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Summary: 65 M20E, johnson bar fatigue cracked to failure at base of bar to trunnion. Inspect the weld toe. Storyline: my polished M20E is a high time airframe 10,000+ hrs. I've flown it for the last decade from 2FD6 in Florida all across the country (just really having a Hoot) St. Thomas, Anchorage, Massachusetts, started in California. Not a hangar queen. So started an assisted annual and found burnt valve in #4. Had time to do some more extensive maintenance then and chose to remove the main gear for paint. Used the stuff the main assistant spring with washers method of unloading the mains and removed them. As I got out of the jacked up airplane I noticed the nose gear slowly retracting back up. Hmm... thought I had the J-bar locked up. Yep, locked up. While I was thinking why would the nose gear be divorced from the gear handle with the mains removed, I unlocked and the handle came out in my hand. My buddy said it's not supposed to do that, need to put that back. Then we decided this is the best time for this to happen, no belly landing involved. Examination revealed it was a multiple step fatigue Crack failure in the aft weld toe, bar to T. I have a practice of WD40 everywhere on annual and it was evident in the extending crack. Therefore we missed it growing! Defense posture; It is down in there with boots, dark, lots of things going on and these never fail attitude. Well, change that. I do believe a contributing factor was the gear over-center link preload. I had always thought that, yep the J-bar was difficult but doable and I'm on a grass field where positive lock is important. Besides, it's working. A Mooney specialist had said you might need this someday, and I made a template of his 8444/8442 tool. But that was a decade ago and never got there. Couldn't find the 8444, 8442 tools so finally made them. Nose gear was over 3x the original manual 100-130 inlbs spec and with the mains also a little tight made for a difficult uplock on the J-bar possibly over stressing over time (cycles). "Learn from the mistakes of others, you just don't have time to make them all yourself ". If there's interest, I can make the tools available to others, thinking it's important.

When it broke on my C, it defaulted to Fully On. In flight. It was a very s-l-o-w flight home to figure out what was wrong . . . Even Atlanta Approach asked if I.was really Mooney.

There is a MSC in the northeast that removed my entire carb heat system....so it's probably not needed....

WTF.....

Be glad, the Owners Manual for my 70C doesn't mention balked landings, go-arounds, etc., in any section.

This is the pop-up add that Was confusing as you first navigate this site. With the request for photo, profile questions, sustaining membership possibly and this pops in. They got me to click. Almost as if they knew I was Newbie but didn't know it yet.

I have the same one - on the IO360 it’s quite a ways up the tube and you have to give the supply tube a good shove to get up past the ice hole. I have the tube marked so I know how far to put it - I did that when I changed the oil. Buy a few jugs of dessicant in order to swap it out when it’s turns pink, so you can bake the used stuff at your leisure. baking the dessicant is a pain. I probably should have gone for the Drybot instead. Those guys were in the booth next to me at Oshkosh for the last two or three years and it’s a nice product.

Yet another case with plenty of options. Thankfully they survived.

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I have done some of these, it's not practical (many places have tons of rules on noise). Sometimes it's what one needs to do in places where options ahead are limited with built up areas ahead, the majority of these places down here already require 45deg turn right after departure from runway axis as "normal noise departure"... Flying tight pattern with steep angle (less power) is also helpful, although, this skill is not longer in fashion as pilots are taught from day 1 to fly "wide B52 bomber patterns" on "PAPI/VASI using 3deg glide" with "stable approach". Anyway, tight departure and tight pattern helps when flying VFR: one day as one will need it, as we say, it's good to invest in own luck rather than waiting for surprise ! Then there is IFR flying: prescribed SID or ILS paths or low vectoring, especially IMC, not much choices than keeping straight wing level, on sensible speed, and hope for the best...

Someone I know was in this exact state a while ago in an M20E. It took a few months to get a new pump so he was flying it around without an issue. To start cold it, it takes a bit more battery. Full rich, cracked throttle and then crank. It takes a few turns to build fuel pressure, then 5 seconds later it should start. You might have to crank to pressure, rest the starter, then start it. While you are at it, make sure you change your post to have it on record that the pump is still working and you are only asking for information. Mechanical pumps rarely fail, and many people have electric backup pumps that are not rated for continuous duty and probably won't get them very far, so I don't see much increased risk. Information for ground starting purposes only :p

My 71E came with an Owner's Manual rather than POH, and the only chapters that are FAA-approved and regulatory in nature are Limitations and Emergency Procedures. Balked landing procedure is under Normal and therefore merely advisory. I guess I'm lucky.

Sounds more like Laceration 101 . . . lol.

easy to answer that. Ask for the exact part number of the KX-165 and check what indicator you have. The install manual of the KX-155/165 is easy to find online

Um...that's awesome!! I would love one! I think it was called the Mark 21 through 1967, and the Ranger name appeared for 1968 model year. Based onmy serial number 680002, I have the 2nd "Ranger". And who are you calling ugly?! Let me know what I can do to make it worth your while to send one my way.

Where did she find them? At a yard sale there in Kerrville?

The “legal” answer, is do what it says in the POH for your model and year. It’s worth noting that in both cases, flaps are retracted before gear.

I would. I'll PM address.

She also found two of these ashtrays. They do not say a model, or any other identification for that matter, but they are definitely '60's. I will keep one. Would anyone like the other?

Those are cool, @Mcstealth! By sheer coincidence, I've owned my Mooney Ranger for 18 years now . . . But I've never seen one of these.

If the idea is to run the engine on the ground, start cranking with mixture at idle cut off and slowly advance mixture while continuing to crank. Be patient. I wouldn't fly with an INOP boost pump.

I have heard that in recent times JPI will do the re-program and e-mail it to you rather than having to send it back. Then you just plug into the usb port. Not sure of the cost though.

I would love one!!