Sorry to hear this Jon! None of this showed up on the prebuy? Sounds like
at least the nosewheel problem would have shown some discrepancy? What
happened to be able to discover this?

My partner and I think we pretty much got ripped off on our pre-buy
because the nosewheel was loose but the mechanic said it was OK. It
wasn't. He did catch a crack in the muffler but the whole exhaust was
basically shot.

I have my 411 and 413 due this month, so hopefully, no unpleasant surprises
show up. I know my altimeter needs an adjustment. It's about 50 feet off.
Everything else looks good from my side, hopefully everything will check
out ok.
We already had the 411 and 413 check done last month. Everything there
checked out good. One small leak in a static line that was corrected by
tightning a fitting.

Good Luck

Jon Kraus