Tim Jodice

I am trying to find the manual for a shadin fuel totalizer 912001. Suggestions?

I would. That shrinks the age gap.

It would be a bigger spread than $50K. A base SR20 is $200K less than a base SR22.

A Debonair with a IO-470K 225HP

I agree with you on everything especially that some people do very poor inspections and repairs on there aircraft. I brought it up because even if Mooney go out it will be a long time before there will be no way to properly maintain a Mooney.

I am in the process of buying an 1985 J and this changes nothing for me. People still buy and fly Piper Comanches that have not had factory support for a long time. The newest ones are almost 50 years old yet are kept flying.

Can you use 1200 series bendix mags? I have heard they are the best for high altitude aircraft. I have them on my baron and have had only one issue, one needed a condenser. My A&P has them on his 414 he says the 1200 series bendix mag was designed from the ground up to be a high altitude mag hence its size, Where a pressurizing a slick was a after thought.

I bought a set of auto paralleling Zef VRs for a generator powered old Baron. Probably not fair comparing mechanical VR with an external paralleling relay box to a electronic set but they are exceptional in comparison. I replaced them because the mechanical set was difficult to sync and set the voltages right at the same time. In addition it would change with temperature. I have no experience with customer service because I found the instructions to be good and they worked perfectly.

Yes, they agreed to fix all of the issues found during the pre buy and I should be a new Mooney owner the first week of November. I like reading people's stories on here and will be sure to tell mine when the buying process is done.

How is the propeller? Are there any new things you have noticed in the past year?

Agreed, my regular trip is 120 miles. I dont care about the speed because of the time it saves, I was concerned there was a problem with the airplane causing the speed loss. After all of the responses here (thank you all) I am not worried about it. TKS and 190 pounds heavier empty weight plus the J had full tanks, the F to the tabs. Thanks again.

Yes

Thank you all for the feed back. Sounds like I am trying to figure out a problem that does not exist. I am happy with the prebuy I am not looking for perfection They are motivated sellers and the plane priced accordingly. after flying it I gave them a refundable deposit pending a prebuy inspection. I agreed on there price they agreed to fix everything because I didn't try to beat them down on the normal things that happen to a 30+ year old airplane. I am really excited about the way it is going. Should be mine by the end of the month after they fix the squawk list. Thank you all.

Would you worry about it? I did the prebuy yesterday and it checked out great, found 6 things and they agreed to fix all of them.

Stock vs stock shouldn't the J be faster?

This F model has no speed mods

That's good to hear. I dont care about loosing a few knots but I am concerned that there is a bigger issue causing it. Looking for suggestions as to what would slow it down. I know tks is a few knots.

I am buying a J model and the one I am currently looking at doesn't seem to go as fast as it should. I say that because I have about 250 in a F that goes as fast as the J. I have done a 4 way gps in the J. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5812T/history/20191013/1815Z I plan to do one in the F today. I dropped the J of last night then took th F back home. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5812T/history/20191015/2122Z/KASH/L 43.08110 -76.52940 https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6390Q/history/20191016/0004Z It looks like they are about the same speed. Neither have any speed mods. The J has TKS The F has a 600 hrs engine the J 170 hrs both done by Penn Yan. The F has a square tip Hartzell, the J a elliptical tip Macauley. I dont know if they are the stock propellers. Reading on here I has found most say an F model is good for 150 knots and a J 160. Any thoughts?

Thank you!

Are there any Instructors available in New Hampshire area to do a check out?

Great News! Tom S. a service guy that works at CAV aerospace flew over in his amazing Columbia 400 to inspect the panel and said not a big deal they just did a messy job installing it and they used the old green adhesive that does not hold well. He added that I could leave it alone they did not break the tube to the stall strip that would have made replacing the whole leading edge to the tune of about $6,000. I said it looks like crap and has the old adhesive. The fix is to bring it to them pay about $300-400 and have it cleaned up reinstalled with the better adhesive by the pros.

Am guessing this is what you are talking about. What is the proper fix?

It is a STC done by Flight Ice for older barons that did not have know ice boots. The opinions I get from Cessna Caravan pilots is the new known ice tks system is superior to the known ice boots.

I do play well with others

I am sorry if I hit a nerve. Owning an old bonanza and planning on buying a baron I do spend most all of my forum reading time on Beech Talk. I came here simply because it is a good place to learn about TKS. Those of you that helped thank you. Carusoam, I know text might not come out right compared to hearing some one saying it. To make it clear I did not post on here to fire up a mine is better than yours argument. I was afraid this might happen and that is why in the first post I said " I am buying an aircraft with TKS " I said it was a baron after the post of a stall strip coming off and thought it might be relevant.