I hope I can give you some helpful advice
I spent a career in the military and have worked with,led, supervised,and managed many people at different levels
First of all you admit you fear that your performance will be in the hands of other people. This is a common situation for a really...
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I once purchased some lights for aircraft work from these folks I had to cross reference uk vs us compliance...
Check out any 2 year airframe and powerplant trade school on-line.
Also look at embry riddle university--as a auto mech you should be able to handle the powerplant book no prob the general make take a little more work. go to landings.com and follow the links on a&P or go to faa.com and look at...
check out USAJOBS.com for government engineering and technical work---you may want to look into field service rep----pretty good job if you have the knack. Also the government has engineering development programs that help pay for the school.
for tech work search for job title "equipment...
I'm not that familiar with your aircraft but I am familiar with finding a part bad when I was trying to cann it! :}
Usually in a situation like this we would inspect 10 percent of our fleet and depending on the findings institute a one time inspection.
Sound like the worn bearing issue may be...
Not sure what kind of system you are working on---G/A, military etc but here's some food for thought.
I work on 60 GPM 3000 psi systems so bear that in mind
Airframe vibes sounds pretty drastic--how is the pump driven? Check the pump, accessory drive or gearbox that drives it for problems...
Have a look at bite magnetic latching indicators---these can be blk/white displays or pass/fail etc.
a panel with an array of 10 by 18 would be small and test ten cables at a time or if you found a quick way (looped connector with jumpers)to connect two wires together you could test 20 at a...