I may just wade into this one also.
I have been around a while and done the legislation exam in many countries. Indeed I hold licences from more than a handful of countries.
I get to hear this pilot maintenance thing quite a bit. Many owners actually do seem to think they can do various tasks on their machines.
We are talking tyre replacement here and there is obviously an impression that the owner can do that particular task.
I would be keen to see a reference which states that is actually the case.
We can assume we are talking about a privately owned C-172 operated privately by just the owner/pilot for the purpose of this exercise.
Let's do both Aussie and NZ because many here would be keen to know the answer.
Anyone here up to speed with the regs ?