MB65E

Gates green labled belts are ok to use per the STC. The belt that came in the kit didn't fit my flywheel for some reason. I played around with belt size until I found one that fit. 38 3/8" rings a bell. O'Reillys had the best selection of that brand of belts. -Matt

Check compression, Swap plugs, probes, and injectors to known places and see what shakes out. Check the timing. Could have a lifter loosing oil pressure or becoming blocked when the oil P drops off. What's the oil pressure doing? Could pull the rocker box covers and measure travels of valves. Could have a valve sticking. What does it do on start up? -Matt

Yes, but I have not seen the I'm ok option with the PLb. I like the ARC PLBs. They fit in your pocket. I still have 2 spots, but I'm beginning to think they are more of a marketing thing. However, i do like their tracking functions while in route. -Matt

Great stuff guys!! Additionally, if it helps- I have coffee, TP, pen/paper, PLB, cliff bars, and whistle in my kit! My plan is to be relaxing comfortably drinking coffee and offer some to the helicopter crew if needed. Aircraft spruce sells a crash kit Charlie that I've purchased for a few clients. I thought it had good value. 350ish etc. pretty good warm fuzzy. I'm still looking for some nice American or German steel knives. Everything now seems to me made in China. Office Depot sells a 10 man office survival kit. It has some water packs, rations, lights, survival stuff. I've gotten a few of them and modified them with some real survival stuff. They are a bit big for the m20, so I modified them more with a smaller backpack. Our work SMS program had some guidelines for a Emergency response plan. In the ERP, there is a crash scene list for a kit that had some good stuff in it. I just re packed out first aid kit for the Citation... it sucks!! That's my Next project.. Good friend at the airport grew up in the ID back country. We continue to geek out on these things. Be Safe, -Matt

Interesting-I didn't know yours slipped off until now. Fee free to safety them, but I'd be more concerned about why it slipped. Might be an install or other issue. They do start to leak every now and then. One thing I've done is to spin the tube around to give it a new contact seat. Usually helps to control seepage. -Matt

Guess I have not seen the triditional coffee grinder being red and white. I remember first generation red/white strobes, but I haven't seen that bowl type glass split red/white with the 2 rotating bulbs. -Matt

That's the current problem with all this new stuff. They are not approved in that Nav flashing function. I'll buy off on a minor install, but not in the flashing capacity. What thought process did these manufactures go thru?? It's all really strange. The other problem is the tower probably said neat lights when he taxied off. :-0 -Matt

The data plate is supposed to be right where it is on your airplane. I have seen several in that same spot. Tell them the tail is on backwards and it needed to be "behind" the aft most exit. For 4 bucks and two rivets it's probably not worth arguing but, man are they silly!! "what type of rivets would you like me to use" lol. geez, -Matt

They do make nice stuff!! -Matt

I've never seen them safetyed. Not a bad idea, but they should have a good detent on them. If they don't something's wrong. -Matt

It's fine. But You had a red and white coffee grinder? I've never see that. -Matt

I like that 2x factor number in a short body. It matches the C model chart well. So in a short body. Say altitude you have to loose i.e. 8500ft. (8.5) x 2 = 17sm worth of glide. But.... That's one reason to keep everything in MPH or at least convert the chart because your GPS says you have a good airport at 15.7NM!!! But your only going to glide 14.7nm on a good day. Darn! Lol. -Matt

Thanks Bumper for the O-rings in the past. They are still leak tight!! -Matt

Thanks for the info!! Not much of anything was in the older manuals, prior to J regarding the stops! -Matt

Hi Mark, please stop. The seat stop Kits from spruce work great. They are sourced by McFarline. They are made of better steel than what's available at Lowes. The older IPCs didn't have any drawings of the seat stops. I'm not sure what was installed on the 201, but I do know Lowes was not a vendor of Mooney back then. The cotter pin thru the track is not ideal as it is easily bent and not designed to stop the seat. The clevis is solid. If anyone has current drawing of the older seat stops it would be great to see how it is supposed to be done. -Matt

Correct, along with an416 pins. -Matt

1/8" Clevis pin with the steel strap that goes over the rail. I use a quick release cotterkey/pin vs the triditional. AN416. -Matt.

That's crazy. Wizards wax in shine, 3m's perfect-it, and meguires cleaner wax work great!!! -Matt

Those 2 orders in you link appear to be canceled in 2013... interesting. -Matt

The 8130's depend on who you ask. 15 years ago, they were tossed along with the packing sheets. Now each screw can have a 8130. I try to ask for and save every 8130 I get. However, when you replace all the side panels or belly panel screws and you now have 200 8130 for each screw makes you think we've gone crazy!! "Yellow tags" are now almost gone as well as the phrase. The 8130 pretty much is the standard now. Pete, it's a shame about lightbplane maintenance. I have subscribed to it on and off since college. I still get the companies IFR script, but the LPM was really neat. They canceled the publication about a year ago, I really enjoyed it!! I'll try and look up our requirements, from what I understand it is still vague . -Matt

Welcome JB!! -Matt

Let's all looks for a wing for ya!! Mine was replaced in '97 due to corrosion gussing. Lovely 1 line entry in the log. I'd almost rather have a factory undamaged replaced wing than a repaired wing. Although a properly repaired one would be fine. It's just the darn hourly cost of labor to fix it. How far do the wrinkles go inboard? It doesn't look like it bent anything inboard. Does the damage go thru the spar or is the spar compromised? What other damage is there? I'd be worried about hidden damage in the landing gear system, etc. It climbed a little burm in the pictures I saw. It might be worth it to take it apart, take it to cole, max, or another good shop and wait on a donor wing. Maybe put a 6mo time stamp on it. There are enough J's flying that something (unfortunately depending on who's side) should turn up. I would think your insurance company would rather wait than settle on a 116k claim. Just trying to think about other options rather than just state the easy scrap option. -Matt

What about a single G1000 screen, back up ADI and a GTN750. Have not seen that but it would be cool. All certified stuff! G1000s are cool, but the GTN tech is 15 years newer!! However, I can pull freqs faster from ForeFlight than most pages in the garmins. -Matt

I have them in a Citation I maintain. Amazing!! Best product on the market bar none. Slightly steep $ for personal use but I'm sure their pricing will come down. -Matt

It is required per 91.207(d) It lists the crash sensor so yes it's required. However, the newer 406 ELTs need further test equipment to read the hex code they spit out. Some of the later "self test" guidelines in ELT's test the switch but only electronically, not mechanically. So there is a bit of a gray area on what's required. -Matt