Echo

Just scored a Dukes actuator on ebay for $250. Nice. Didn’t pass bench, but I have a serviceable motor and 40:1 gear. Should be able to have two serviceable Dukes systems. The one item I wanted to have a backup ready to go. Box checked.

Roger. Thanks everybody.

That's awesome. Thank you much! Scott

OK I will look at what four wires do unless they are as stated for separate field and armature connections which I don’t understand. If it were you and you wanted to test what wire would you connect to positive and negative?

I am just a bozo with an apparently weird four wire motor. Lol

Fair enough. Just frustrated. Sorry Eric

Like Jsno above I sourced a gear that will take me to the end of my flying career. I too hold out hope that there will be competition and the price for the 40:1 gear will not be $2k for future Mooney owners.

Is that the point? There are four wires with different colors coming out of the motor. For someone that works with these motors it may be simple simon, but not for someone that does not work with motors and simply connects a black to negative and a red to positive when dealing with batteries. If that was his point it was poorly made. You provided simple clarity. Thank you for that. Using knowledge as power versus educating for the good of members...one way to go. You go Steve.

Ya, gonna be great seeing that the gear was over a grand in 2008. Right there with the no back spring would be my guess. Great thread about coughing up that money for an SB that may or may not be a problem. Likely 1.5 years to get and bend over. Ya, definitely gonna be great.

Wow. It is YOU that is not listening. I don' give a flying $uck which way it turns. I simply asked for the color that is positive and the color that is negative. Too tough to give a straight frigging answer. Scott, Negative wire is blank color. Positive can be either blank or blank. I am just seeing if it friggin works. Lost on you both apparently. Have fun believing I am dim though. Right back at you?

egregious.

Or is red and green positive and black wire is negative? Black is usually negative in car batteries.

If no one knows...that is fine. I will dig out the schematic and identify it myself. Just thought someone might be able to help.

I am NOT installing. It is a potential spare. All I want is what color of the four wires is positive and what is negative...

Is green or black positive on motor?