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  1. N201MKTurbo
    What you just mentioned sounds like an overhaul. Lycoming has an SI on what must be changed during an overhaul, the service manual tells how to inspect the parts to see if they are reusable.
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    I would do it today. I didn’t look at the weather south, but KTRK looks very doable.
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    I prefer a sweep second hand too. That's why I have an A-13A-1. It is a stopwatch too.
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    Or MP limitations with updated performance charts. That’s what warbirds that were built for 145 octane fuel do when burning 100LL they just limit MP.
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    The Mid continent units look nice. Getting that clock serviced will cost a few hundred. For twice that you can have one of those fancy new ones.
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    I attended a session by the FAA about unleaded fuels at the Maintenance Symposium a few weeks ago. At the end, the FAA man says that people are always asking when there will be a drop in replacement for 100LL. he said “never”
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    It needs to be taken to a watchmaker. In the old days, watches were serviced every 5 years. These clocks are panel mounted pocket watches. It needs to be disassembled, cleaned and reassembled with new lube. The lube is amazing stuff, it is designed to have extremely low volatility so it doesn’t evaporate. Good watch oil is about $1000/oz, but then one drop will oil about 10 watches.
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    So we cannot change the past. My idea to make it better would be to mill out a nice looking relief above all three knobs and remark the labeling. There is a lady on Etsy that will make custom small silk screens, pre-exposed and ready to print for little money. She will probably sell you the paint and squeegee too.
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    That's what I have done in the past. BTW, my worst turbulence encounter in 6000 hours of flying was right around there. But that day the winds at 10000 feet were 70 KTS out of the west.
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    It is hard to imagine that is corrosion, those pins are gold plated and I don't see any pitting in the pins that would indicate corrosion below the gold. I suspect someone sprayed some stuff on that connector in the past and the stuff reacted with moisture and made that goo. Cleaning them was your best option. Those pins don't need any lube or any other stuff to work properly.
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    Nobody is flying VFR through there today!
  12. N201MKTurbo
    And free bicycles.
  13. N201MKTurbo
    Look here to match it up. https://www.leespring.com/extension-springs
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    On my old M20F the alternator had a cooling shroud and a fan. The tube from the shroud went to the front of the cowl. The theory is that the air would go in the back and then out the fan. In the J the alternator has no fan or shroud. The front of the alternator is exposed to upper cowl pressure. The rear of the alternator dumps into the lower cowl. Because of the pressure differential, it will cause air to flow from the front of the alternator to the back and out into the lower cowl.
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    Waltham has been out of business since the 70s. A company bought their name and services the A13A and may produce new ones. if you want one of their old clocks you have to buy a used one.
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    If you were unhappy with what happened, right after you landed, call TRACON on the phone, say who you are and where you landed. Ask them to have the controller who worked you call you back when they have time. Then you can talk about it. You may end up having coffee together talking about airplanes.
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    You probably had an A-11. It will fit on the yoke. I have enough parts to build one. I’ll have to put it together one of these days.
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    I bought mine on EBay about 25 years ago. I got a service manual for it and completely disassembled it, cleaned it and put it back together. It was the most complicated mechanical assembly I have ever done. The barrel grease was some strange mil spec that ended up crossing to Aeroshell #6. I needed a tiny dab of it. I used Möbius watch oil for everything else. The specified oil is nowhere to be found. I made a barrel winder out of a tap handle and a piece of copper pipe with a slot in it. It worked great. I got real good at sharpening tiny screwdrivers.
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    Just be happy it all turned out OK. The TRACON guys around here don’t want to get pilots in trouble, so let’s give them the same courtesy.
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    No it is in the panel. When I had my M20F I had an LC2 in the yoke. I had to modify it to fit.
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    I have a Waltham A-13A-1. I think it is the finest aviation clock ever made. http://walthamclocks.com/a-13a-1.html
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    They must have disconnected something in the trim system. There are a few places where you can get the front gearbox out of sync with the tail. In most cases, you will lose some trim travel. You need to get it straightened out.
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    BTW, I had an FAA inspector say you cannot inspect powder coated assemblies for cracks. If there is an inspection requirement, he said the powder coating needs to be stripped and reapplied to do the inspection.
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    An hour or two to disassemble all the gear. Two or three to put it all back together. About a week to strip and paint it all.
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    The difference between changing the pucks and completely disassembling the gear isn’t that much. Stripping and painting is tedious but not difficult. I have done it like 5 times. Use paint stripper, then scrapers and wire wheels and finish in the blast cabinet. In the past I would just prime with zinc chromate, but those days are gone. So you will have to find a good paint system. Painting tubes is tedious too, but the results are awesome. Buy all new hardware and bushings and you will have essentially new gear.
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