MikeOH

WOW! I must have more lives than 100 cats...I do both without a thought. Heretic, I know

The buss bar is 'hot'; i.e., it is a source of voltage/power. The multiple wires on the other side of the CB are NOT grounds but feeds to various loads. Those loads are commonly grounded to the airframe to provide the return path.

I've had my plane for nearly 3 years. It had a Concorde put in 4 years before that. Still going strong after 7 years. I wish my car batteries lasted that long!

Not to mention the tax revenue that would vanish!

And, I suspect that it is hard on the nose wheel tire

Yeah, but you don't have to go around when some guy cuts you off

Not to sound like Dave Barry, but the thing with contagious diseases like COVID-19 is that they are, well, contagious...just like a WHOLE LOT of other diseases that KILL people. For poignant example: the FLU!! Kills tens of thousands every year an no one bats an eye. Did it ever occur to you mask lovers that our fine government may well decide to impose mandatory mask wearing FOREVER! After all, it WILL reduce the spread of all kinds of diseases. You okay with that? I mean if even ONE life is saved it's worth it to destroy our economy, right? Frankly, I think the "data" were are being force fed is pretty damn suspect (lies, damn lies, and statistics). I'm getting pretty tired of hearing how swell all those euro-socialist countries are doing; like it's supposed to be some kind of shame on the US. Ever think maybe they don't test as much? That their population distributions are different? How about that they don't code every death that has a couple of common symptoms with COVID as a COVID death? Like there aren't more that just a few other illnesses that have the same symptoms! Ever think maybe the US/CDC is, for political purposes, coding every damn death they possibly can as COVID to make the numbers look as horrific as possible. Nah, the Kool-Aid is just tasting too good, huh? Then there's Sweden. They said screw the lockdown. Seems they may have more elder deaths but hardly the 'sky-is-falling' mantra we hear out or our politicians. But, speaking of elder deaths...we had Cuomo sending the COVID sick BACK to rest homes! Knocked off some state funded health care costs right there, he did I wear a mask in businesses that require one (they are a PRIVATE enterprise, after all) and am forced to wear one at work unless I'm drinking or eating (hint, I've ALWAYS got a cup of coffee right next to me!). And, it doesn't bother me ONE bit if others don't have their masks on; no hypocrisy here. Look, life is 100% fatal. I stay away from obviously sick people, and wash my hands frequently....but I've been doing that for a long time, anyway.

Yep, murder, rape, pillage, destroy public and private property, no problem. But, take away the Feds' MONEY and you're goin' down hard

Same plan for me. Just had the expensive Part II inspection done and all looked good. What I've never figured out is if these 20:1 gears are so HORRIBLE, how do mine have over 5600 hours on them and still look good? My guess is they've been properly maintained! Personally, I rather LIKE the 3 second cycle time. Frankly, when (if?) mine need replacement, I'm going to look for a set of 20:1s! The present ones have made it 50 years, so I figure I'm not too worried about having to replace them again!

See, hope isn't a very good plan!

I'm not quitting my day job, that's for sure! (My post was, apparently, a poor attempt at humor)

And, just like any other service provider, figuring out their competency BEFORE engaging their service is NOT so easy. Ah well, if shops could only be so fortunate to have the luxury to troubleshoot only problems THEY created! Frankly, unless the original shop created the problem on purpose, I'm not sure how they have any a priori advantage in troubleshooting. If they weren't comfortable in their competence to fix problems originating outside their door, they should tell customers that UP FRONT! That shop shotgunned the problem and took $1900 for NOTHING that resembled a solution.

Now, who doesn't like their MTV??

