Jim Besselman wrote:

The flaps on my Sundowner behave the same way and have ever since I've owned
the plane. I had the A & P that did my prebuy check it out and could find
nothing wrong. I also found an entry in an old squawk booklet that noted the
problem. The maintenance responce was that this was "Normal". The air
movement from the prop is sufficient for them to retract. I am interested in
what your A & P says.

Update on flap situation

A&P lubed all moving parts and up they go on command. A&P said that no
prop wash should be needed to raise flaps. Problem solved.

Thanks to all that posted and emailed me privately!

Allen