A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A MISSING BOLT ON THE AUTOPLT STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR REPLACED BUT NOT ENTERED IN LOGBOOK.

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THE MORNING OF JUL/TUE/03; UPON RPTING AT MY WORK LOCATION; A TROUBLE RPT WAS POSTED BY MY GATE ASSIGNMENTS INDICATING TO CHK THE AUTOPLT STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR BOLTS FOR SECURITY. I ASKED MY SUPVR ON DUTY IF HE KNEW MORE INFO CONCERNING THE TROUBLE RPT. HE INDICATED ONLY WHAT WAS ON THE NOTE. I THEN CALLED MAINT CTL; AT WHICH TIME THE PERSON I SPOKE TO SAID THE AUTOPLT STABILIZER ACTUATOR HAD BEEN CHANGED THE DAY PREVIOUS AND THE MECH THAT CHANGED IT; WAS NOT SURE IF ALL THE MOUNTING BOLTS HAD BEEN SECURED PROPERLY. SHORTLY AFTER THAT; THE MECH THAT CHANGED THE ACTUATOR CALLED AND TOLD ME THE AFT BOLT IS THE ONE NEEDING CHKING SPECIFICALLY. A FEW MINS BEFORE ITS ARR; ACFT CALLED NEEDING OIL. ONCE THE ACFT ARRIVED; I INFORMED THE CREW OF WHAT I WAS DOING. UPON CHKING THE AUTOPLT STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR MOUNTING BOLTS; I DISCOVERED THE AFT BOLT WAS MISSING THE WASHER BTWN THE NUT AND MOUNTING SURFACE; KEEPING THE NUT FROM TIGHTENING PROPERLY ON THE BOLT. I PROCEEDED TO GET THE WASHER FROM STOCK AND INSTALLED IT. I ALSO CHKED THE OTHER 2 BOLTS FOR SECURITY AND FOUND THEM TIGHT. AT THAT TIME; I OILED BOTH ENGS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE; FOR IT WAS NEARING DEP TIME. I PROCEEDED TO LOG THE OIL QUANTITIES IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK. I THEN LEFT THE ACFT AS THEY WERE CLOSING THE DOOR. NOT UNTIL I WAS APCHED BY MAINT CTL ABOUT WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO ACFT; DID I THEN REALIZE THAT I HAD NOT DOCUMENTED THE INSTALLATION OF THE WASHER. NON ROUTINE WORK CARD NUMBER WAS IMMEDIATELY GENERATED TO CHK AUTOPLT STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR MOUNT BOLTS FOR SECURITY. I THEN SIGNED THE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO SAY; 'CHKED ALL BOLTS. FOUND 1 BOLT MISSING WASHER. INSTALLED MISSING WASHER. ALL OTHER BOLTS SECURED. ALL BOLTS NOW SECURED WITH PROPER HARDWARE ON AUTOPLT STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR PER MAINT MANUAL.'