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Update: snugging the set screw up by around a quarter turn…and just baicially finger tight again fixed it for now. I don’t know if the screw came loose or the shaft deformed. Will monitor for now.

Ok, I’ve spent an hour looking and I’m turning up nothing. Time to ask for help… I suspect I’m about to fail the 500 yoke shaft AD and I’m apparently the only weirdo that doesn’t want to upgrade to the new yokes. I like the stock yokes..they are small, my iPad mounts to the pilot side using the old clock hole mount, my PC wing leveler works so I need the button, and I read that the new yokes with shafts are a bit longer which might be a problem with my short legs and growing belly…lol Is there no way to just repair the end? I can’t find anyone talking about this.

I’m wondering the same. It’s time for this kit on my bird I think.

Yeah. Pretty sure this is what’s happened. That makes this a pretty embarrassing post. Now the question is if I should leave it as a warning to others. Lol The good news is I’ve always got my eyes peeled from something out of the ordinary, and Mooneyspace discussion maybe saved me $1500! The bad news is when I shut down I forgot I wasn’t driving my old car! (my current cars don’t even have a key)

Well crap. You might be on to something. I just remembered something else. I forgot and shut the plane off with the key instead of the mixture yesterday. I saw it when I went to start later and the mixture was in. And the boost pump would have still been running for a few seconds while I shut things down. I bet that’s all this is.

Ohh. Interesting thought that. So my bird is missing the sniffle valve, however, the airbox vent does connect to the same place as the fuel pump weep. They come out the same pipe. It’s fuel for sure. About a tablespoon maybe. Now that I think about it…it didn’t start coming out until I pushed it back last night and then it was say…spitting…not drip drip drip. But why would I have so much fuel in the intake?

I just went through all the paperwork. The receipts etc. Can’t find that one receipt. It just said mechanical fuel pump replaced in the entry. Grrr

Yeah, but I’m trying to order overnight shipping from spruce today so I have a chance of flying to Florida yet next weekend.

Note: I thought I had a fuel pump failing causing a leak out of the weep hole. Turns out I just forgot to use the mixture to shut down and the boost pump was still on a few seconds as I powered down. This put fuel in intake that then came out the bottom of the intake drain tube...shared with fuel pump weep tube. --------------------- Started leaking a little from the weep hole hose this weekend. Saw it on shutdown while putting down the nose chocks. I have a 8hr round trip to Florida coming next weekend and I'm hoping to rush order a replacement and get it in this weekend. M20E SN 1126. IO-360-A1A According to the Tempest overhauled FP guide on Aircraft Spruce I probably have the vintage "laminated" arm style... but it was maybe upgraded to a modern pump (It was installed 460hrs ago in 2005 during an overhaul). It's clear that I need the 25-30psi version....that much i'm sure of. lol Spruce claims I can get the vintage overhauled pump here by Wed... if I can't tell for sure I suppose I should order it. The vintage one: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pnpages/05-02531.php The Mooney Parts manual claims I need: 6640296. A web search for this number turns up nothing relevant other than the Spruce listing for the modern pump with the notes on it to use the vintage pump if the engine hasn't been converted to the modern: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pnpages/05-19010.php?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjvaYBhDlARIsAO8PkE1Kzu44-sWgDgclIeQkwfw-cad4bs4K7hrakTLDvjXXWjj72pX-WNEaArjTEALw_wcB I'm pretty certain I can't check this part number without pulling the pump because it has the cooler over it making it impossible to see. Is there an easy way to tell visually without removing the pump? If I understand correctly the modern pump is is a little larger than the vintage style?

Can you please re upload this audio file. It’s coming in as zero bytes on download and I suspect ai’m having a similar issue on my plane.

Quick follow up: I had an unused breaker switch adjacent to this one that was popping and these two breaker switches have changed places…So far so good. This was the cheapest and quickest way.

So I may have another solution: ditch the belly strobe (patch the hole) and install wingtip led nav/strobes. Reduces drag and I don’t even need this breaker any longer. Hmmm. Apparently since I have open wingtips it meets anti collision light requirements.

I’m considering the same. Tomorrow I’m going to see but 2 of the adjacent switches switches aren’t in use. If they are the same amperage I may move the strobe wire over to it and see. If not, then my next move is likely an LED strobe. These switches are $300+after tax and shipping. Can get a strobe for that. Lol

I'm fairly sure that my plane uses D7270-5-xx model toggle switch breakers. I suspect also that the 7270-5-xx is the same switch. I don't know what that 5 means. I see 1's and 7's as well. The xx on this switch that is kicking is a D7270-5-5 ... so I think it is a 5amp. I'll check the strobe docs tomorrow to see if 5amp is supposed to be enough. @M20F-1968 do you have this model? I'll probably call you tomorrow. Thanks guys

Does anyone know what switch part numbers are direct replacements so it fits in the same place and the bus bar doesn’t have to be modified? I see tyco…but is it the same fittment? I suspect it’s cheaper but you pay the difference in labor/time for tweaking things to make it fit. I willing to pay for the more expensive switch if it is drop in. Just don’t what switch that would be.