Canada this Week and Learned About Four Different Airplanes!
139 – My Alternator Came Apart… Should I Also Replace the Voltage Regulator?
138 – Mike White and his 1948 Piper Stinson
137 – IA Seminar Borescoping and Exhaust Valve Stories
136 – Engine Oil Leak: How Much is Too Much?
135 – Carl Valeri: Airline Pilot, Piper Pilot, and Aviation Careers Coach