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Ok, this was a ridiculous post and I apologize. It’s obvious I misread the plug wires or it would not have run on one mag (3 cylinders). Even with my newly cataract free eyes, I can make mistakes. Good news is we had 2 successful hot starts. I’m reminded of a captain I flew with once who made a lengthy p/a to the passengers but mistakenly picked up the wrong mic and broadcast it on comm one. Before he finished he realized what he was doing and continued by saying to his audience of airline pilots “ I’m just going to hang up now and take off my headset, so make all the comments you want, I’m not listening “ Ya’all have a great day!

Not a Mooney, but maybe interesting for general knowledge. While troubleshooting hot start issue with my son’s Extra 300 we discovered the mags had been timed to 25 instead of 20 per the data plate. Waiting to see if that helped, meanwhile was interested to learn that both mags had impulse couplings. I guess that’s a thing with fuel injection as opposed to the left mag only on the carbureted engines I relate to.? But even more interesting was to discover each mag fires both top and bottom plugs on its side of the engine, left serving even # cylinders, right doing the odd ones. I’ve never seen that and I’m not sure how to confirm it. I suppose the Lycoming manual may address that. Any thoughts?

BOLO. I’ve always wanted to find an “I’ve Got PC” button which we had when PC came out in 1965. It was red, about 21/2” and I wore one like the dork nerd I was while in college.

Always good for Distracted Pilot Training. Better than open cabin door.

Ok, I’m here everyday, but I must have blinked. What’s the “upgrade membership” banner about. Has my supporter status lapsed? What’s the complete profile info? I’m afraid to click on anything these days.

There’s always velcro

And if it happens to be a dry year, the “screws” become a verb rather than a noun.

Ask GAMI for nozzle adjustment

Front probe to JPI always read higher on mine.

Introducing tewing207; the new owner of my under utilized “C”. Should be interesting for all. (He says I can still fly it.)

I had probes in both the left and right side scoops, one for the JPI one for the G5. The readings were the same and not noticeably above ambient.

Check out Signature in Cincinnati. Curious to see what you find. I’ve always had good interactions with them for many years, but no full engine overhaul. John Buckles is the guy.

Between sun glare and turbulence shake, I realized my years of trying to perfect a yoke mount was folly. A basic lap board seems to be just fine.

When you start torque wrenching the clamps, Tekton sells a compact one as I recall.

It was a bit over 60 years ago I swung my first Mooney gear and often referred to the process as “flick-flick” to emphasize to my buddies how easy it was. Now my arthritically challenged right hand makes the unlatching process a bit daunting. When I first got my current “C” it was significantly out of rig and the down lock was badly worn. Fixing those made the actual swinging a non issue, airspeed not withstanding. Just wish I had a workaround for unlatching.

Pad heater.

Or add a finger width.

My airport had high speed internet available and I tapped into that a year ago with 1 gig speed at my hangar. A smart outlet lets me control my plug in heater from my phone. Even better, I put a point to point wi-fi from there to my house, 800’ away. The cable company promised wiring up the house for years, but nada. Get 500-600 speed at the house and said good bye to satellite internet.

Scott Simon did a nice tribute on NPR this morning.

If you have a trolley or bottle jack handy and a bar stuck through the knuckle (whatever it is called) of the gear, you can lift enough to slip a too tall wing jack into position.

Do you have a list of Manfrotto parts you used?

Looks like the kind of stuff we used to wish on to those at the top of the seniority list to enhance advancement. Hang gliders, too.

Oh, good. All these years of staying mum on CTAF I was ok. Figured anything I said was stepped on by all the other jabbering, anyway.

Okay, I’ll bite. Who “approves” radio calls?

I think I answered my own question. Sorry. Looks like it is but I wouldn’t need the probes, etc. and the new gauge only price is about the same as yours.