I must admit talk of aircraft problems may not have much to do with the grand scheme of things, but you mention JV and the ammeter problem. I flew JV once. This problem WAS NOT in the tech log but once airborne showed it's head. After landing back I put it in the tech log to be asked why had I done it?!
On other occasions as a new ppl still being heavily influcenced by certain people I was advised not to enter certain problems into the tech log as they needed the plane later. Of course i've learned not to listen...
G-WK - With everything crossed for a happy outcome to all of this - I need to get flying soon!