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I have a friend that lives on Pine Mountain Lake, been in there many times and ate at the Corsair, loved the pics on the walls. I think Columbia will always make PML less usful then it could be. It is a cool place to land thou.

I have little or no faith in general aviations recovery, let alone the nations economy, so I would sell it. I only keep mine because it is paid for and I do ALL the maintenance, repairs, and inspections. I also have a hefty war chest saved up for those unexpected major falures. I did a 10K avionics upgrade in 04' that today is worthless because Garmin bought out UPSAT so if you keep it beware that things can change rapidly in the market. Tommorrow may bring an AD that could cost thousands of dollars to get rid of kinda like the last Hartzell AD, which happened right after an OH for me, so I will go the inspection route for at least until the economy starts to recover and then make up my mind about a terminating fix for that one.

Just got my Aug 10' issue, good overview article by Mike Berry covering Mooney electric gear.

$4.49 a gallon at KOSC.

In the 90's I had a very good friend with an early "C" that was, shall we say "thrifty". He kept his left tank filled with unleaded auto gas and the right one was 100LL. He always took off and landed with the right tank and any cruise above 75% power was also done on the right tank. I flew with him several hundred hours under those conditions and I can say he never had a problem. I only posted this so folks will know it can work in a Mooney airframe. I only run 100LL in my plane because I worry about the effect autogas would have on tank sealant.

You need to redo your poll, not even the FAA wants it in ALL airspace, so I did not vote. I have been flying long enough to remember when the same hoopla was going on over transponders. I never did install one in the bird I had at that time. As mentioned it is over 10 years away, a lot can change in 10 years. I worry more about the cost/avalibility of the fuel we require.

I still have the original alternator in my airplane, amazing what a little maintenance will do for ya. I replace the brushes and inspect it for bearing wear every 3 years. Surprized no one has mentioned the easiest and most obvious,...drive belt.

Without being there it is hard to understand what is going on from your discription. There are two models of the MA-4-5 carburator, one is calabrated richer than the other, that came on our planes. The first thing to do is determine which one you have from the data plate on your carb. The data plate can be veiwed from the right side, side, cowling when removed. I would not lean my engine for takeoff below 3K feet as matter of fact I rarely used to lean for takeoff from an airport I used to visit that had a field elevation of 6K feet. My advice to you would be to have your plane checked by Top Gun in Stockton or Lasar in Lakeport. They understand everthing Mooney.

Lycoming S.I. 1447B and your Mooneys equiptment list will give you all the info you need. Using my own aircraft as an example, item 104. lists a starter, Prestolite MZ4206 at 17.80 pounds with an arm of -18.00 inches. This consides with the weight listed in the S.I.. The new SKytec weighs 8.0 pounds. The rest as they say is simple mathmatics and a entry in the logbook stating installation IAW the S.I.

The bushing in the sender is worn so it allows the contact point of the resistor to ride off of the windings causing the gauge to "jump".

One of my sending units is kinda TU. Anyone know of source to get one rebuilt? Mooney is out of stock with a supposed July 10 shipping date, I don't think mine will live that long.

I have looked thru my owners manual and have never really seen anything that adresses crosswind operations. Have any of you guys/gals run across a number in print? I have landed my plane in some pretty stiff crosswinds so I know they do well, just wondering if Mooney Aircraft Co ever did any testing. Thanks. Mike

My 68C haas a useful load of 1017.86 pounds. Lightweight starter and a very light avionics package. All unused antennas and associated wiring/coax have been removed. My weight was determined with scales as opposed to calculations. When was the last time your aircraft was actually weighed? We used to have to weigh our planes once a year when I worked for Skywest.

Add me to the list of "can't see".

As a mechanic I have mixed emotions about the use/overuse of any of these types of products. I have seem aircraft that have had so many aplications that it makes doing a proper inspection next to imposible without first removing some or most of the corrosion treatment. I do use it but only in areas where it is almost impossible to treat with methods that are layed out in the 43.13. I have not used any of it on my own Mooney as the entire airframe was zinc chromated from the factory, I marvel at the workmanship everytime I open a panel on my bird, compared to the type "C" and "P"s I have to work on.