Ross Taylor

Exactly! And thank you. These were the “pre clean up” of that wiring pics. I knew this situation was crap...but should have clarified when I said we cleaned up the wiring...that this was the crap! The post-crap cleanup looks much better. On a related note...I changed out my old unreadable JPI 700 for a 730. The case on that is shorter and the wiring harness was pulled so tight from the connectors to the firewall that the connectors wouldn’t reach the 730. Now you see where all the excess wire was...bundled up on the engine side. When we fixed all this, there was plenty of wire to pull through to the panel side...and plug in the 730. Thanks @M20Doc and @carusoam for spotting all the things! I still plan to post a thorough set of engine compartment pics to see what else I need to address.

Here are some photos of mine, during the trial fitting process. In these photos, the transducer is angled downward quite a bit...because it's loose. Once it was clamped (inside fire sleeve) it's much more horizontal. We also took this opportunity to clean up and better protect the JPI sensor wiring.

+1 on the Sedona stop. I've not been to the others, but I spent a couple years flying into Henderson once a week for work. Come in under the class Bravo from the southeast, over the water plant and over the ridge, dropping right down to the airport. The controllers at Henderson are some of the nicest I've ever worked with.

My avionics upgrade last year went over the estimate...but the shop called me to let me know there was a space conflict behind the panel, which they hadn't estimated for, and that they needed to make a harness extension for (and move) one of the radios. They called me before doing this and sent me a new estimate for my approval. I know this doesn't help in your case, but (in case someone new reads this) this is how it should work. I almost expect avionics challenges and changes - that's a tough job and it's not always possible to see all that's happening behind the panel until they dig in. The overage, when reasonable, isn't an issue as much as the lack of communication and the midpoint billing. It sounds like somebody has a boat payment due!

Ah, sorry...on my phone your location didn't show up. In theory, changing elevation like in your case shouldn't require any adjustments since you set the mixture...I think...not an A&P, of course. I know with our old carbed cars that was an issue, but with a mixture knob in the plane I don't think that's the case. But I was wondering if you were up in the mountains somewhere. But at 370'...never mind. So, I'll be following along to learn something too. EDIT, after reading @kortopates help above - am I right that there's no overall mixture adjustment required for differing homebase elevations (because we control the mixture)? And, does the idle mixture get adjusted based on the home field? And if so, is there any compensation in that circuit for flights to other fields...or will the idle at other elevations be off? Asking because we're at 7000' but fly to CA and other lower elevations.

I can't help...yet. But one more question, to add to your very detailed and helpful data... what's your field elevation? And congrats, from another '66 E owner.

@BKlott tossed it out as an option, partway down the first page, but didn't have any takers. I'll "third" the suggestion, though.

I know we're talking a lot about whether he (or we, in that situation) could maintain enough power to remain aloft. I pondered that myself, in an earlier question above, wondering if a loss of governor pitch control meant I'd be going down. But in reading the Kathryn's Report, it isn't clear to me that they were unable to keep flying...until they lost the engine entirely...then that's a done deal, of course. Thanks to all who've provided input and mechanical insight into this...it's an interesting learning opportunity for me. The fact that all are okay makes it easier to dissect and ponder.

Or Roswell? We stopped there on the way from Flagstaff to Austin and it was a great stop. The airport is big and friendly and has good "boneyard" aircraft viewing on the taxi to the FBO. The FBO was small, but friendly and clean and they had a nice crew van which they insisted we use to run into town for coffee (we actually hadn't planned that, but they were so nice...). There were lots of restaurant recommendations in the area, but we were focused on coffee. :-)

After our upgrades, and now that I'm no longer planning any flying in other aircraft, we no longer need our year-old GDL 50. It's in great shape and handy as a back-up or for taking in rental/borrowed aircraft, for providing traffic and weather and GPS data to your tablet. We've used it with both Pilot and ForeFlight. It also has position sensors, to feed attitude data to Garmin Pilot's synthetic vision and "instrument" display. Ross

Not a modern Mooney owner, but we had a cigarette lighter socket installed in the rear wall of the baggage area. That was a minor mod...log book entry. We plug our battery maintainer in there, when in the hangar, and in flight we can plug a dual USB charger in there to provide power to my daughter's tablet...and we also had a cable plugged in to charge the Garmin GDL 50 in flight. This socket is hot all the time and is fused. While we've not needed a light back there, there are some cool map lights that could plug in there to light the space...but I've never thought of that need, since I seem to always be holding a flashlight in my teeth.

