Larry

The below is from the FAA Hangar Use Policy. It would be great if the airport managers would comply.

Follow up. If anyone has a 90 era model and needs to touch up the yoke, try Rustoleum “Fossil” color. It looks as though it would be too dark, but it matched perfectly. Thanks again for the suggestions.

There isn't a battery box in the later Mooneys. They use a different battery with a slightly heavier case. ZuluZulu: Sorry for the misquote.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check SEM and Rustoleum for a possible match. The touch-up is minor and plan to do it in situ, so anything I do will be with a brush. Thanks again!

My '90 J was built with light beige yokes that could use some minor touch-up. The caps on the horns are a slightly different color. Does anyone have a color to use for a paint match? It's not worth removing a yoke, were talking about a couple of chips. Thanks, Larry

I'm interested! For those of us that have picky IAs, will these be TSO and/or STC?

If you have the time, tell your wife to climb in the back seat. She'll be safer and shift your cg a little (or a lot) to the rear. Thoughts?

Petehdgs- Have you researched how much time and cash it will take for the DER and the STC needed to install it on one of our planes? Larry

Are you thinking of Monument Valley -U25? Picture below.

Wasn't that Fred Carter's Mooney? Does anyone remember him from the old Mooney email list? Larry

Rick - FWIW, the 201J has two gross weights. The later models had a max gross of 2900#, either from the factory or retrofitted via factory drawing. LP

Parker - Why not have a higher deductible for gear up, let's say 5-10K, no matter the cause. The owner can opt in for a lower price. Most auto and home policies have various deductibles. Just offer me one. For the right price, it would be worth it and it would make owners triple check their gear if they knew that they were on the hook for 10K.

I've used Jim twice (prop O/H necessitated a rebalance). He is friendly, informative and knowledgeable. He wrote the book on prop balancing while working for Chadwick-Helmuth. Larry

Eric - I'm pretty sure I have the paper version in my Service Manual. I'll check later this week when I'm at the hangar and sent it to you if you haven't found one before. When I have it in hand, I'll PM you. Larry

Below is the website for Jim Fackler, his contact and bio are on the w/s. Larry http://www.jfdynamics.com

As a follow-up: Two months ago the grease seeping became worse. I crated the prop up and shipped it to Cody Stallings for an IRAN. Cody was great, keeping me advised by texts/pics. The cost to ship wasn't bad via Fedex ground - well worth it for good service.

Thanks Hank. I know that Cody has been giving of his time on MS, but If possible, I would like to avoid shipping with the inherent risks and trouble.

Thanks for the info Byron. San Antonio has gone up in price to $800, still reasonable, plus shipping. Has anyone heard positive or negative about Johnson and Son Propellor in Shafter, CA? Larry

I've had my McCauley 214 IRANed twice in the last 350 hours by a shop in Redding, CA. It's seeping grease again. Does anyone have a prop shop recommendation for an IRAN in the southwest (I'm in San Diego)? Thanks, Larry

As stated in the original post, my plane came from the factory with a Gill 243, which does not require a battery box. It was a flooded battery, but was designed with a dam, an aluminum cap and a vent nipple to save the airframe manufacturer from making a box. My plane was not listed in the correct area of Concorde's STC or in the Mooney parts catalog. A call to Mooney was met quickly and efficiently with the factory drawings (the specification that is used with each plane in order to account for changes) which shows the exact point at which Mooney changed the J to the G243. They also supplied an SI that allows the owners of G243 equipped aircraft to change to the Concorde RG24-11M or RG24-15. I received the contact info from a MS lister and I couldn't have received better service from the factory on an airframe that left 28 years ago. If anyone needs the above info for their J (SN 24-3076 - 24-3218) let me know and I'll send it.

The listing on Concordes website only shows 28 volt with a serial number above 3200. It doesn't address my SN. I have a call into Concorde engineering, maybe they have a work around. Anyone with a 1989-1990 J probably has the same issue.

There are several 201s that have the same issue. I'm hoping that someone has already been down this road. I try to keep things legal. I don't want to deal with a sharp eyed IA one of these annuals and have problems. I've emailed Mooney, I don't know how long they take to answer. Larry

I have a later 201 serial #24-3149. It was delivered from Mooney without a battery box using a Gill243 manifold vented battery. The problem is that Concorde, Gill, the TCDS and the Parts manual all call for serial numbers between 3000 - 3200 to have a battery box and a Gill 242. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how did you handle it? Thanks, Larry

Paul - Thanks for the reply. I'll check and let you know. Larry

I have a '90 J and am having a problem with the gear horn. The horn will sound for about 1 second, then stop. The throttle microswitch has been cleaned with contact cleaner and hits the detent at the correct MP. The Sonolert was replaced, but still the same 1 second warning. Any ideas? Larry