Grant_Waite

Yeah, I had heard a lot of guys using them. I’m on the opposite coast of Florida so I’d have to ship it to them. It might be something I do at annual so the plane isn’t down. I’m trying to burn my hours.

Thinking about possibly chroming the pitot tube one of these days. Has anyone done it? Is it a good or bad idea? A new heated tube, is like 2800 dollars on aircraft spruce atm. I do not want to be messing up a perfectly functioning, albeit worn pitot tube. I know a decent amount of bonanza owners have done it. I’ve only ever hear of not chroming the spinner but that’s it.

Previous owner swears by fine wires, it was the first thing he put in when he bought it 17 years ago. Wish they were tempest and not champion but that’s fine. He used and swore by tcp it’s a lead scavenging additive but I haven’t used it but once or twice and don’t plan to continue it. I lean aggressively on the ground and fly the plane like normal. Hopefully I won’t have any issues. Not to mention it says on the can of tcp, that’s highly flammable and not to store in the aircraft. Makes it a pia because I won’t by fuel at my home airport. It’s going for 7.60 and 4.60 10 minutes away… no brainer there.

Sorry to hear about your dad, never easy on anyone. Thanks for all the valuable info, on installing one of these conversions. It’s a whole lot more stuff when you list it all out. I’m guessing it would be close to, 10/11k all said and done if a mechanic at 100+ an hour does it. At least that’s what rates are in Florida. Surprisingly the weather down here has been shit, with 1 to 2 fronts a week. Temperature’s haven’t been bad. Cold for us Floridians for a few days then back to 70s.

That would get my ass puckered if the engine started to stumble. Crazy it has happened twice… must fly a lot. I know there’s a few people who have done this conversion, I just hope they see this.

I’ve lived me with mine, well for less than a month. Hasn’t given me or the previous owner grief, but I really don’t like knowing that all my spark comes from one drive on the case. I know there old tech and a lot of places have stopped OH them. There’s many spof on a plane but my mags is not one I want to keep. I know it’s unlikely to have a mag failure. Anything to make my plane safer, I’m interested in. What kind of grief has your’s given you?

I’m thinking I’d like to ditch the goofy d3000 duel mag for the electro air replacement. If anyone has done this already, I’d like to know the good, bad and ugly. It seems pretty straightforward, one mag goes where the old drive for the d3000 was and to quote the Electroair site. “We use a split ring collar on the crank shaft for the electronic ignition timing pick-up. There are some single magnetos that will adapt to the dual mag hole, or alternatively you can operate two electronic ignition system”. Whatever the hell that means, I’m not very technical. I’m not concerned, if it actually gives me better fuel burn or higher hp… although the ladder is always appreciated. I’m going to go with the TCW ibbs battery pack to be the fail safe. I think it’s just as good, as an alternate alternator. There’s not even an stc on a J for one anyways. There have been a few field approvals though. Any pictures of an install would be great too, along with who did your install. Local shop or one of their installers?

Thanks all for the replies. I flew yesterday and it wasn’t as bad as I remember Friday, during my checkout. I tried flying it with the trim and was able to get it to feel a lot better. I bought the plane to build hours in and burn holes in the sky and it’s great for that. If I want to go xc it’ll do that well too. My bed is just too comfortable to get too far.

Yeah some of them had washers, metal ones and others didn’t. That’s how they were so I put em back on that way. The owner before me loved the rudder trim. I’ve yet to find a good reason to use it. Even on takeoff the amount of right rudder needed, is less than the 172xp I came from. I’m very pleased with the plane. It flys well and is a lot easier to land than what I thought.

Just closed on my 77J and got my official check out Friday. On rotation and flare I couldn’t help but notice that it’s ungodly heavy in pitch, compared to what I’m use to. About all my hours are in 172s, specifically a 172xp. A few in an arrow and tecnam for my multi. All of which aren’t the Mooney pushrod design. Is this a common thing on Mooneys? Or do I need to get better at adjusting the trim? I’ve found having the trim set to one bar higher on the indicator helps on rotation, but then need to aggressively trim down once air born. The gentleman who checked me out has 7000 hours in Mooneys and he was impressed by how well it flew and was rigged. He said it was the nicest 77j he’d ever seen. I absolutely love the plane, just to get more proficient.

This is what I used, I couldn’t stand the duct tape.https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nashua-Tape-2-83-in-x-50-yd-330X-Extreme-Weather-HVAC-Foil-Duct-Tape-1906077/100507541 It has been years since it was put on so the glue was all melted and made a mess. I found the other acrylic shim for the floor landing gear indicator. Had to remove the one belly panel. That was a fun learning experience. A total of 4 screws wouldn’t go back in due to the tinnermams being too large. Not sure if I want to bother replacing them until annual in September. I figure 38 screws will hold it in along with it being staggered under the other panels. The one screw near the nose gear door was a pia to remove. If anyone knows the sizes of the main screws in the first pan and those small ones near the nose door. Some of the screws had small plastic washers and other didn’t not sure if they are meant to be there or not.

Yes, the panel has the gear down light. I’m thankful that the owner gave it a really nice panel makeover in 2015. I’m not however thankful for all the duct tape I had to remove on the floor. I’m gonna replace it where there are holes with hvac tape. That duct tape got stickiness all over the place.

Yeah, I was able to see where it rides along the tube looking thing which probably the gear rod. It only fits over that one rod and the screws only line up on the plate in one position. So I presume it has to be correct. I’m getting my official checkout this Thursday. He’s also a IA and owns a J so I’ll ask him as well. What does the indicator look like when the gear is up? It didn’t look like the housing that rides on the rod rotated at all.

Just took ownership of my 1977J. It’s my very first aircraft, but not new to aviation. I took out all the carpets and cleaned them… currently drying atm. I took off the acrylic for the flap and trim indicator and the floor gear indicator. I’ve ordered the equal thickness acrylic from amazon and just need it to arrive and cut it. I think I’m going to use green nail polish for the floor indicator line. The fake nails girls use, are acrylic and it sticks well. I’m open to what others have used though. I wanted to see what bulb my gear ind took, so I took it apart from above. I was able to retrieve all the pieces and put it back in from above. I believe I put it all back together correctly but want input from others. I was able to do it all from above but others have stated you need to remove a belly pan. If so which one at that. I looked tonight and there’s way too many screws in them to do the incorrect one. Also how does the little floor indicator work, out of curiosity if anyone knows. Here’s some pictures of the bottom. It had a piece of acrylic to make a space on the one side, I then slide the aluminum indicator into that space but the other side didn’t have the acrylic.

Has anyone painted or found where I can get new plastic knobs for the lever style throttle quad? I’ve been able to find the vernier style but obviously that won’t work. If anyone has repainted them, what was the process that worked? I can’t seem to find any mention of parts anywhere for these style of Mooney throttle quadrants.