Greg Ellis

I think I agree. I just do not see a price that this thing will sell as one piece. But, it does seem to have some possible parts that would fetch some money. For instance, the whole control yoke complex for someone with an older model wanting to upgrade to newer style yokes. The interior seems to be in okay condition even though it looks like the carpet is missing. The prop may still be okay (0 time but sitting outside for a long time) etc, etc....

Not a clue and nothing was offered up by the A&P. The cylinder was actually running nice as well. Never got hot on the engine monitor. At annual which was in February it had a lower compression in the upper 60's and the A&P mentioned it. Lycoming recommends if in the 60's to continue to fly it and monitor it so that is what I was going to do. So something happened between February and July.

Here are photos. The piston looks bad.

Oil consumption went up drastically but I am not sure where it went because the belly was clean. I flew for 45 minutes and went through a quart of oil.

Yes. RPM. Was normal.

Would anything show up on an EDM 900 with a cylinder that has two broken piston compression rings? Plane flew fine but had zero compression on a cylinder with a compression test. When cylinder was removed the piston rings fell in pieces onto the hangar floor. Forgive my ignorance if this is a stupid or obvious question.

@mooniac58 Seems like the spam is back with a vengeance at least in the general forum.

To get my airplane back in the air as quickly as possible, I just ordered two new Superior Cylinders from Aircraft Spruce and received them the next day. Didn't even have to ask for next day shipping since they have a warehouse locally. Mechanic installing them this week. They have them in stock at least for an O-360-A1D.

Wasn’t quite sure where to post this but any tricks on separating parts of the exhaust at the various joints? I’ve got one that is stuck together and cannot seem to get them separated. It is at the joint where the horizontal part of the exhaust curves up to go into the #4 cylinder (O-360). There is a joint there but it is stuck together tight. I tried to see if some mouse milk would wick in the joint but no luck. Any thoughts? Thank you.

They do have the option this year of requesting the North 40 or the South 40 by the use of a sign with either an N or S on it. But as @KSMooniac stated there are no guarantees and the earlier you arrive the more likely you are to be granted your request.

As of this morning they completely fill the first page of the General Forum.

When I purchased my 406 ELT it came with the registration information on how to register so I did and I get a renewal notice every 2 years and it is dirt simple and free to renew online. Then a letter shows up in the mail a few days later confirming the renewal.

Just out of curiosity, what has to stay in tact at Mooney in order to keep the Type certificate valid, or does that even matter? If they transfer all parts, etc to Lasar, they still have to keep something going for the TC, correct? And just a side note, I have owned my C model for 17 years now and the only thing I remember coming directly from the factory was a door hinge for the passenger door. I do recall my mechanic that ordered it saying it was the last one Mooney had on the shelf and that was about 15 years ago.

Maybe for Part 91 but what about for Part 141....

Mike Busch does recommend the Vividia. But if you go that route make sure you get the one with the highest resolution. There are probably a few of the low resolution ones still floating around. The high res ones give a great image.