Pritch

Called my 63C back in the Day "Baby", My 84K is called the "Mistress" by my current Wife.

Is your engine driven fuel pump set to the proper settings that are required for the intercooler? When my pump was starting to go out, I was always chasing the manifold pressure, (did not know it was going south). When it finally went belly up and I put a rebuilt pump in and my A/P set the proper flows it was a whole new plane. Many mechanics will set the pump to stock settings not knowing that they are different with intercooler and Merlyn. Pritch

From a flight a couple of months ago. #5 is the hottest and #3 is the stock probe. #6 is a new cylinder and is the coldest. Pritch

Here is the letter @carusoam scanroy.pdf

I have a letter dated June 22 1984 to Mooney 231 owners from Leroy Lopresti. "For a short field takeoff, I put in the cowl flaps in trail, or when I'm really pinched, close them for the takeoff run; they make a significant difference in the airplane's rate of climb. Be sure to open them again as soon as you have cleared whatever obstacle are in your path." Interesting papers one finds in the collection of files that comes with the airplane. Pritch

So here is a question to you 231 pilots. Would you ever take off with the barn door Cowl flaps fully closed in order to have better performance on a shorter runway? Pritch

Hope you guys and gals have fun. And stay out of the smoke. Pritch

Once you have the velco unhooked tilt the seat forward or backward and just pull it up. Pull the seat bottom out and let the carpeted part out of the seatback lay flush. Pritch

Same with one that I went to look at in the Denver area in 2015, picture looked great but when I got there the left tank was empty and a blue stain on the ground and bottom of the wing. The fellow who bought it also found a major electrical problem and had to tear out the panel. I ended up finding mine in SAC that was owned by a hand surgeon that was well maintained. Pritch

I have a spare Red an Green lens if anyone needs them. Pritch

I don't think you drink, but when you do, you always drink the good stuff Pritch PS Keep it up you always have something good to say

But that 6 cylinder cowling makes it look so darn SEXY. I can get 160Kts at 10,000 while burning 9.1 gph, but the deciding factor for me would be if it was a GB and not the better LB engine. Pritch

Could be the clutch on you Alternator, mine was doing something similar. Pritch

In and out done almost 2 years ago, wouldn't fly without it. Pritch