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Cold weather causes more fuel leaks to show up. Belly Pan suggests pull side panel in the cabin and inspect the rubber fuel line. I would stick a inspection camera down the side panel before I would stick in the tank. Replace fuel line and tighten the clamps. Or the fuel sensor that is there. Tighten screws. New fuel wing sensors gaskets can be found at Brown Aircraft https://www.brownaircraft.com/

The Gyro unit in the rear comm bay tells the HSI to turn or not turn. How close is the bottom VHF antenna to the rear comm bay and the remote gyro? Is the VHF Antenna on the port starboard or centerline? The wire bundle for the gyro most likely goes down the port side. My ST180 remote wire bundle had 3 different set of shielded wires in the bundle. I think the King unit also has a slave control in the panel. There are lots of places stray RF could mess with the HSI head or remote slave panel, but could also be messing with the remote gyro. I would be more focused on the gyro. It could also be a voltage drop when you key the VHF radio. Which could be caused by bad ground or a loose B+ screw. The HSI is going to be on the Main buss. The radio is on the Comm bus. @EricJ can probably suggest good ways to look for leaking RF.

For the $5K that you are going to spend chasing this I would suggest getting two Uavionics AV-30s You can get rid of the big gyro in the tail. Hint there are enough wires in that bundle you can use some to install the AV-Mag. You also get to remove the vacuum system.

Ive replaced hundreds of antennas and coax connectors. If re running coax is to much of a pain, at least redo the connector to the antenna. Coax with new connectors can be tested with a VOM. I never did the VOM test because I never screwed up putting the connector on. OK once. If it is messing with other avionics, it's not because of RF leaks in the belly. Most likely behind the panel. Suggest separating antenna coax bundles. Also a failed COM VOR splitter if used.

You could create a ground plane out of Aluminum HVAC tape. Other than that replace the coax with RG400U

Depending on how shot the foam is cutting up some packing cloths or just getting the cotton batting will help not so gone foam. Most all leather will pass the burn test depending on the dye, why did you have to treat it? And technically you don't have to have burn certs since Mooney is CAR3. It is more about what your IA is comfortable with for the next annual.

I saw quite the supply of what looked like they would fit a Mooney Rod ends at Tractor Supply just the other day. If the numbers on them match it's kind of like Timken Wheel Bearings from the auto parts store.

I would remove and reinsert all plugs several times on all the boxes. Corrosion can build up on the contacts. The fact that is it cycling kind of looks like a loose plug.

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Is the stall speed and weight meets the MOSAIC requirement as configured for that flight? Or is max weight/stall of the airplane in all configurations?

You might want to take a look inside the wingtips. My Eagle has the wiring for them, just not hooked up. Same with the Overhead panel the wire is there, but a blank is put over the switch hole. If it was an option from the factory, then the wires might already be in the wings. Take the clear lens off and then the running/strobe. Don't drop the glass lenses. Look for extra wires. As far as mounting an LED, There is a black plastic spacer that covers the aluminum bracket that the running lights/strobes are attached to. Depending on how fancy you want to be for the recognition lights a wood screw thread. or a rivinut, or a pop rivet could server to hold the recognition lights. If it was not pre wired running a wire through the wing has been done before. The fiberglass chaser rods help.

Yep I am glad I am out of the game. Same with law firms. Now I just use my powers for the good of myself and my people. Best win so far was one of my friends dads was able to distribute Christmas $ gifts to his grand kids. The gifts were generated via some software that I had GROK write. I used him as the beta tester. The other thing that GROK is good at is running Monte Carlo simulations. So I used it to model some portfolios. I have 3 models that are running for Q1 with the KPIs set and published to a friend. Two weeks in to the quarter one of the models is already half way to the KPI. The last two weeks of Jan will see some of the dividends being delivered. My Q1 QBR is going to be entertaining to say the least.

My team did a 0 issue upgrade on a 1.2 Billion dollar /year system. We ran 600 functional tests. It was a wonderful thing.

In some aspects you are correct about having to architect the overall system. Which is what the Senior people do in their head. One of the first questions is why port something when you could probably write it new in a better language in a couple of days using AI. I would feed the original to AI and then ask for suggestions. The biggest trick is getting the LLM to not do consensus of the internet and go into analytical mode.

We are both Structure Coders/Consutants from back in the day with multiple CRM installs and other laundry list of project. Really it's like our 1000th rodeo. Funny enough he uses a niche CRM for his customer base and was thinking about writing his own so he would not have to put up with the vendor. If you think about trading meeting time/requirements time for internal tailor fitting the software with AI, it would probably be less time spent.

My Friend has a company with developers. I had GROK write his Software coding AI policy in about 30 minutes and gave it to him. He kept it in his back pocket. After a couple of months of the initial discussion the lead engineer came to him about writing AI Software coding Policy. He said he would email it. Software Engineering is cut and paste and modify. So ya it is more about how much they have to cut and paste from. I recommended my friend to let go all the Jr. Developers. A Senior Developer and AI coder of your choice is all you need. Keep the experience, Let AI do the coding part.

You are assuming the contract is in place, legal has reviewed, you were not busy with another client, and I had to spend 15 minutes writing the requirements. What you are not getting is kind of like Crystal Reports, experienced end users don't really need a developer.

The error was not GROK induced. The hospital sent some 404s, so GROK had to add some headers.Typical Coder. 5 minutes to write the code sure. You are not including the testing and other time needed to deliver a functioning product. Which would also include testing and documentation and delivery. Child sick at school, 3 meetings, 2 long lunches, getting interrupted by some higher priority thing, and or vacation days. I would be lucky to get the code by February.

y'all are really not keeping up with the world are y'all. Yesterday I needed to download a bunch of JSON data into a spreadsheet. GROK wrote me some python in 30 minutes and 2 revisions. Worked great. Every Company with coders can fire 2/3rds of them and just use AI and get everything done way faster. Oh ya the last time I coded was in the Late 1900s. And I don't even know how to write python code.

Did they sell you the switch or the whole overhead panel?

BAS is taking apart an Ovation. Should probably have what you need.

crank seal can be checked by putting a finger on it and turning the prop. See if it moves. Make sure the engine is off.

I look for reasons to buy tools. Most recently a skid steer. You return tools. We are not the same. :-)

Bingo. It's like the old guy with the airplane that is going to fly one day. At this point he has a bunch of aluminum cans with an engine hanging on it, but thinks it will fly again one day. Fantasy vs. Reality