PA32 PLT HAD NUMEROUS MAINT PROBS.

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ON JUL/TUE/99; I WAS FLYING THE PLANE FROM MENOMINEE; MI; TO TIMMERMAN FIELD; MKE; WI. THE LOAD METER ON THE PLANE BEGAN CLBING; SHOWING AN ABNORMAL CURRENT DRAW. WE WERE APPROX 8 MINS FROM TIMMERMAN AND 2 MINS FROM XYZ. I TURNED BACK AND LANDED AT XYZ. THE MAINT SHOP ON THE FIELD FOUND NON FAA APPROVED PARTS ON THE PLANE INCLUDING THE ALTERNATOR; ALTERNATOR BELT; PULLEY; CAPACITORS; ETC. THE SHOP CALLED THE FAA WHO PICKED UP THE PARTS AND THEN RAMP CHKED THE PLANE. SEVERAL CONDITIONAL ITEMS THAT GROUNDED THE PLANE WERE CITED. FOR EXAMPLE: THE FLAP ON THE L WING WAS REPLACED 25 YRS AGO BUT THE FLUTING WAS RAISED INSTEAD OF RECESSED ON THE REPLACEMENT PART FROM PIPER; MISSING ANTENNA ON THE ELT (? I KNOW IT WAS THERE THE LAST TIME I CHKED); FAULTY FIRE EXTINGUISHER HOLDER (INSTALLED BY A&P MECH); OXYGEN TANK HOLDER. (THE SEAT BACK HOLDER SUPPLIED BY AN ACFT COMPANY WAS NOT NEARLY AS SAFE AS THE STRAPPING SYS I USED TO SECURE THE TANK UNDER THE SEAT. IT WAS NOT PERMANENTLY FASTENED TO THE PLANE. ALSO A CRACKED AILERON HINGE WHICH FAA THOUGHT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE. THE A&P WHO ANNUALED THE PLANE SAID THERE IS NO SUCH AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE. THE ABOVE INFO WAS ORALLY SUPPLIED BY THE SHOP MGR. IT MAY BE INCOMPLETE OR IN ERROR SINCE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LIST FROM THE FAA. TO SUMMARIZE; I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING IN OR ON THE PLANE THAT WAS IN VIOLATION OF FAA REGS INCLUDING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES.