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I have the dukes as well… is it really one failed electrical switch away from bending the rods like that? There’s no mechanical stop that would prevent damage or pop the circuit breaker? Seems like more would end up bent?

How do you know so much about those fingerprints??

Yeah, it definitely does… I wonder if it has the correct cooling capacity for a Mooney? Weird that it’s the wrong cooler? Good catch.

You have a different engine though. Do you know where the sensor is?

Does it go down soon after the chts also drop? It’s sort of a chicken or egg thing, but my oil temp has only been warm with higher chts and it cools down quickly when I cool them.

Ahhh @PT20J has a great point there. Where’s the oil temp sensor for the 830? In the front? Higher temperatures might be normal. Is the primary factory gage solid in the green?

Yeah my oil temp sits around 185, so 200s seems high. Here are some thoughts.., I have seen it 210ish before during climb on a really hot day (like 100f + oat) when my chts were also 390ish. You could have an oil cooler issue. Any idea when it was last cleaned out or overhauled? Could also be a vernatherm issue which isn’t too hard to check (although I haven’t done it). Do you have the metal “heat shield” over top the oil cooler? How are the air vanes on the cooler looking?

I don’t see much change in oil temp either, but the cowl flaps are more for the cylinders. They let more air across and down (at least that’s the theory). Cooler cylinders does slightly cooler oil. Generally you’ll only need cowl flaps open in climb where you’re running high power at lower speeds and your cylinders will have a tendency to get too hot without extra air. People usually use 380-400 as the highest cylinder temps they accept in climb or cruise. If you’re able to keep your cylinder temps below this, you’re in good shape. Do you have temp monitoring on all 4 cylinders?

A gns430w to gtn650 swap in the future is not minor. Honestly, it’s enough that you probably should consider doing it while you have it opened up and save time/hassle if not money.

Just for fun, maybe make sure the belt is tight too…

Yeah I guess it’s in the J manual and optional, but the note exists…

Also, the “closed” position is supposed to be slightly open 1/4”? 1/2”? See the MM.

True, but the jet fuel weighs a little more, so if we use 9gph for 100ll at 6lbs/gallon and 7.3gph for jet at 6.7lbs/gallon we’re pretty much burning between 49-54 lbs/hour. Even though you can make up a little of that 90lb ul loss, I don’t think you’ll make up much. I would love to have the benefit of the turbo though!

I looked at their stc list and it’s only E-k model Mooney and only 12v. No other Mooneys on their planned STC list for the next 2 years either.

They do have some kind of internal regulator for charging, so hopefully that isn’t a problem, but yeah, im gonna watch and wait before sticking one of those in my airplane. It feels like a solution in search of a problem. I have my concorde capacity checked each annual and replace it ~5 years. Pretty simple.

Best fix I’ve ever seen for an AOG!

Gill has a newer battery but it’s similar to Concords. There’s also an earthx lithium approved but there’s been a strong debate on MS about whether it’s better because it hold half the amp hours. It is much lighter and more expensive. Personally, I find it hard to change off the Concord that lasts reliably 4-5 years and is relatively inexpensive.

That’s got to be wrong. The w/b requires offsets from the measurement points iaw the manual. No way they did it right. My F with a 3 blade is 45inches!

I hope you’re still making the trip today, you got a beautiful day for it!

sorry it’s at night, so harder to see how everything fits. I liked your key, master and autopilot positions!

@ArrowBerry He’s already got the G5s and the gps, otherwise-275s be good, but with his plan of removing the adfs and reorganization, he’s looking pretty good! He’s also correct about the g5s not being able to display the vor/ils from his #2 radio since they are not digital and it’s already connected to his gps (1 source limit if second source isn’t digital, and must have gfc500). 1. Where’s the transponder? 2. I have 2 g5s stacked but they aren’t flush and they are slightly right of the yoke center. You don’t notice that when flying. Fit might be tough flush and center. 3. I suspect (but don’t know) that it’s going to be really tough to fit those 5 items in the middle stack. Id highly recommend measuring very carefully. 4. A used sl30 might solve a couple problems. It is a slimmer radio and it’s digital, so you could connect it to your g5 HSI and get rid of the vor obs. It might also fit better as radio 1. You could then keep 1 of your old radios as a spare. good luck!

I think there’s a Mooney knowledgeable guy down at KDWH that you might be able to get to drive up and help you. Possibly someone here remembers his name? Someone else here keeps their airplane at David Wayne Hooks….

Exactly what Skip said. Measure field at the vr. If 0 there, measure voltage coming into the vr sense line. You’re looking at a broken connection somewhere…

Definitely check the field voltage at the alternator with master on, engine off. Should be just less than 12v. While you’re there, check the connections to the alternator. Wiggle them.

Yes, the winter weather up here has taken me a long time to figure out as well. If you’re flying Friday afternoon, you probably have a good chance to be vfr the whole way no problem. When the winter weather here is “partly cloudy”, that means broken at 1000’ (or less) though. The temp and dew point are so close together and there’s no energy in the low sun that fog and low stratus are the norm during “good weather”. Depending on lots of random factors, there’s sometimes light rime in there too so I avoid it unless I get a pirep of negative icing. On the plus side, any layer will likely be only a 1000’ thick and beautiful on top. So I don’t think you’ll know 100% until the morning of, klws is a good backup, there’s not much between klws and boise, and Salt Lake and Seattle centers have poor-ish radio coverage between there too (and it’s where the center border is). That said, it’s beautiful. Land before 4pm because it gets dark fast and kpuw is in a bit of a bowl of rolling “paluse”.