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What are you using for the carpet panels? Kydex over nylon carpet?

If you have a handheld laser thermometer you could warm it up, then check exhaust temps. If you have a cooler one start pulling plugs there first. Take your 30 dollah inspection camera and look around for leaks on the side it it leaking

We won't be quite that fastidious of repainting everything, but touch up paint and replacing Adel clamps where the rubber is hard and rubbing on the engine mount will be accomplished. So far I think a pound of tie wraps has been removed. Some aluminum polishing will also occur. Who knows that loose wire hanging may be re attached to the CHT probe. It is interesting to know what an "annual inspection" can "miss". The good news is a trust worthy plane can be had with a little elbow grease.

On an 20F IO 360 A1A it is about 2 hours to pull the cylinder by a very experienced AP with a very novice helper Based on what is involved, I would doubt that I would let someone pull a cylinder on a prebuy. It puts the plane back into the "needs careful hours above an airport before it can be trusted again" category We will see how many hours to put it back together.

Water in the reverbulating framulator

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The EMP will take out every integrated circuit that has not been hardened. The good news is your engine will keep running due to the 1950s technology.

learned something this weekend that the p leads need to shielded. The shield at the ferrule will become un soldered. Some people will do a work around and run another ground wire from the shield to another screw.

But what about the drag created by the open hole on the wing? Not to mention all the water going up into the wing.

My wife got one of those vinyl printers... I think the first thing I am going to make is Red "Danger Jet Blast" for the stall vane and yellow and black "Rescue" arrows for the Starboard side

338 is the larger size for the cap A bit of Jet Lube after some emery cloth to clean things up. Should also get a couple of new cotter pins. If it is the first time you are doing them, it may be that the certified mechanic used the wrong size cotter pin. Some may say a stainless cotter pin it possibly better for the type of liquid environment they are going in. You are inspecting them every time you fly... right.

PM me an address I have a bunch

lots of shark bite fittings that make it come apart. Assemble in the wing

Don Maxwell article... says permetex 2 for screw leaks

Ok stripper expensive. Got it. So $100.00 and you are in business tank and pump. I am all for building stuff but cheap single use Chinese tools are good too. You can spend that much on welding rods these days. http://www.harborfreight.com/20-gallon-parts-washer-with-pump-60769.html

A new Lycoming wide deck HO from Air Power is right at 2 AMU. couple hundred less for this engine

It looks like your tank that you are building is about 33 gallons. Why would you not just fill up the tank with stripper let sit and then drain? use the pump to repeat this each time removing more of the goup through a series of screens. To be fancy about this get an extra bottom panel and install a fitting such that you can pump it up and then drain.

One thing I was taught whenever you are sitting keep the RPMs between 1100 and 1200

poly tank at Tractor Supply

Part number 33 Roll Pin is the answer. Not sure how to get to it. Does the panel just slide over the lever?

Then there is the Insurance which really drives things. Will insurance be higher for those flying on a DL? When you first get a Mooney, the FAA says you can fly it, the insurance company says you need certain number of hours in it

or should the driving laws be tougher? I think I have to have a Class B to drive my dad's big ole bus RV. I happen to have a class A. but because I am limited to Texas, I don't need a medical. Texas is a big state, I am fine with that $75 for a medical a couple of weeks ago. Had to cough and pass the peripheral vision test, which I did not have to the first two times. I think it was $120 in Houston. If you want to fly to College Station probably get a crew car from Easterwood, I can give you a name. And since they are both DOT agencies. How about one medical test that covers both.aero and driving.

Question on the reclining rear seat handles on the side panels. How do you remove them? Screw removed, forgot to check for the 70s style clip behind the lever, is that what I am missing or are they just supposed to pull off?

When my DPE handed me my license he said "Don't get any blood on it" He is 80 flight engineer on a bomber in WWII and a test pilot for Navion. I started having fun on the check ride when he said "look at all those poor people down there, they don't get to fly today"