jakearey

When I was at Bruce Jeagar’s shop, we took some thin rubber material and screwed it to the floor in existing holes. It’s a great simple solution. It’s super low profile and easy to clean. You can cut it to fit.

I too used Bruce and his services for most of my interior. When’s e originally spoke Bruce said that his special kit wasn’t designed for the round window mooneys and I’d need to find another kit if I wanted all new panels, minus window trim. He later called me and told me he was selling the company and wanted to try to make the kit fit my 62c round window. He also wanted to make a 2 piece headliner out of his Keydets panel material as my old headliner was fabric and was toast. He wasn’t sure how it would all one together but assured me it would work just fine. So I took off north. Immediately upon arrival Bruce jumped in the plane as I was shutting down and started knocking on and pulling on old panels. Within an hour we had ripped out every last piece including headliner and it was laying in a pile on the floor. He started fitting the panels as he kept me busy with small odd jobs like painting door jams and fitting baggage door area. Bruce and I did new headliner, interior panels, new door, baggage door, headliner, Johnson bar / nosed wheel area cover, etc. we also redid the window trim pieces. I was there for about a week helping Bruce. Bruce charged only 40 hours even though he had at least 50-55 in the project. My cost was 5500 with Bruce for labor and materials but man it looks sweet. I do agree with the OP above that the paint could be more durable but I picked up extra paint to touch up at annuals down the road. I believe I was the next to last plane Bruce did before he retired and moved to Florida. when got home I home I had a local seat guy cover my seats for me and he did a great job. I have 1300 in the seats with all new foam and leather included. (Found the leather local for an absolute steal) I cut local sourced carpet as well. All items burn certed. I’ll attempt to put images below. My cell is 501-326-2700 as I am rarely on MS these days.

Hello all! Does anyone have any experience with issues with the flap and trim indicator in an early C? Both cables seem to be installed correctly and are fully present. Other than that, I’m not sure what to check. Any tips out there for easy things to check? Both indicators seem to indicate a muchhh lower value than actual value. Both indicators show a level under (lower) than the actual scale. I can take some pictures or videos if that would be helpful. Thanks! JA

You could put the ashtray back and just use it while you smoke inside of your 10 cubic feet cabin! Lmao

Dang those look good. How hard was it to fit the airtex product over the seat?

Unfortunately my 62c seats don’t have that mechanism. My buddy that has a 63 has those type seats which I prefer. mine have a pin that stick out on either side and then this catch that seats on the pin when the chair is sat in. This type of seat has a lever you can pull in the front of the seat to recline the seat back further. The issue is that the pin is missing or broken on the right of the co pilot seat so right now it leans back kind of uneven.

I appreciate the replies. I will certainly inquire about adding some padding to my current seats. My right front seat is missing a small part that allows it to lean back evenly. I might be able to modify it or fix it so that the seat functions the way it was intended to. I’m not dying to needlessly spend a lot of money on replacing the seats so I will look into other options. thanks guys

Hey gang! I am working with Bruce to get a spacial interior set up in the plane. Bruce however doesn’t really do seats so I am looking to recover my seats. While I’m in this process I’m interested in finding an upgraded pair of front seats. My plane is a 62C. I’m wondering if anyone knows what seats will fit in the 62C? Will any of the J seats fit? I’m looking for something with more support and ideally more adjustability. If I can figure out what fits I can search the web and salvage yards for a newer set of seats to recover and refresh. Thoughts? Thanks! JA

I appreciate that. I searched and found several threads that did help but most spoke on power settings and not so much to leaning procedure for the C, specifically. I’ve seen the Key Number rule vary from 46 to 47 but I suppose both will work and 46 would be more conservative. I appreciate the help! thank you for the detailed responses! I’ve got Mike’s book Engines but haven’t gotten to this section yet. I’ll refer to that. Thanks!

Right, I appreciate that. The gauge is supposedly set to be at peak on this aircraft when it was calibrated at OH recently. And to find peak, the best way is to just lean until a stumble is noticed, correct?

62C - O-360 engine Hey guys. New Mooney owner here with about 30 hours in the bird so far. I’m getting some standard power settings figured out, depending on how far I am traveling. I am working on becoming more exact with my leaning. I currently have an EGT gauge that is nothing special. What I am curious about is the best way to lean this engine? The EGT gauge was set by the IA/AP. This gauge only has one needle and has an asterisk that is supposed to be set to peak. I generally will lean to the asterisk but the engine doesn’t roughen up any at the asterisk. Should I forget the asterisk and just lean until I feel a stumble in the engine, note that setting on the gauge and then richen a few notches on the gauge? I have just been leaning to the asterisk, as taught, but lately I have read about this red box and became concerned that I am operating the engine incorrectly. I ultimately want to get an engine monitor and that will be my next mod but I don’t currently have one. And the concern is above 65% power, right? Can someone help explain the red box and also share their leaning procedure for the C, please? thanks! JA

Has anyone seen or tried the vinyl flooring kits from SCS? They look pretty nice and it seems like it could really clean up the interior and not get as dirty, or at least clean up easier than carpet. JA

Appreciate the advice, sir! Researching that now and will get on the phone with Chase. thank you all for your input and knowledge! JA

Thanks for the help guys! I’ll price the stec 901 adapter and will look into all options.