Jump to content

Leaderboard

Popular Content

Showing content with the highest reputation on 10/22/2012 in all areas

  1. Here goes a new video...just for fun, flying VFR from Guatemala city to Rio Dulce, Guatemala, close to the Caribbean coast.
    1 point
  2. I remember some post from a while back with people having problems getting the air out so I thought I would post this. I tried to post a picture, but it would not upload. I purchased a small 1/2 gallon pump up sprayer from Lowes for $7 and attached a piece of clear hose to it. It had a push button valve to control the fluid flow. My brake and flap system was completely drained and it took about 20 seconds to push the fluid from the wheel cylinder up to the tank. I have copilot brakes also so it had to push the oil through both sets of Master Cylinders. All 4 of the Master cylinders were rebuilt with a new seal set, so that may have helped with the ease of the oil going through the lines. I also used it to to bleed the hydraulic flaps. There is a "T" with one end capped on the flap cylinder for bleeding. I purchased a quart of fluid and had about 10oz left over. The brakes and flaps were firm with no air at all.
    1 point
  3. i agree about the concern of the chrome cylinders and lack of or improper break-in. You're blowing combustion byproducts past the rings and pressurizing the crankcase. You can tolerate it, or take the cylinders off. I'm not sure if chrome can be re-honed or not. The Reiff preheater is a consensus favorite as it heats the cylinders evenly with bands around them, as well as the sump.
    1 point
  4. Not if you go with Dolly Parton. She is rated for Pacific crossings
    1 point
  5. OK, $55k + $7k = $62k. Is this plane worth $62K to you? I may be totally out of touch with the current market, but I think the shock discs have already been factored into the price. Now it may be that all the awesome goodies this plane has are not important to you and all you really want is a good, clean stock M20C, in which case pass on this one and keep looking. As someone who has actually paid for upgrades, I think this plane is one heck of a deal and the turbo makes it pretty unique! Don't be surprised if the seller doesn't budge on the price. I wouldn't. As to the airworthiness of the discs, I'm sure they're just fine to fly on. My plane has the original discs on the nose from 1966 and they pass inspection every year. They're rubber doughnuts and they're dirt simple. If one of them were to suddenly rupture into tiny pieces (very unlikely as they will fail more gradual with visible cracking first), what's the worst that could happen? One wing, or the nose is lower to the ground. Kind of like a Cherokee with a flat Oleo strut. Not the end of the world. If it were me and the only thing the pre buy turns up is these old discs, I'd pay the man and keep flying the plane as is. I would then plan on doing the disc upgrade at the next annual. Maybe start with the nose gear first as it is probably the most critical due to prop clearence issues. Then maybe next annual, plan for the mains.
    1 point
  6. Really?? Look at all this plane has. Shock discs, really? I don't get it. What else is wrong with the plane? This is the most fully loaded C I think I've seen here in a long time, and you're going to let it go over just shock discs?? Somebody help me here, has the market for used planes gone this far to hell that people can be this picky about shock discs when there is at least $60-80k worth of upgrades on this plane? Look at it this way, for $55k, you're getting a collection of great Mooney mods with a free airplane thrown in.
    1 point
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.