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lmtinley

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  1. On 6/12/2015 at 11:06 PM, carusoam said:

    Over the last three months, my Low Boost Pump has been misbehaving...

     

    (1) turn the switch on, it runs for a while and stops intermittently...

     

    (2) the intermittent stopping got to be longer and longer...

     

    (3) earlier this week I hit the switch and nothing happened...

     

    (4) the High Boost works as usual...

     

    (5) the high Boost cannot replicate the LB's abilities. LB can run continuously while the engine warms up.

     

    (6) the engine dies at least once after start without the LB continuously running.

     

    (7) I take the plane to see the mechanic. He pushes the LB button, it works fine...

     

    (8) I get a brief lesson on the adjustable pressure setting related to the low boost switch and what I might expect to do if the 1.5 AMU pressure regulator needs to be swapped out...

     

    (9) I look forward to going back tomorrow to push the switch again.

     

    (10) total run time on this pump is about an hour total. 15 seconds per fight...

     

    (11) there is no fuel pressure gauge in this modern O.

     

    My question...

     

    Any of you fine Mooney pilots have difficulty with your LB switch not turning the fuel pump on?

     

    Maybe it just needs more exercise,

     

    -a-

    Hi, I have this exact problem now in my Ovation. What ended up being the problem? I've had to start the motor priming with high boost on the last three flights. 

  2. Hi everyone, this may seem like a kind of dumb question, but...

    the hold-open assembly on the door of my M20R bent the other week (careless c.f.i.i) and broke off the door so I've been flying around with it taped up so it doesn't swing around. I have an upcoming instrument checkride and this DPE is a hardass, I had him for my private a while ago. If anything is illegal/breaks some obscure rule, we won't be going flying. I understand the door hold-open assembly most likely isn't required to be airworthy, but where would I find a list that's specific to the Ovation?

     

    Also, if anyone has any tips on repairing/replacing the assembly, I'm all ears.

  3. Hi all, just wanted to give an update on the Ovation. Luckily for me, my mechanic happened to be changing the oil when I showed up to install the battery. It went in relatively easily, but the oxygen tank being directly over battery 2 did pose a slight difficulty. After some wiggling (and cursing), we were able to get the battery in without removing the tank. If anyone's curious, the best way to do it is have one person stick their arms all the way through the left panel and help hold/maneuver the battery while another works on it from the right side. Difficult, but works. Thanks everyone for the help.

  4. 13 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

    Use lots of caution, a fully charged battery of either brand stores a lot of power.  New Concord batteries have nice protective covers on the cable terminals, leave them in place while you install the battery.

    To remove the battery you'll have to remove the the negative or ground cable first, then remove the positive cable, then remove the tie down bar. Lift it out carefully and set it aside.

    Lift the new battery into place and secure with the tie down bar, use caution not to short the terminals with anything metallic, leaving the covers in place helps assure this.  Connect the positive cable first torquing the bolt,  install the cable boot over the terminal if it has one, if not buy an MS25171-3S boot,  install the negative cable and torque the bolt.

    Make a log entry noting the part number and serial number.

    Clarence 

     

    Do I need to get a capacity test or anything on the battery before I put it in? Also, since I'm switching brands (and I assume weights), do I need to do any weird weight and balance change in the logbook as well?

  5. Thanks a lot. Also I would like to correct myself in that battery one in this Ovation is a Concorde and the one that crapped out on me is a Gill, so I can't use my battery minder on it since mine is for Concordes only.  Would y'all recommend replacing it with an rg-24 11m or rg-24 15? Battery one is an 11m.

  6. Thanks for the help! I had a capacity test done on it and it failed. I have a battery minder and was going to see if it could descale it a bit and maybe heal it a bit. (If that's how it works) I know it probably won't help, but I figure why not. It is a concorde to those who were wondering. When I do replace it, I'm going to try and do it myself to save some money, any tips on replacing it? 

  7. Hi all,

    Just bought an 96 Ovation, have only flown it about 4 flights so far and loving it. I'm having a problem with this dual battery setup though, and am unfamiliar with it. Battery 2 keeps reading low volts (between 18 and 8) so I've just been running it off battery 1. I want to charge it, but don't really want to have to open up the battery access doors as I really don't know very well what I'm doing. I understand that the external charging port is wired directly to battery 1, does that mean that it will trickle-charge over to battery 2 like it does in flight if I plug it up there? Excited to become a part of the Mooney community.

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