Seriously not meaning any offense, but your desire to "know" what a "fair" price to your apparent level of comfort is NOT a realistic goal. Your second sentence sounded like sarcasm, but is spot on: How ever much you are willing to pay, and the seller is willing to accept, is EXACTLY what it is worth. I can think of no other product where price is negotiated, except a home, where you have good data on what people actually paid. And, even if you did, then, as Jimmy points out, that price was a VALUE to that particular buyer with his PARTICULAR needs and WANTS at that ONE point in time. I took a VERY long time to buy my first and, so far, only plane, but GeeBee and Jimmy are spot on. If you've spent a year looking at the plane rags, and paid attention to which ones sold quickly, and which ones languished for the whole year...well, there you go! You MUST know a good deal when you find it, or it's going to be GONE! It took me TWO planes to figure this out; the third one that came along I shook hands on the deal two days after the listing showed up. Final parting thought: I was shopping in the $50K range and $5K one way or the other did NOT matter. I don't know what your budget is, but if you're worried about 'losing' $5K on a >$100K plane you are unrealistic or truly can't afford to own. Believe me, $5K can disappear in a heartbeat after you own; you need to be ready to accept that fact. Or, IMHO, you are in for a miserable ownership experience regardless of what you paid for the plane; the cost of entry isn't where the money gets spent! Good luck!

Sorry. I just can't accept that 'reasoning.'. The man paid HUGE money for a shop that COMPLETELY failed in solving the EXACT problem he paid them for. Then failed to stand behind their 'work.' And now he did EXACTLY what THEY should have done! I was an electronics tech (not avionics) for several years and looking for bad connections and chafed wires IS part and parcel to good TROUBLESHOOTING. You would be amazed how much you can fix just by LOOKING carefully. Too many techs rush to get out the tools, or swap parts/CCAs.

The only reason that cap didn't fly off is it KNEW you had a spare on-board!

What Eric said! Mine weren't blowing back, but they didn't fit well. Big CHT improvement after getting new baffle gaskets.

Thing with cars is engine condition is not based on an arbitrary number of miles (I do agree there's a 'hit' at 100K). No one, but no one, buys a car and expects the engine to be worthless based on some fixed number of miles. They buy "on condition" and miles is just one factor. Not so with aircraft engines. Always seemed weird. But hey, it's certainly worked in my favor! 100% in agreement with your second paragraph!

That's exactly the question I ask myself, "How am I going to handle if the IA at annual coughs up a fur ball over it?" Case by case basis, that's how. In THIS case I'd risk it. IA says, "Your aircraft log shows you changed out the strobe power supply and that's NOT on the list of owner tasks.". Well, I'd start out showing him the Coleal letter. If that proves unpersuasive, then I'd ask him what he would be looking for beyond the bolts are tight and the demonstrable fact that the strobes work. I'm thinking he'd have nothing beyond that. Next, "So, mister IA what are you going to charge me to look at the four bolts and move on (i.e. 'approve' the replacement)?". If the answer is >$25 he's signing off the annual with that discrepancy, I'm getting a ferry permit, posting the guy's name here, and NEVER going back to him. Maybe it's the COVID talking, but I'm getting pretty damn tired of the government telling me it's THEIR job to provide for my safety. Sorry, THAT is MY job.

I bought my M20F with 2100 SMOH and a run-out price. That was coming up on three years and 300 hours ago. Happy camper even if I the engine needs OH tomorrow But then I've never put much credence in an arbitrary number. I'm a big believer in Mike Busch's on condition approach. I can't even imagine what some folks here would do if auto manufacturer's suddenly said their engines were 'run out' at 150,000 miles! Oh, the horror

I've owned my Mooney for nearly 3 years and I've NEVER washed it with water. I use Wash-Wax-All and have been very happy. I just bought a bottle of Collinite 845 (a liquid carnuba wax) to try as a more permanent wax, but have only done the cowling, so far; nice shine and is suppose to hold up well.

Hmm, my concern would be learning bad habits before taking any lessons from a CFI. Law of primacy may make unlearning those bad habits a challenge (wasted time and money). I got my PPL way before simulators were a thing...but, I did find FlightSim pretty useful for practicing when getting my instrument rating...after I'd had some instruction from a CFII. Good luck!

Nah, I think it was the outside loop ShuRugal isn't mentioning

Having done the shoulder harness install I can vouch that while the right side isn't easy, after the 20X harder pilot side you'll think the right side is easy!

If I'm heavy I'll go WOT and 2700. Otherwise, WOT and 2600 in the climb. I'll lean above 5,000 DA to keep take-off EGTs. Cruise is 8,000-10,000 feet at WOT and, usually, 2500 rpm. I'll lean anywhere from peak (for speed) to 50 LOP (for low fuel burn). Bad headwind I'll go 100 ROP (pretty rare I'll do this).