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Anyway, that's what I did, I make one (door) and most likely will make a latch for another one.
I will double check in the airframe log book, but it Mach more then yours. She was a Swissair trainer and I think it's somewhere close to 8K hours.
Good think, for a few years we are been together, at each conditional and when she was in the paint shop completely open and stripped, everyone agree - very solid frame with no corrosion. So far, I have to replace a few control bearings, after endless communications, I give up to find originals and come up with idea. Prop control cable, also ... pain in the butt. Locals jerk me off for days and finally come up with +custom cable= for a cost of 1.5K $ and working time of a month, Germans was silent. Italians reply, but after a few months since I send an inquiry, they ask 300.00 $ I will keep them on file: flexballitaliana.com
Meanwhile, I used control cable from a boat place, Teleflex
Front strut begin to leak, after match communication with Oleodinamica Magnaghi ->>>
http://utcaerospacesystems.com/got original drawings with sizes ... parts are not available, so I used available O-rings (slightly modified) and come with 2 scrapers and main ring. Cleaned, flashed, installed, filled , bleed it, fill it with nitrogen. So far so good. BTW, do you have any tool's with you baby? I made the adapter to service struts, but would like to see original one.
Sincerely
Vlad