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The annual was done by the broker after acquiring the plane in an estate sale. All the AD's were complied with and he installed the new aileron control rods to cancel that recurring AD. The prop was a tough one. It was signed off with 50 hours left till inspection but... the initial was never done because the airplane sat for a considerable amount of time and went past the calendar time to do the first inspection and stamp the hub. It is heading to Cody Stallings at the end of the month for the prop. I will be interested to see how much difference the dynamic balance makes. My IA is a VERY thorough guy and he had to dig deep to find that. The pre-buy was done by a local mechanic familiar with Mooney but not that airplane. I shadowed him while he did the pre-buy and I asked MANY questions. At the time, I didn't know any mechanic of my own and just had to hunt for somebody. In fact, I didn't even know about this site, although I wish I had. In any case, it was not a MSC. I called Mooney, LASAR and Don Maxwell about the vacuum and electric warning systems parts. NONE had never heard of such a thing. I think Don is pretty much the Mooney guru. He did tell me that the '75 and '76 are strange years. Mooney was transitioning to the "J" and these two years have some different things not found in other Mooneys. Go figure. Funny though, my truck is the same way. I did learn from Don that I should pick up a "J" service manual because most of the systems in the late "F" are the same. In any case, I don't play the blame game. I take a vast majority of the responsibility. Did I get taken? Maybe, but outside of the few systems that required repair, she is a corrosion free (as much as an aluminum airplane can be), straight bird with a strong, healthy engine. I am HUGELY thankful for my IA that is willing to work with me for a small cost. I have had a great time working with him fellowshipping, learning and fixing my airplane! I know EXACTLY what I have now. BTW, if you are having problems with the PC, check the tubing. The red stuff seems to get really brittle. When we tried to bend it, it simply snapped. The Brittain folks have been awesome!

I was supervised the whole time.

Flying low.

Nothing more than removing the old cardboard backing from the carpet panels and changing them out with corrugated plastic. My plan is to do on airtex interior down the road sometime. But this will have to do for now.

I am deep into my owner assisted annual and all I can say is, this plane is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will find. So far... Cracked muffler, down pipes AND tailpipe. There were screws inserted into the slip joints pretty much eliminating the "slip" part to it hence the reason for the cracking. Hmmmm. Leaking intake manifold gaskets. Ripped intake boot. PC system tubing very brittle and broken with two bad servos. Strange ADF looking thing BEHIND the instrument panel (see pic) Prop never had the original A.D. completed... don't even get me started. Vacuum warning system INOP. I actually had to design a new circuit, as the old one is no longer available, to monitor the vacuum system and output to the light. Works great now! Owner produced part. Gotta love it! Electric warning light. In the process of designing the circuit to handle this. Brakes down to the rivets. No wonder it wouldn't stop too well! Aileron rigging was jacked up. Redoing the interior panels to get rid of the warped, mildewed panels. They look great now! The good news, no corrosion, no gear or fuel problems. Installing a power plug in the rear bulkhead for double duty. Rear seat power and a place to insert a trickle charger. IT's been a week of a ton of work, but it has been FUN! I know my airplane inside and out and I highly recommend everybody do owner assist!

These panels look awesome! Although, I'm not sure you can retain your membership in the CB club Chris... lol!

Thanks Cody. I will be in touch!

It turns out there is a defect in the sump itself. Or something with up with the little Oring and keeps getting caught, letting fuel come out. End result, new sump.

I sent you a voice mail. Thanks!

The wheeling shop did offer to do a Top Prop conversion for $8000. Although it looks cool and goes faster, $8000 is simply out of the question unless that is my only option.

Yes but... The place in wheeling won't do it without an overhaul because of the age and the fact it had never been done. I did find shop in Rockford to do it I think.

Thanks!!

Need a recommendation for a shop around the northern Illinois area to do the prop ad. Thanks guys!

I was going to use mine as a pattern and make a carbon fiber panel. Now, if I could only find the time.

I thought about that and I looked very closely ever since you made mention of that the first time. I have seen no indications of any worms in the gas tank though.

Thanks a bunch guys. I love this board! She is going for her annual this week. Fingers crossed nothing major. . I am going to do a field approval for the LED nav lights at the same time. I will let you all know how that goes. BTW... who's going to Airventure this year? Would be great to meet you guys in person sometime. I missed last year, but would love to go with a bunch of other Mooneys!

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Sounds like the seal around your baggage door is leaking. If so, try Jose's $5 door seal fix. When mine wears out, I am all over it! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hey guys. The left wing sump has something wrong with it that makes it very difficult to close once the fuel is sumped. If I jack with it enough, it will eventually close, after dousing me with 100LL of course. This is my question, does anybody know offhand what the size and pipe thread is for the sump on a '75F? I just read in " sport aviation" how to solve this problem without draining the tanks and I am super happy about that! I can look it up the size, but I thought someone would have the knowledge easily accessible. Thanks! Matt Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Congrats on the new (to you) Mooney! I also have a '75 F. Her name is Riley. Great plane! Welcome to Mooneyspace!

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Me too! ^^^^^

Mine is coming up in January. I will be doing the "owner assist" as well.

Mine too. It will drive me out of the airplane without mixing with cold air!

Yes. I did it with him. It was fun and I learned a lot! I made the compass correction card on my computer.