Carl S

Saturday, September 10, 2011 I plan on being there if all goes well. < edit> adding a link http://www.eaa983.org/ < /edit> < edit2> Correcting the date... Thanks Skywarrior< /edit2>

Quote: AustinPynes Nope it is in a Hangar in Texas where they dont allow rain or storms or such. ...

Quote: mooneygirl A little off topic, but perhaps this will help get the younger generation interested in flying Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLyTzIslEQk

Maybe a location also. It would be nice to know that you are not in Nigeria. Unless, of course you are and this is a Mooney that your uncle left in trust and now just needs my help to get it out of the country. Yeah, that would be the ticket.

Quote: n74795 Moved into Brand "B"... Have a deposit waiting for the check...

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Quote: ToddDPT My wife and I were looking at these for her, but we don't see anywhere you can hook an mp3 player to it. Without a music port, that is a deal killer for her. Am I missing something?

Quote: HopePilot I see you mentioned my "Guess How Long To Get A Rocker Switch" thread. Guess what? I'm still waiting! That's not a joke...I'm serious!

I have never experienced that myself bt I can imagine a couple of scenarios that might make it happen. A test to eliminate the tubing from consideration would be to change out your tubing with some of known qulity. Go fly and see what happens. Do you have a friendly Moony owner on the field with the same model that would have a similar piece of SCAT yu could borrow for a few hours?

Well, a quick update on the day. No joy on matching up the rheostat to anything I can find on line. The thing has five wires on it and a metal cover (shielding?). Most of the stuff I am seeing in catalogues has three wires. The printing on the side of each is 53-10 20 9321 MEXICO After a couple of phone calls I found that the VeP 656-3 switch can be rebuilt but the contractor does not like to rebuild anything older than 10 years. Kind of a shame to waste all that finely machined aluminum but what are you going to do? Still no word on price, the guy said he'd call me right back and I have not heard from him since. Jeff, Sorry to hear about your expensive annual. This airplane has been to a service center or two when the prior owner had it, including a rather infamous one in Florida. My mechanic has a 201 and services a few other Mooneys on the field and locally. I have worked on and helped build a few airplanes including an experimental that I used to toodle around in. I may take it to a service center again at some point but am having a blast learning about the systems right now. Mike, thanks for the link. I did read that also found this one. The numbering scheme here does not seem to match or resemble that on the Ohmite part. scottfromiowa what would you like to be shot with? (I prefer a single malt myself but it's a bit pricey to be shooting.) I fear that it is the same world but that's a different question. Bnicolette, it's not just a dimmer and I'll keep it legal with the proper signatures. Original parts are not always a requirement but I'll either get close, or break down and see if the factory has a single laying around that they might sell.

I am into the first annual inspection on my M20 since buying last February. I am going to need some minor items to get it back into the air. The first is a rheostat for the glare shield. I can call the factory tomorrow but thought I'd ask for a part number here in the mean time. Would this work? http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/rheostat.php. The second is the gear safety switch, a VEP 656-3. Does anyone know if these can be rebuilt? Again, I'll be in contact with the factory tomorrow. The last item is about 32 inches of SCAT tubing for the heater. It looks like I am coming out pretty good on this one. (Not counting the time and money I have put into maintenance over the last year. One interesting thing I found is that the gear doors are not alligned well and do not seem to close. My mechanic and I have been playing with the washers some and with a little touque have goten the right gear door pretty close. Is this fairly common? Oh, One other "interesting" item was a cannon plug that seemed to be used as a wire splice. I'll have a pic in my gallery. Carl