Fritz1

The turbo XP is about as powerful as they come, even when it is lousy cold let's say below 0 dF plugging it in for two hours allows you to start the engine without causing any damage, I live 10 min from the airport, drive over in the evening before a morning takeoff, typically plug the heater in below 60F, will make an effort to get the preheat going below 40 dF, heater is paid for, power is paid by the airport, plugging it in can't hurt.

call Maxwell and Lasar on Monday and see what they say, check BAS salvage and a couple MSCs to see if they have a motor or an actuator sitting around, I keep fingers crossed!

Having 1/32" hole drilled into existing plug bottom up to connect into transversal hole

Oasis in Wilmar MN is the closest MSC that I can think of, they might be able to figure this out, you know your airplane, instead of getting a ferry pilot you might think about getting 5h in another M20 instead, food for thought, others will chime in

pic would be helpful

brakes on both sides, pilot side and passenger side

Thank you everybody, yes my plug is solid, no hole, think airplane came with it SN 280, do not think it got swapped while I owned the plane, will bleed the brakes one more time over the holiday, got 3 or 4 qts 5606, two bleeder pots, all kinds of lines and fittings, bleed back and forth, one pot at the wheel caliper one pot at the reservoir, max 35 psi, the masters are parker hannifin 24D, I have a set of spares, will open one of them to understand the piston mechanism, think there is a check valve in the piston since the piston does not move over the supply port, fittings are tilted sideways, that is part of the problem, will take the back of the masters off to tilt fittings up and then pump by hand, think this is the fourth time I am doing this, somewhat determined to get it right now

thank you, that is what I thought, this may be part of the reason why my brakes are mushy, my plug with the vent hole must have gone under and been replaced with a non-vented plug at some point in time, will either buy reservoir plug with hole or drill small hole into existing plug,

interesting, but brake linings are brand new, replaced in spring of last year, think this is the fourth time I am bleeding brakes, resealed the pilot masters, no fluid leaking anywhere

bleeding brakes on the Bravo one more time, either did not get all the air out or air is getting in somewhere, pilot masters got rather soft again, think air bubbles still lodged in the piston assemblies, in particular in the check valves, will take rear of masters loose and drop the rear down and turn fittings up while bleeding from the wheel calipers, tap the masters to shake any bubbles loose, here is my question: the plug of my brake fluid reservoir in the tail cone does not have a vent hole and I am wondering if this might be part of the problem, air might just be creeping through the master cylinder seals during a descent augmenting any residual bubbles in system, soo, is there any reason why the brake fluid reservoir plug would not have a vent hole???

The roll servo clutch is adjustable and I think separate from the servo, this is how it was in a KFC225 pitch servo that I replace last summer, servo comes out easily with two bolts, bridle cable is wound around drum that includes the clutch, not so easy to get out, the clutch has a friction plate and the release torque is adjustable at a center bolt, think you need a King tool to lock the drum and then a small torque wrench to check the release torque, my clutch was fine, I left it in the tail cone and the pitch servo was replaced with an overhaul exchange unit from Mid Continent, bottom line, checking the servo clutch, removing it and resetting or repairing it is best done by an avionics shop that works on King equipment

replaced light switch on baggage door frame on Sat, took about 3h, old switch was worn out mechanically and would not reset reliably any more , pivot axle of plastic toggle had disengaged from plastic housing, lasted more than 20 years...

It pays to shop around for the RG24-15, prices vary by up to $100

Good idea, will give that a try before replacing switch on Sat, think that something made from plastic is worn out though

one of the first things to do if really interested is to get the complete FAA file, you can buy it from aerospace reports in Oklahoma for about $100, all 337s, previous owners, liens, does not tell you the amount, but if there is one, some airplanes offered for sale are upside down on a loan, the bank will not let the airplane go below that loan amount, the seller may or may not tell you what that loan amount is, upside down airplanes are sold by the bank to a broker that has a deal with the bank if and when the owner defaults on the loan, you cannot buy them from the bank, takes one phone call to the seller to figure this out, happened to me once spent lots of time on inspection only to find out that loan exceeded the amount that I was ready to pay and the owner had noting to kick in to make up for the difference