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Be sure to size them carefully. The altitude hold servos are typically much larger than the rudder and ailerons.

Wow, awful place for a crack…hard to even find that.. Good on your mechanic. Any history of hard landing? Probably easiest way to dig deeper is to pull the gear.

Depends how far out of rig it is. If nobody messed with it and the ball is just out of center, it might be less than 30 minutes and a test flight. If someone tried to get it right the wrong way it might require correcting the basic rigging and then a few flights with adjustments between. The hardest part is gaining access to some adjustments and being patient with making small adjustments. One wrong adjustment can get you chasing your tail…. You might actually get it to fly hands off but then have severe wing drop in a stall because all the controls are cockeyed. Also, an out of rig Mooney costs a lot of speed…. A well rigged, clean plane might actually hit book numbers. Feel free to PM me if I can be of help or provide advice on a specific issue.

Thanks much @Flyler Tyler for the compliments! It’s a pleasure working and flying with you. @Hank….we had dinner at KHFD many, many moons ago….if I remember correctly.

How old is the battery? Maybe it’s legit recharge attempt on a failing battery? whats going on with oil pressure?

Per a post on Beach Talk, this may not have ended well. Thoughts and prayers are with those involved. Something went wrong at Saratoga Springs with the aircraft discussed in this thread.

As I recall, there are further adjustments in the maintenance menus. As others suggested, be sure it is not only specific frequencies. Also, check basic things like turning off other systems. USBs can be problematic and only show up on certain frequencies. Add in local noise and it can open the squelch.

Getting into the “long shot” realm, check for exhaust leak onto a plug. Also, confirm ignition switch working correctly, at idle go off and make sure it cuts off. Check at different RPM? Does it behave the same? Magneto, as you already suggested, would not be the first bad overhaul in the world.

What level of compliment would it take for you to print me a new engine?

My E has dust caps on the main wheel bearings so I took my hub caps off. I’m lazy and it was preventing me from checking my pressures often enough. My nose wheel does not have a dust cap so I use the hub cap. The main idea is to keep sand and moisture out of the bearings. Also helps keep excess grease from splattering. Cool little pump. I just know that when I need it the battery will be dead. Have you tried inflating a flat tire….assuming no puncture? Just curious the capacity to do that. Looks like they make a bigger one too.

It’s hard to describe how to fix them except to suggest looking at pictures of others here on the forum. It could be as simple as slotting them so they sit flush with the cowl. They may actually be too wide as well. Not sure you need new seals, so much as they need adjustment. As for where to buy, there are various levels. Aircraft Spruce has raw materials. @Gee Bee Aeroproducts often shows pictures of the very nice seals he sells. McFarlane also has a unique seal they sell. This may not be a 100% solution, but certainly a starting point.

I would be suspicious of your baffle seals. They look too wrinkly. By the witness marks they do not look like they are sealing. I suspect they would fail the light test, where you backlight them and look for light comeing through. Would consider trimming them for a better fit.

As Tyler suggested, the block may have a step. Next time you are flying with gear up, reach a finger in there to feel for it on the near side of the block. You can also cell phone photo it. My guess is that a little extra forward pressure on the bar would get it past the step and it will snap up. The spring in the gear handle does not have significant force to overcome at step or misrigging.

There is a fixed pushrod to the bungee assembly attached to the airframe. When the stab moves the pushrod imparts an effective force on the bungees. Or another way to look at it is that the bungees don’t move while the tail does and thus imparts the appropriate spring force on the elevator.

Try @Alan Fox or @Jerry Pressley I may have a spare if they don’t.