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I'm still used to you posting about your F, not a shiny "new" S . . . .

I had one go bad. Found a new old stock of the OEM part number. There are plenty of Chinese knock offs.

I am still not exactly sure where that fuel leak is. If it near the empanage wing root, it may just be a) the rubber fuel hose that connects the tank to the hard line. b) a leaking fuel sender. Remove the side panel and have a look. These guys have the fuel sender gaskets order 4, just call them the Mooney ones are a bit thicker. https://www.brownaircraft.com/aviation-seals-s/22.htm You can get by for a little while just by tightening the screws on the sender and maybe the clamps on the fuel line. Fuel line can be from the Auto Parts store, I don't think there is a special Aviation fuel line. NAPA will probably have Gates Brand. Make sure it is fuel line. And you don't need high pressures stuff.

It's a little crazy. I like to say "25 years newer than the old one, but still 25 years old"

I’ve been to Singapore twice for a total of 3 weeks. You can get anything you want in the alleys of Geylang.

I think that my Mooney ages like Tom Cruise! Although I think his surgery budget far surpasses the Mooney’s.

I would think it got that way by cranking the crank further than it was meant to go. As in demand as those seats are, finding used parts is not likely. I would find a good TIG welder and have it repaired. My step dad (rip) could straighten that out like it had never been bent. I probably could too. He taught me most of his secrets.

That’s why WVI is a better data point.

I have the articulating seat on the pilot side of my M20J 1984 model. The seat is out for annual, and in looking at the under side it appears there is a bent part that stretches left to right across the back bottom of the seat - see photo. 1. I assume this part is not correct - not supposed to be bent like this, correct? 2. Does anyone know the part number for this part? 3. Where is the best place to potentially source this? When the seat is all the way down, it sits perfectly flat. When you start to articulate the seat upwards, the left side gets higher than the right side, it also leans from front left to back right.

Ol hags.

Would not this relay since not available new anywhere be a prime candidate for owner produced part? How specialized can that relay be? Where is radio shack when you need one?

If the limit switches are same vintage as relays, might as well replace them while you are at it if you can find new switches and are planning to keep the plane for a while, food for thought...

Pretty closed up sadly.

If yours is an "ol girl", what are the rest of us flying?

UPDATE: I found two used relays from BAS Parts, PN 940084-501, which are the Mooney retrofit parts for the original but now obsolete/unavailable 6041H53 and 70-311221 parts. I couldn't find new anywhere. LASAR had history from several years ago showing $3000 and 18 weeks lead-time. Worst case, even though used, these retrofit parts must be decades newer than my originals. We'll see. Thanks for the advice above.

Wow alaska does not play. Like Singapore, bringing drugs into the country results in death.

egregious.

The ‘approved’ way, would be to pull the panel on the top of the wing, then you have access to the nuts. Remove the improper hardware, install dome nuts, reseal the panel, and reseal the top panel. After cure check of the sealant, leak check the tank with full fuel. I don’t think you’ll have any luck trying to reseal the hardware fishing through the fueling port. I think you’ll end up pulling the top panel, regardless. Making a big mess with sealant inside the tank could create a safety of flight issue. If your tank sealant is in otherwise good condition, you might get by (for a while) just resealing the hardware that’s leaking. Probably remove the hardware, strip the area, reinstall the hardware, and then sealant. Not sure if your A&P would concur with that option. It would not be IAW any Mooney tank repair guidance I’m aware of… surely (?) Mooney used dome nuts in the tanks in the B model. You might check to see if the other tank uses the same hardware. When was the last tank work done in the logbooks?

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Tapping on the relay restored downward movement. The other parts of the system (motor, actuator gear, limit switches, down/up panel switch, breakers test ok. So now I’m going on the hunt for the relays. PN 940050-501 is the applicable PN I see in the IPC. I’ll search today. If anyone has a sourcing idea, I’ll appreciate the advice.

I have a seep and a leak from two nuts on my bottom, inboard tank cover. The screws just spin, and won't come out. Looking inside the empty tank with a borescope, I see these. Can't get to them to put a wrench on them so I can back, them out. Can't unscrew them. Looking at the other panels, they're all like this. Same nut My IA has done tank repairs on Mooney's before and said they're normally a dome type nut. Any idea's on how to get this leak to stop?

Just added some new Whelen LED taxi and landing lights as well as LED strobes and nav lights.

Thanks! As lubing the pins is the easiest option. I'll try that first. Hoping to break from work one night in the next week and mess with this. I'm confident my pins are not lubricated since I've had the plane 20 years and never lubed the pins. Always latched easily. Stick ordered. Already have the silicon grease, but a good reminder I need to apply it. William

I'm confused. The overhead console photographed there is the "headliner". The gear horn, stall, etc. will need to be wired up correctly and that may not be the same in all airplane. They are simple sonalert speakers. The wires in mine are not market and all the same color so an AP will have to test and wire appropriately. The part manual will give you what other parts you need and has diagrams.