In our case, which is a 1966 E, it was put on pilot side foot well extension box as Art mentioned above. I've also seen installations where it is suspended or tied on the engine, but somewhere in one of the documents it mentioned not mounting it on the engine, so ours is attached to the firewall box. For that location we ordered two replacement hoses. One 18 in long and one 11-in long. That allowed gentle bends for that location. The 11-in hose went on the inside of the transducer and the 18-in hose went after the transducer.

Aithre...a company I’ve never heard of...but their products look to be pretty innovative. Thanks for the info!

And then come visit in KFLG or KCMR.

Definitely a good seller. Mine arrived quickly. These are cool...

Cool @MATTS875 it’s yours. DM me your address. BTW...it’s not as large as it seems in the photo!

I've been the recipient of some positive MS karma lately, so it's time to pay it back a bit. I bought a CO Experts monitor, which was on Mike Busch's recommended list. It's a quality unit and it's super sensitive...but perhaps too sensitive. It alarms at 10ppm and would go off in the runup area if there's anyone else nearby. It has no external on/off switch, but it does have an internal toggle that turns it on or off when it's inserted into the bracket. I didn't much like having to remove the sensor unit from the bracket to turn it off, so I relocated the toggle switch so it protrudes from the bottom. You can mount the bracket and then just turn the unit on or off as desired. This let me save battery life (since it doesn't have a replaceable battery) and avoid nuisance alarms. I just turned it on in-flight. I recently bought a Sensorcon unit, which has a programmable alert level and an on/off switch. So, I'd like to pass the $190 CO Experts unit on to someone who doesn't already have a CO sensor. I'll pay the shipping...USA or international. All I ask is that you make a small donation to the MS site. The amount is up to you, and completely private. But this way we all win...I've already won with member karma, you get a great sensor that's just 6-months old, and the site gets a few dollars This is what the unit looks like, but without the desk stand...and it has the toggle switch on the bottom now. If you need a CO sensor/alarm, let me know and this is yours. DM your address after you post, please. Ross

Thanks @EricJ - I appreciate the "no BS" data discussion. So much of what we see is conflicting. Be well...and thank you!

As an Arizona resident, who actually doesn't have a "side" but who follows the data...I'll point out that every story I've seen highlights the increase in cases. Some of those stories even show the positive case increase chart from the Arizona Department of Health Services. And many do give passing mention of the increase in testing. But they don't show the other charts from the same State site. The hospitalization numbers in the article screenshot above do look concerning, but they don't match the numbers on the official ADHS site at https://azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php In fact, on the official site, the hospitalizations seem to be dropping significantly. Here's today's charts of hospitalizations and ICU usage. It looks, to me, like hospitalizations are dropping and ICU bed usage is trending upward just slightly. So, who to believe? The Arizona Republic or the ADHS website? And, if the official State data is right and there are more positives but fewer hospitalizations, isn't that actually a good sign? No wonder people are confused and arguing.

Shhhh...I wasn't going to tell anybody about the great deal you had. If I remember right yours was posted for at least several days before I snagged it. That surprised me. Thanks again! These are awesome tools. Sorry to distract from your sales thread - I just wanted to jump in to post the cutout dimensions.

That sounds like a nice E at a very reasonable price. We love ours.

And...related to the Brittain servos, those are vacuum servos with rolling diaphragms...and yes, we all know that...but they're used in lots of industrial applications. At some point, when I had one out for measurement, I was going to see if there was a compatible diaphragm in this catalog. design_manual.pdf And, hopefully, we could substitute a compatible diaphragm under this: ac_23-27_Parts and Materials Substitution for Vintage Aircraft.pdf

There have been a few...maybe try searching for "Scotch Super 33+" which is the "official" repair tape for the boots. Somebody even posted that they found it in a 2-in width but the most I was able to find was 1 1/2-in wide, which works quite well. You can get the 3/4 in width at any Home Depot or Lowe's. I'm on my phone so I can't get you a direct link, but that should get you all of the relevant posts.

Personally, I like the personal touch at the beginning. I'm a fan of your homebuild videos, too, and I appreciate that you let some personality show through.

These are awesome...and I just bought one from another MSer. I found that the instructions don't include the panel cutout dimensions and they're not anywhere I could find online. I called Shadin (just today, in fact) and they said..."yeah, they're not online" but they emailed me the PDF. Here it is, for your buyer. ID91204XT-DD.pdf