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Nope! The risk of anesthesia along with a perforated colon from someone I have no idea of their skill level is an absolute no. I do Cologuard as I have zero family history of Colon cancer. If something comes back from Cologuard, I will only go to someone my physician recommends. How much colon cancer is actually being detected or prevented? Is this just another money maker for the Colonoscopy clinics?

I had a newer car for less than 12 months due to 5 major visits to the dealer for repairs. It didn’t cost me anything but time but I’ll never own a newer Chevy again. Newer doesn’t mean better. I’m staying away from new especially because of the amount of electronics on them.

I was chasing an oil leak on a J model last fall and thought of UV dye until I saw the price. If memory serves me right, the minimum quantity was a gallon and I’d never use that in my life time. I didn’t search for every possible source so maybe it could be found cheaper and in a smaller quantity. ultimately, we found it using Magnaflux developer. David

Hi Butch, Thanks for your reply. With your long ownership history, do you have any items or areas that I should look at in particular? Thanks again, David

You might be surprised like I am to find there are still more out there. I’m putting together another set of parts to comply with S/B M20-161 for a 62 M20B that still has the original Firestone disks installed. David

Today it was remove the nose gear day as I’m complying with S/B M20-161 which is converting to late style shock disks. After disassembly, the dreaded dented truss was found. Luckily, I have most of the parts needed from previous purchases over the years at EAA Aeromart. David

Today was landing gear day and starting to disassemble the brakes, hoses and get ready to c/w SB M20-161. Found the clamping of the brake hose to be interesting. Fabric wrapped first then these metal strips wrapped around. I kind of like them and may go back on with them. Depends on how much patience I have at the time. David

I’m not going to keep track of the labor. It would be scary to see!! There will be a ton of time spent on it before I fly it. David

I installed the new engine mounts today and have to admit, they were much easier to change on my former C model. Dynafocals are much easier than really old conical mounts! on to more items including brakes, brake hoses and tires! David

You don’t have the first M20 on your list! The 56 M20 is the most innovative as it was the first!!

Ugh! The pressure! :-)

This has just given me a boost to get going!! David

Still plugging away inspecting the M20 for issues before starting to return it to airworthy. In my mind, I’m almost convinced that all is in good enough shape to start spending money to get things up to snuff. I finished my jack adapters to jack the wood wing. The manual says have two people lift the wing and put a saw horse under the hoist point. It’s almost impossible to find two people when you need them now days. So that why I built adapters to go on my jacks. 5206B did some hangar flying the other day. Nose gear picks are shot but mains seem ok. I still think I’ll comply with S/B M20-161 with used parts I have on hand plus one additional part I’ll need to source that I don’t have.

What year M20C? Is S/B M20-139A applicable to your bird?

Worked on getting access to the old O-320 today. Engine mounts are bad as the engine is sagging quite a bit and the carb air box is touching the firewall. Going to look at relocating the oil cooler and make a new air induction to attach to the stock carb air box. Making my list of what needs to be done! David

Managed to get the aux tank out today to finish with the wing inspection. While O have the airplane this far apart, I’m going to repair some damage to the lower skins from a gear up a long time ago. I just can’t leave it knowing it won’t take long to remove the sheet metal and fabricate some new pieces. Started my list of items that need to be addressed to get it airworthy. If I have t said it before, super neat project. David

The 56 M20 Mooney runs! Today I fired the engine and let it run for a bit. Cycled the prop and all appears normal. The wing inspection will be complete this weekend and that will determine pushing forward with doing what needs to be done to return this machine to airworthy. There’s not much information available for this early model bird and it’s interesting to see how it functions and how it was built. Throttle needs some work as the gear switch is causing it to idle at 1500 rpm. Have to pull hard on the throttle to get it below 1000. The switch is not part of the throttle cable like the C I had previously, but mounted on the firewall and gets pushed in when the throttle lever is pulled back. I found the switch is bottomed out and the throttle is not the stop. Quite a few things need attention. Will post a video when I get it. David

Hello Kerry, Thank you very much for that. I thought as much for the positions but wasn’t absolutely sure! Thanks again, David

Hi Kerry, Do you have the aux tank in the baggage? If so, do you have a placard on the fuel selector you could share a picture of? Thanks, David

Is it an M20A or B?

Since I recently acquired a 56 M20 I thought it might be worthwhile to learn from those who have one or had one in the past. Any other early M20 owners on MooneySpace? David

Hi Don, I find the ground situation completely different now that I have a wood wing Mooney. David

I did four cowling modifications initially when I started my project. I’m still working on two different cowlings but am in the process of moving right now. Many other issues with composite shops have hampered progress for quite a while but I am too far into it and too much money invested to walk away from it. Thanks, David

Might be time to put it on the scales and get an accurate weight.

It can be welded. I fixed one last year on a friends J with the exact same failure point. David