FFpilotChris

They are starting out at 150 on ebay. I will give you 180 plus shipping if you want.

I will take one of the 14v ones if it will work on my 74 m20c Page0100@gmail.com

Kind of a crappy day for flying, but I feel much better about landing it now with a lot of pattern practice

Got the new lines in. Manifold Pressure is now working correctly The chain on the trim wheel was absolutely disgusting. Probably 30 years of grime. I degreased it. Will lube it up with some oil. I am going to wash and detail the plane this weekend and will post some pictures.

Found some lines and they should be here in a few days. So hopefully this problem is fixed. Next issue is the trim. It feels like the wheel slips and I think the whole system probably needs lubed. Any threads or advice on how to do this or where to start ?

Let me know when you get more 14v landing lights for my 74 m20c

Yes. The line has has a fitting that is a calibrated leak Avvll just called back about my new lines. No fittings available until next week. Really considering the jpi right now

Good news, found a pinhole in the line. Guage is good. 150 bucks for new flex lines and a half hour to the A&P to sign off on the fix.

So the line looks ok and so does the back of the gauge, but after talking with a local mechanic it is possible there is a pinhole leak in the line. I ordered a hand vacuum pump and that will tell me if the line is bad. Should I just go with the JPI 900 now so I don't waste any more time or money with this gauge or should I try and fix it and out the jpi off until the annual is due in May ?

And today the Manifold Pressure Gauge was not really moving as much as it should. Anyone else have this happen and an easy solution?

The ferry pilot and myself flew the plane from Eugene to its new home at North Las Vegas. We probably could have made it on the 52 gallons it holds with the nice tailwind we had, but we did make a fuel stop in Tonopah. I was very impressed with how fast the ground was moving under me and how responsive the controls are on the Mooney in comparison to the 172 that I have gotten used to. I am sure most people on the forums here have a list of things that require some work on their planes. Here is mine. 1. Need a new landing gear switch. 2. The door and the pin do not line up as well as they should, not sure if I need something replaced or adjusted. 3. Door locks- the previous owner had no keys. I need new locks for the baggage door and regular door. 4. Figure out how bad the fuel tanks are leaking. 5. Order a cover 6. Investigate the airbox situation- I have no remove the lower cowl for this, figured I would do it at first oil change. 7. The cabin heat barely worked on the trip, not sure why. Avionics upgrades- Patto had a whole thread on this one. Not sure where I will start and how much I want to spend. Everything works, and it works well enough that I would have no issues going into IMC and shooting an ILS down to minimums. Here is what I am working with: Here is my stack as it sits top to bottom Stock Audio Panel KX 155 (wired as COM 2 NAV 2) KLX 135 (wired as COM 1) Status ES 1090 (ADS-B out) I also have a G-695 GPS that is currently mounted up by the mag compass. I plan on moving it to a ram mount and getting it hardwired as it is running off the cigarette light right now. Vor- the 155 has a CDI with glideslope slaved to it The is a Narco Nav11 self contained unit with no glideslope (Nav 1) There is also a DME unit on the right side stack. There is no PTT on the right side so I need to get one of those put in. I also have not tested out the rear to see if the headsets are tied in there at all. I use foreflight for most of my planning. I am trying to figure out where I want to mount the ipad still. I am tempted to just leave the avionics as they are and spend my money on fuel because my mission is to get to my ATP minimums as quickly and safely as possible. I would like an engine monitor with fuel flow, more accurate fuel senders and gauges, as well as a G5 or Aspen E5 to make my life a bit easier though.

Thanks for all the help everyone. Hopefully Oregon gets some good weather after Christmas so I can get the airplane down to Las Vegas

My CFI is a certified card carrying mooney-ack or something like that. Maybe I will check out the Ogden, UT training late next year

Hello Everyone, I am going to be a new Mooney owner as soon as some good weather allows me to get from Vegas up to Oregon to pick up the Mooney I am purchasing from "Patto" on the forums here. Its a 1974 C model and it just finished the pre-buy inspection without anything to sour the deal. A few discrepancies came back and I was going to see if I could get some help from the members on the here on getting them taken care of. 1. The carburateur airbox needs rebuilt or replaced. I contacted Dynamic Propeller in WA but they have not returned my phone call. There are a couple airboxes on ebay, but I am not sure if they are the correct part. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mooney-ARI-Misc-Mooney-M20B-D-G-Carburetor-Air-Induction-System/283165911295 https://www.ebay.com/itm/6235-11-Mooney-M20C-Lyco-O-360-A1D-Air-Box-Assy-Carburetor/253862842641 2. The engine baffling needs replaced. I called airforms in AK. They do not make baffles for the C model. I saw Gee-Bee on a few posts here can I get baffles from him? 3. Left fuel gauge is slow to show fuel quantity, any advice on this before I have the mechanic take a look at it when I get the plane down to Vegas? https://www.ebay.com/itm/441373-Mooney-M20E-LH-Fuel-Gauge-Indicator-12Volts/253918264757 4. Patto never found a gear switch and the handle is broken. There is one on ebay for 300, is that the correct one and is it a direct replacement (like connect the wires and it will work) https://www.ebay.com/itm/8906k2875-Mooney-Switch-Landing-Gear-Volts-14/332835034019?epid=13022460846&hash=item4d7e8393a3:g:GGkAAOSwV05bbgX2:rk:3:pf:0 My plans for the plane are to fly the absolute crap out of it for the next 1 or 2 to get from 200 hours to 1000 hours for my R-ATP. After that either sell it, or upgrade the crap out of it and have it become a leisure plane to get me all around the southwestern part of the country. Right now I am focusing on just flying it. Planned upgrades 1. I have a shade hangar but I need I a cover. Is a cover from Bruce better than the $220 one on ebay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mooney-M20-C-D-and-E-windshield-cover/220954810117 2. JPI engine monitor, probably will just do the 900 as one fuel gauge is already giving me issues and I would rather deal with any more breaking and just switch to the complete JPI system 3. G5 attitude indicator. I learned on a g1000 cessna. I am more comfortable with the glass layout. Thanks for all the help. Chris