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I’m in Michigan

These are frames from a 1961 B model I bought them reupholstered from another mooney owner to swap out my seats in a 1962 C model and realized that the frames didn’t quite fit my seats were pretty ratty and I took the upholstery off and used on the seats I had. It worked out as a fix but I have the frames. I have the two of them. anyone have a use for these ?

Mooney up on Jacks one piece belly pan off at the service center and the gear swung like 20 times and no issues. the gear alert alarm sounds when throttle broke got back and stops bringing the throttle forward , like it should still checking for obstruction or anything in the throttle quadrant and will spray some contact cleaner there, but that seems like the throttle switch had to be the issue. I think that throttle switch temporarily stuck. me being distracted with the passenger , I think that I did not truly try and fail to lower the gear before pulling the breaker. Now that I have been able to think and go through how this all works, it all makes sense. I did find out that I have the new style down lock switch and the gear motor is running well and happy to look at things with the belly exposed and everything looks super clean. I have a long list of minor things to correct over time , but happy to have found a good mooney service mechanic to keep working with to address things.

Yep, thank you for the responses. thank you for the responses. I think Ragsf15 is right on and throttle speed switch is it but still not 100% clear if I tried the gear down with the breaker pulled or not pulled. this plane is new to me and I decided to fly it slow, gear down 60 miles to a mooney service center , have it up on jacks and look at this problem and address some other things. I have a good mechanic but busy and will be good to establish a relationship with the service center mechanic. up on jacks and gear swinging tomorrow !

Yes, that is right, the same. I think you are right that it is the switch connected to the throttle setting. It makes sense and appreciate all the input. I will try to locate it. I am in michigan but happy to have a heated hanger. Maybe I can get to it and try contact cleaner. I actually had a stall warning switch fail recently and cleared up after trying the contact cleaner on that. I brought the plane up from Texas to Michigan a few months ago.

When flying around, it said red , unsafe. I don’t think that I really got a great look at the floor indicator, but it was not the green down. I did try the switch down and then up again and nothing happened. then I just decided to do the procedure and if I got the green indicator, which I did, get on the ground There is a video of the take off. I had thrown the gear switch and my hand was down on the trim wheel , so it seems that it happened as the gear was in transit or all the way up ? I made a radio call, but no one was at the airport to give me a visual. looking in the nose and wing wells with a flashlight and video, nothing catches my eye. I wish I had a GoPro on the belly !

I flew my ‘new to me’ 1975 m20f today on take off, positive rate of climb , gear up and I got the alarm. I honestly didn’t know what it was and then realized the gear was not up or down on the indicator light. I did the climb and flew around to figure it out. It would not cycle up or down. I went through the poh procedure , pulled the breaker , kept it slow , engaged the crank handle, cranked until I saw the gear down indicator light and stopped I was careful to stop because I had read other people post about this before, thank you on that. landing and taxi were fine. I know I need the mechanic and up on jacks what are the most common problems for this scenario ? A circuit or the motor or something hanging up ? Vacation time coming up but I guess I am on the ground until this is sorted out.

So, it IS normal to make machine gun sounds in your mind ! : )

Uh oh , I have a new to me F model and have the landing light ‘guns’ button. Is there an issue with this ? there are two associated wires that I feel at the base of the throttle which kinda bug me.

N78928 posted is my plane and I asked Jack to list it for me and handle taking calls and selling it. He is very knowledgeable about the plane and better at fielding questions that I am. I bought the plane a couple years ago to get back into flying. I had owned a B35 in the past, but this plane got back into flying and I learned to really like the mooneys and mooneyspace. The plane was good for me and I flew it VFR regularly. I considered redoing the panel on the plane but honestly it was over my head deciding, logistically and time having it done. The reason I am selling is: I bought an F model from Jimmie at GMax early August with an upgraded panel, Garmin auto pilot, avidyne IFD 540, primary engine monitor, dual G5, etc., all done of course for a lot more money, because I wanted to progress in my flying and do longer missions. The history of the C model N78928 made me feel comfortable when I bought it and it has low engine time. It was owned by an AP in north Texas near Oklahoma for 46 yrs who babied it and did a lot of speed mods. when I got it, I had done whatever to make it solid and things including firewall forward hoses , adsb tailbeacon, starter, battery tires and tubes ect the plane continues to fly regularly. Jack is super knowledgeable in general and about the plane and best to answer technical questions.

That is on my agenda !

Super nice.

Question about my trim indicator arrow on 75 F model the indicator does work but it does not move continuously with every turn of the trim wheel. it is well above the take off indicator after landing and then u want to trim back down to just above the white take off indicator line , but find I have to go past it and then back up. Is this a lubrication issue or a broken cable , kinda doubt it is broken. Wondering where I can get to it to use penetrating oil on it.

Nice. I can have sharp new switch covers and lettering ? Do they just pop off and back on from the front or do I need to take the switch out to change the covers ?

New whelen chroma nav lights I got the new LED vac lights and actually felt good about paying $130 a light. They are super bright. Same color lenses. I think this will solve my occasional breaker switch tripping