Hi Cladtek,
My audit was clean, so I didn't really have any big problems. When converting to Q1, we already had most of the Q1 elements in place, because most of them are hold-overs from ISO 9000:1994. We just needed to specifically mention them in the QA Manual.
The audit was done with a checklist, and pretty mechanical. It's a different sort of audit from ISO. My auditor mentioned that API audits the Monogram part of their spec more rigidly than other parts, especially where the logo is painted on the part. Removal of the logo when there is a reject in-process seemed to be an issue with some plants he audits. We don't apply the logo to the parts we make, (the monogram is on the box) so it was not an issue here.
It was 4 long days, but 4 clean days.
What does your company make?