RoundTwo

So here’s the new GTN fan being sold by Garmin. I’ve searched by part number, but can’t find anyone selling the J308 version.

I stopped by the Aveo booth at Sun ‘n Fun, with drool dripping from the corners of my mouth, hoping to see the new Mooney tips. Not so. They did have the tips for the Cardinal, but not the Mooney models. In talking to their Business Development and Marketing guy, Jakub Gregor, he said it will likely be into 2025 before we see anything to touch. These products are not their main business, so they get attention when it’s not consumed by more rewarding objectives.

Well, outbound from Sun ‘n Fun yesterday, I got the fan failure message. Based on comments above, I ordered the Garmin unit from Sarasota Avionics for $100. I doubt the chances would be very good that they would have had one at their booth, but that would have been really nice if I could have picked it up while there. By the way, their show special for GTN 750 upgrade to 750xi is $5,500 instead of the normal $6,089. I’d like that xi unit, but that’s still a big stack of bills I’d like to put into the fuel tanks instead of the panel.

This looks great. I’ll take a look to see if I have the same interior crack.

My cracks are in the lower corners of #11 600050-50X

I also need to get this fixed. Mine had small cracks in one corner and the shelf has worn knife edge thin.

I Is that a scratch or crack in the next to last picture?

I’ve been using these. They don’t last a lifetime, but they’re cheap. https://www.wicksaircraft.com/shop/grease-caps/

Oh no, that stinks. Hopefully you get it straightened out quickly.

You should feel lucky you were able to order some. I had some on backorder from Spruce since April of 2023. They just recently informed me they were back in stock.

No actual pictorial, but section 5 in the Mooney Service and Maintenance has the full lubrication section with specified lubricants.

I’m a member of the left wing club and it reads about 5° cooler that the JPI probe in the right cabin scoop.

SMM calls for 0.020”. Use appropriate shims in the rear block until correct movement is obtained.

They use a gps speed feed with a setting for a threshold. You have to be flying slower than the threshold speed in order for it to know you’re landing and it will alert.

As a habitual airport walker with my boy Turbo, carrying an aviation radio is a personal requirement. Maybe posting signage requesting walkers carry at least a receiver would help. There are some VERY cheap options out there, ($35 delivered)

How about using the built in Wi-Fi interface to test it in flight? It’s an unorthodox approach, but it may work. (This would best done with two people) The Wi-Fi interface runs for 5 minutes after startup, so when you are within 5 minutes of landing, cycle power to the unit and attempt to log into it. If connection works, you could trigger alerts and also see it’s observed height. If you do this, please let us know how it works.

-4S along the side and -6S for the two rear ones on my 88J.

This has been a problem since I’ve owned the plane, and I have been unable to successfully keep the muffler separated from the bolt on the cowl flap. When the muffler is installed, it’s placed as far towards the pilot side as possible, but it seems to work its way back on longer trips. I’ve installed four new engine mounts to raise the spinner, but that didn’t do the trick either. The muffler was replaced not too long ago, and my thought is there might be an issue with how the header tubes were welded that allows it to settle in a bit too far to the copilot’s side. There is no problem with the worn area getting into the exhaust chamber at this time and all of the material removed is the outer lip that mates with the heater muff. I’ve added a few pictures with the lower cowling on, highlighting the difference between left and right side. Any tips for keeping the two pieces separated would be appreciated.

Bringing this topic back to life because a tragic parking incident resulted in a broken base. My plane used the DD-1W wick and the TCO B-1 base. I’ve spoken directly to TCO and the B-1 bases are no longer available. Has anyone else had to find an alternate and if so, what did you use?

@Alan Fox, do you have a RH cowl flap, 650197-502?

The lights are meant to be attached with a spring clip that held in the old Whelen recog lights. If your installation didn’t still have those clips, maybe someone here knows where they can be procured. No screws are necessary to install the lights.

That’s great to know. Thanks

Dang it! I stopped too soon. 0.030 - 0.070 Got it! Thanks, Chuck On a somewhat related topic, does the Aviation Products actuator have the dreaded NBS?

I’m running into a problem getting the correct nose gear bungee compression lengths for my plane that has an Aviation Products actuator instead of the Dukes, Eaton or Plessey. The service manual is very specific in section 32-30-04 (NON-AVIATION PRODUCTS ACTUATOR) 24-0001 thru 24-0377. Step 13 gives two preload settings, one for Dukes and one for another unnamed actuator. Section 32-30-05 (SN 24-3000 thru 24-3078) has plenty of information for the mains, but mentions nothing about the nose gear preload measurements. Since they were so specific with the Dukes/non-Dukes and they’ve got an entire section for the Aviation Products actuator, I’m not sure what to use for the nose bear preload. Thoughts?