DCarlton

If I consider all data prior to, and after my engine overhaul, this is true in my case. I was fairly bothered too; thus an overhaul prior to TBO.

In about 1000 Mooney hours.... one alternator (field wire), zero vacuum, two power plant (one loss of power; one extremely rough running engine), one propeller (spinner backplate shredded metal) plus several on the ground post maintenance (fuel system, vacuum system).

Yeah I think I have the same one. Brittain was clever with their use of male and female 5 and 7 pin connectors where you can't mix up the wiring. You can buy those connectors. I'd have to drag out my files and notes but they're not hard to source.

If it's like mine (and it sounds like it is), the panel on the left is only a switch and a light. Nothing sophisticated. If your DG adapter is like mine, you can purchase those same connectors; I bought a few. I might be able to find the part number and source in my notes if you can't figure it out.

If you hit a dead end, some of the small tears can be patched with a bicycle patch. I haven’t flown with a patched one but I have one in storage patched just in case.

I believe the process is called polymerization. I encountered this when working on an old Vietnam era weapon system back in the late 80s. It does happen with some fuels but I’m guessing it wasn’t a factor. I’ll bet there’s a chemical engineer on Mooneyspace that can explain it.

A bit of a tangent. What type of torque wrench do the pros prefer for these smaller torque values? I bought a little beam style torque wrench years ago to do some work on my car but it's not the greatest. My other better torque wrenches start at 120 in-lbs.

Would be interesting to conduct a poll and see how many people have taken off with their pitot covers on at least once. I'll admit I have... once; never again. Wouldn't want to do that with fuel vents covered.

For reference, here's a pic of my original '67 fuel vents. For the experts; any reason to not stick a pipe cleaner in there from time to time just to make sure they're clean and clear? Yes you could push something into the tank but what are the options? Haven't looked but I'm guessing you can't go at it easily from the inside.

Interesting question. I believe I have my old original fuel vents in a box if folks are interested in what they look like internal to the tank and what it may take to clean them.

Appreciate the help but it's not a good time for me to create a self-inflicted wider IT issue at home. One tweak often leads to hours of grief. I'm in now on both browsers. Will see if anyone else reports more issues.

Yes at home. It's only happening with the Mooneyspace web site. No issues finding any other web site. MS ERROR.pdf

As another data point, I can get in reliably using Norton Private Browser on an Apple desktop but can no longer get in reliably using Safari (which I've used for years). Been like this a few weeks. Continuing today.

I probably had one of my best landings ever this past week. Discussions on Mooneyspace have helped; particularly the folks that challenged me to slow down on short final and use more flaps. The biggest challenge for me always seem to be the last few seconds; looking down the runway instead of right in front of me while accurately judging height off the runway and being patient in the flare. I haven't dropped a plane on the runway in a long time but it's always in the back of my mind. The one thing I don't think I can change at this point is when I drop the gear in the pattern; I drop it and start to add flaps right before turning base when I begin descending from pattern altitude (but we tend to fly big patterns at my controlled airport; downwinds are very often extended). I'm hesitant to try anything else at this point in life for fear of forgetting the gear. So far I haven't. :>

They came with the Griggs bladder kit. All new caps, vents, drains and pickup tubes. I kept the parts that I thought someone might be able to use.