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Strange to say, but I think I have dog house envy.

Rather straight forward. Lay the seal out in the sun for 1/2 hour before installation, and read instructions on your sealant. I suspect apply to both surfaces and allow to get tacky for a prescribed time, tape in place. Like you said straight forward.

So I first have to apologize for hi-jacking this thread, but thought I would share my response from Dan @ Lasar. I first checked their website to get their phone number and their site now states that it has been updated, which is great. I checked the seat roller just last week and I know for a fact that it stated a cost of less than $12 a piece, and now it no longer shows “out of stock” but the price is $116.57. In talking to Dan he said that they only have 2 and these are the expensive ones. I stated, “Well if you say these are the expensive ones, where are the ones I saw listed last week?” He responded that they no longer have those. I know we were told that their pricing was going to increase, but that is ridiculous.

Will make that call first thing tomorrow. Hopefully they will have them in stock and if they do, I will make the commitment to them to update their web site. (Since the Internet seems to be the way the world works). I agree with you Matthew, marketing can make or break a company I started writing rant about companies, but deleted it, as I’m sure that’s not how laser works. Also, I will need to purchase parts from them in the future

According to LASAR’s web sit, I can’t even get a seat roller (out of stock), and that is one of the simplest parts ever.

Not sure what the designer had in mind, but obviously the deep cutout is for the switch, I used the shallow cutout to lay the wiring in. Once I had the switch mounted, I taped over the crossover opening area between the switch and mounting relief, then I poured non-conductive epoxy on the switch. I did about 4 layers of epoxy to fully encapsulate the switch and filled the channel, which acts as the strain relief. When the final layer was setting up, I took a course file to shape the back side. Then sanded to a nice finish. Sorry no images. Also, the printed part does have a nice fit to the yoke, but I added some double sided tape in the pocket to help secure it to the yoke. My fat thumb was more than the double sided tape could handle, so I switched to a small dap of RTV. Now it is mounted like a rock. Absolutely love it.

You may need to confirm your charging system is operating properly

Without knowing if you have had a recent overhaul or new cylinders, I have to agree the battery sounds weak. In the second video no Bendix or starter spinning sounds, again signs of a sick bat. also not an AP mechanic, but a retired mechanical engineer who has live under the hood of may cars

Some people are meant to be caretakers in life. The person who eventually purchases this aircraft is a caretaker. They are the ones who make purchases like this to preserve the history of our Mooney’s. In my opinion this is a plane should be kept as close to original as possible. (Obviously for safety improved radios). I have owned a car for a long time, I am it’s present caretaker, and I tell my wife that she will have to sell it to the right person. (A new caretaker). Short version- If this aircraft meets your mission and you want to take pride in its history, this is the plane for you.

I hated my old PTT button that was Velcro strapped to the horizon section of my yoke. The button was starting to stick on, and I was starting to get in the habit of having to pull the button out after every transmission. I finally had enough of that, now I have to get used to barely touching the button. Absolutely love my new PTT button, thanks for attaching the file to your thread.

Some faith has been restored, great to hear

So back on April 10th, 2024 a topic was created, (LASAR Ordering Intake Ducts for B/C/D/G and E/F Models) and in that comment it was stated that the lead time was 35 weeks. I am really curious of how many people have received their order. So many people stated that they were handing over their cash and ordering their part, I held off on placing an order. 1. If the manufacturer is going to do a run, he isn’t making them to order, he will do a run of that part. 2. My boot is still in very good condition, so I have no sense of urgency. My thought was when people start receiving their orders there will be an overrun and that is when I will purchase mine and place in a vacuum bag and store in a dark place. In over a years time has anyone received any boot, or duct?

What type of material did you use(PETG Filament)?

Awesome, now I have a reason to buy a 3D printer! !

Just found this and since I have more time than money, as I am retired, I have to fun project ahead of me. https://francomarquis.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/aeroflash-strobe-restoration-for-under-15/ Since this is for a spare, it’s not time sensitive.