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MS is full of all kinds of examples of corrosion and other issues with our Mooneys and I'm still waiting for the first one with an actual significant bladder issue. Are racing bladders made of the same material? I would guess their purpose is puncture protection.

It's been $15 per seat for at least the past 10 years.

I've seen lots of posts warning of potential bladder issues ranging from corrosion to degrading material, but only from folks who don't have bladders in their Mooneys. Anyone with bladders had trouble with the material degrading?

Considering all the other calendar based things we track and keep current the 3 year registration hardly seems worth complaining about. In Ohio we have to register our planes every year and it costs a little more than $5.

The bar itself is bent or something under the floorboards is bent?

Manual flaps may not always be cheaper to maintain:

That wasn't N638TS, was it?

I've got a bunch of #8 and #10 screws. We should be able to get it put back together. I'm not exactly sure what my schedule looks like tomorrow. I'll PM you my cell phone number.

I probably have some extras but I'm not sure I'll be able to make it out to Bolton today. Do you know what sizes they are?

I know that's the popular belief because the density of ice is less than that of liquid water but it turns out that it's actually not correct. Because ice is buoyant the amount of water it displaces is equivalent to the total mass of the ice. However, some of the ice remains out of the water. So, when the ice melts the full mass of the ice becomes liquid and it exactly fills the volume previously displaced by the ice. The end result is no change in the level of the water. All that aside, it is not the ice currently floating in the oceans that is cause for concern. It is the very large ice sheets over places like Greenland and Antarctica that could cause a rise in ocean levels.

From 1982 on the M20Js have split, folding rear seats. It isn't really worth it to try to convert an older one.

The guys at Savvy Analysis claim they can tell ahead of time. https://www.savvyanalysis.com/content/feva/

It sounds like the FAA may be using the approach described in the Part 23 rewrite. Dynon verified performance against an appropriate ASTM standard.

I had that line start leaking in my M20D. The line got kinked during some avionics work and that led to a crack. My CFII noticed the 100LL dripping on her leg while we were taxiing. I seem to recall that it was some kind of rigid line rather than a braided line. The braided hose sounds like an improvement.

Good news! Hartzell just bought Sky-Tec. Their starters will now be made in the Hartzell factory in Alabama. Now you will be able to find the same Hartzell/Kelly quality in this fine product line. http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2016/April/05/Hartzell-acquires-Sky-Tec-starters-and-solenoids

I know most of the vintage Mooneys had a fuel line all the way to the gauge but I thought all the M20Js had electronic fuel pressure gauges with transducers on the other side of the firewall. Do you have the old style of gauge?

The OP said he already took the engine to Jewell. there's not much point in second guessing his actions. He came here to ask about prop overhauls.

I'm sorry to hear you are into an overhaul so early in owning 58D. Are you willing to share what happened that lead to the engine overhaul?

I'm not based near Minneapolis but I fly there fairly regularly. I use either Airlake (KLVN) or Flying Cloud (KFCM). I've tried a couple of FBOs at KFCM and Thunderbird is by far the best for anyone not in a jet. I'm not sure how they handle all the hangars but I'm sure the folks at Thunderbird could give you some insight if you called.

There's one available on eBay. Looks like NOS. http://m.ebay.com/itm/1-ea-Gerdes-Parking-Brake-Valve-P-N-A-115-4-/291719330621?nav=SEARCH

Houman was a well liked and well respected member of the MS community, and known personally to several folks here. He was a low-time Rocket owner. His loss was felt deeply and personally by many here. http://mooneyspace.com/topic/17344-mooney-down-around-montr%C3%A9al/

There are very few things that emit full spectrum white light. This device simultaneously lases at multiple wavelengths which effectively creates a relatively broad spectrum output that is visually identifiable as white. The point was that this is substantially different from previous devices that had to merge separate beams.

Not that they are using a white LASER in this application but white LASERs do exist. http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v10/n9/full/nnano.2015.149.html

The power comes into the gauges at the terminals labeled "IGN". Each one is connected to the previous from left to right looking at it from the back. The malfunctioning gauge is on the far right ("B" in attached photo). It is getting power via a wire from from "A" to "B". If you put a jumper across those terminals you can bypass a potential bad connection. I've also attached a small section of the schematic for the gauge cluster. Sorry the quality of that image isn't very good but it shows how things are connected. Keep in mind that the schematic is showing the orientation from the front. On the photo I've also added a red circle where it looks like there could possibly be an issue. Is that ground wire in the circle making contact with terminal "A" or any of the connected wires? It is very hard to tell in the photo.

The power to those gauges comes from a single wire attached to the far right gauge. The rest of the gauges are just daisy-chained together. The power for the last one comes from a short wire off the other fuel gauge which is clearly getting power. So, if it's a power problem it's in that last wire. You might want to check the connection at the other fuel gauge. You could try using an alligator clip test lead to bypass that last wire. If the gauge starts working it would confirm the problem is on the power side.