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  1. N201MKTurbo
    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!
  4. N201MKTurbo
    And free bicycles.
  5. 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.
  8. N201MKTurbo
    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.
  11. N201MKTurbo
    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.
  13. N201MKTurbo
    I have a Waltham A-13A-1. I think it is the finest aviation clock ever made. http://walthamclocks.com/a-13a-1.html
  14. N201MKTurbo
    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.
  16. N201MKTurbo
    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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    I have found the pistons wear more than the rings do. Most people just think about the rings sealing on the cylinders, but they seal on the piston as well. The top and bottom of the rings have to form a seal in the groves in the piston. I have found the groves get a taper to them after a while. If you are going to reuse the piston you should clean according to the service manual. It is very tedious. They don’t allow any kind of abrasive blasting. I have found tooth brushes, string and comet cleanser works fastest. Expect at least 1/2 hour per piston, if you are good.
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    It is possible all your oil consumption is coming from one cylinder. How do your plugs look?
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    You could pull the cylinders, replace the pistons and rings and re-hone the cylinders for a fraction of that amount. You could get the valves done too, (essentually an overhaul at that point) for about half of the amount above.
  21. N201MKTurbo
    Thanks!
  22. N201MKTurbo
    I had my left eye done a week ago and my right eye done Tuesday. I was afraid I couldn’t pass my flight physical with my eyes the way they were. My vision was 20/50 with glasses. I’m sitting here on my IPad without glasses and it is easy to read. The best surgery I ever had! They checked my vision on my left eye before they did my right eye. It was 20/20 without glasses. I was able to read the smallest line they showed me, so it was probably better than that. I got the standard lenses. I didn’t have any sedation during the procedure, (I had work to do when I got home) It was easy.
  23. N201MKTurbo
    My wife has always wanted a plane with a toilet.
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    I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to make that connector reliable. The connector and circuit board are not strong enough for the job. I removed the connector and soldered a USB cable to the board. I drilled a hole in the case for the cable. It has been trouble free since.
  25. N201MKTurbo
    You should be a supporter and posting in the vendor section.
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