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If you open the door with the seal inflated, you are likely to damage the seal. Especially in warmer weather, everybody in the airplane wants to get the door open immediately after landing. I have a policy (and pre-flight brief) that says "unless I'm dead or we are on fire, nobody touches the door" but me.

Meguiars uses the phrase "body shop safe" to identify products that don't have silicone or any other ingredients that could interfere with paint. This document answers the question "Is it body shop safe"? Meguiars Body Shop Safe.pdf

Our doors don’t usually fit very well. If yours is drafty or noisy, the inflatable seal is nice. You do have to pay attention to keep from damaging it.

Nice looking jig!

Make the trip. You will see bargains that you cannot find elsewhere.

Yep. But sometimes old dogs learn new tricks. Now, he even runs LOP while climbing under some circumstances. And he is running TSIO-520s in his 310.

https://mooneyspace.com/topic/50416-mooney-edge-seal/

Instead of getting into a fight, one way to avoid the question is to not use the word "inspection" either spoken or written. Call it a pre-purchase "examination" or some other word you are comfortable with. And since the pre-purchase process is undefined, the buyer must specify everything they want examined, and what kind of report they want following the process, and who will have access to that report. As much as we talk about this, you would think "pre-buy" would be well-defined -- but it isn't. It's tempting to ask for an "inspection" because that has more meaning. For example the process of an "annual inspection" is defined by the FAA (or at least the minimum). But I wouldn't use the word "inspection" if I wanted an expert opinion regarding the condition of an airplane I was thinking of buying. And the seller probably should be clear that no "inspection" is being done. And of course, many buyers will arrange with the mechanic to convert the "pre-buy" into an annual inspection if the purchase is completed.

2014-06-01 Cylinder Work - Be Afraid.pdf

This sounds like a lazy mechanic who needs to make a boat payment. The rod end should be around $20, plus an hour or two labor. If a conversation with the mechanic doesn't resolve this discrepancy, then you need a different mechanic.

Not sure how familiar you are with the documentation. Here is a brief summary of the process. Apologies if you already know all this. First, you must have the IPC for your airplane (Illustrated Parts Catalog). Here is one for an M20G in the Downloads area of MooneySpace, but you will need to be sure it covers the correct year and serial number for your airplane. Usually serial number is more important than year -- Mooney changed things more frequently than once per year. https://mooneyspace.com/files/file/176-m20-series-parts-catalog-1968-1978-2pdf/ As an example of how to find a part, in the illustration on page 142 (PDF page 134) one of the rod ends is numbered "29". In the list following the illustration, "29" is identified as p/n F34-14 which looks like an oem p/n and not a Mooney p/n. If they gave an oem p/n, you can frequently track it down on the Internet. That said, Mooney was not always precise with those oem part numbers, so some interpretation may be in order. A search for F34-14 yields an ebay advert which appears to identify a cross-reference part number (possibly a different oem), and sometimes those numbers can lead to further searches. The ebay advert calls it a "flap rod end bearing". Something like a rod end bearing may have been used in several places in a Mooney (or any other airplane) so don't get hung up on the suggested use -- it's the part number we are trying to match. In the end, sometimes you order what appears to be the right part but, when you get it, you find that it does not match the part on your airplane, and you start over. Finally, I didn't spend very much time on these searches, so you will need to verify these links for yourself. https://www.ebay.com/itm/256606874390?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338678874&toolid=20006&_xiid=256606874390%26customid%3Ds%253AGS%253Bgc%253Abe1913013cdd12343de9748fcf09209f%253Bpt%253A1%253Bchoc%253A1&customid=s%3AGS%3Bgc%3Abe1913013cdd12343de9748fcf09209f%3Bpt%3A1%3Bchoc%3A2&msclkid=be1913013cdd12343de9748fcf09209f https://store.vansaircraft.com/mw-3m-rod-end-bearing-bearing-mw-3m.html https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/aurorabrng.php

Haven't lost one yet, but they do seem to want to fall off periodically. Do you do any kind of pre-flight inspection (yank, wiggle, visual observation)?

I just meant that the "little guy" card won't buy much sympathy from the non-aviators.

In this country, the average daily driver clocks 39 miles per day. If you charge in your garage, and don't do many cross-country trips, you may never have to visit a gas station again.

Great picture. I'm saving that one.

Got it.

Try selling that "little guy" thing to 99.9999 percent of Americans. If you own an airplane -- any airplane -- you are "rich". Despite all protestations to the contrary.

If you flew in to get your Mooney worked on, you have already stipulated that you are not a "little guy".

Makes sense. Thanks.

That quote is from the M20K SMM. I was comparing the J and K because one has the bob weight (elevators hang down), and the other does not have the bob weight (elevators line up with horizontal stabilizer).

So something like clamp one side, and then set the other side to match?

I understand that I have the bob weight, but it seems that that bob weight makes it impossible to follow the instruction "Set elevators (L & R) to be even with horizontal stabilizer. Adjust at 915007 HEIM bearings at elevator horns." My elevators don't want to be even with the horizontal stabilizer.

I understand that this topic was a question about the M20C, but some of the posts in this topic demonstrate a deep understanding of how these things work. Both @PT20J and @N201MKTurbo were discussing bungees, which I don't think I have, but I'm interested in understanding how the rigging on my M20K works. The first image below is from the M20J SMM I have and, under "Elevator Removal and Installation", item D seems straightforward enough. The second image is from the 2014 M20K SMM for my airplane. Here, item D adds "Set elevators (L & R) to be even with horizontal stabilizer. Adjust at 915007 HEIM bearings at elevator horns." Now, I understand that the K has the bob weights while the J doesn't. Because of that, my elevators hang down against the stops unless someone is pulling on the yoke, or 200 MPH air is helping them align with the horizontal stabilizer. So, what does the SMM mean by "Set elevators ... even with stabilizer"? Do they want some kind of clamp to keep them in that position?

Made me laugh.

@Gilt that's a super-clean panel. Nice!