1964-M20E

Overall it doesn't seem like it is out of line especially if you trust and like the shop. Some items appear appear to be what would have been covered in the inspection phase of the Annual anyway. I'd pay it, smile and march on if you didn't do much or anything for this annual. With 8 onwer assisted annuals behind me I still spend about 24 to 30 hours just opening up the plane for the annual cleaning, lubing and reassembling everything and that doesn't include any other work needed. Many small things that need to be fixed I identify and begin fixing for the IA by the time he arrives. He does his inspection we discuss the additional items that need to be addressed and either I do them or we work together to get them done.

I guess according to the regulations I have time in a C182 before 1995 or something like that so technically I do not need an endorsement for higher HP. However, it would depend on the insurance co. I do fly a helicopter with a turbine engine with 400SHP de-rated to 277HP so does that count? Left pedal, left pedal

If I remember correctly the G1 and G2 are essentially the same. The G2 allows for recording events on an SD card not sure about the G1. The G2 shows you how many degrees LOP or ROP you are with changing colors indicating LOP or ROP. I think these are the only 2 big things the G1 lacks from the G2. If you had the original GEM from Insight you didn't even get actual temperature just relational bar graphs representing temperatures. You can still run LOP you just need to watch it a little closer and find where peak is and then go from there. I put the G2 in mine a few years ago. Oh make sure it is connected to the avionics buss. I had to send mine in and the processor changed.

Older models had the ring on the floor board that you pulled and if you forgot you had to go around pull it and then examine the puddle on the ground. Not very much fuel an ounce or 2. I Never liked that arrangement. I thought the J models and later including the Ovation had a normal sample valve under the plane? My plane was modified to have a normal drain on the collator so I can now take sample with my cup inspect it and pour it back into the tank.

While this may not be required hopefully you have a detailed listing of all parts in the engine along with any part numbers and serial numbers that may be present regardless the part was reused or new. Usually reconditioned parts will have yellow tags and new parts will have some form of paperwork with them and these are usually kept with the log books for future reference. The only reason I say this is if an AD comes out later you already know what is inside your engine and just might save you form having to pull a cylinder or something else just to verify an AD. I have not had the pleasure of overhauling an aircraft engine yet but I plan on doing this when I do. Good luck with the new engine.

That settles it with 2 pilots on board a plane is twice as likely to crash.

WOW!!! glad he made it relatively unharmed even though a broken wrist is not good.

Looking good it is a lot of work keep it up. Is it flyable now?

Wow I'm glad it was a relatively quick and easy fix and everything worked out for you.

Corrosion X makes a system to fog the plane. A little expensive for one person. However, your mechanic may have the setup to do this. A half gallon of corrosion X will last you for years.

All of the opening up (removing covers, pans etc.) cleaning, lubing, greasing and closing up the patient is all in the realm of owner preventative maintenance. The actual inspection is for the I/A. However, once you have done this several times and walked around with the I/A you will lean what to look for and when the I/A shows up you can give him a rundown on what you think you need to do before he even looks at it. He may find more things, and he may tell you you can defer some items. If this is the first annual with your plane remove all the covers and using a rag with mineral spirits and corrosion X on it wipe all the interior surfaces you can reach in the wings. You will be surprised to see the amount of dirt that comes out of the wings. Then you can do a complete corrosion X application. It is a good experience to do an owner assisted annual. If something happens when you are away from home, and it will, you have some knowledge to tell the mechanic at the field where you are stranded what is wrong and what is needed to fix it.

I would like to go but my manual gear motor is striped out and in need of an inspect and repair as necessary or an overhaul. I'll find out the middle of December mechanic I mean doctor goes in and looks around. I wont be flying by myself until the end of March at the earliest. I don't plan on getting in the plane until the end of Feb. We will have to schedule a repeat of this meting in April. I did go flying the other day with my buddy and I was able to work the gear pretty well needed just a little help to put the gear down.

Double check the mode select button on the turn coordinator. This is the button to select heading mode or track mode. Make sure it springs out after you push it in. Simple low cost item before digging deeper.

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I do that and I wipe the inside of the wings down with a rag soaked in corrosion X and mineral spirits. You would be surprised the amount of gunk you get out of there even doing it almost every year.

Owner assisted annuals are the way to go if you have even the slightest bit of mechanical capability and an IA who will allow it and work with you. Don't forget to pay the IA well for his time too. Owner assisted annual with inspection only by the IA should fall in the $1000 to $1500 IMHO. My former mechanic would always ask at some point during the annual what she was there for. I would always tell her because you can sign the logbook. Yes annuals do take time. I generally take a day off on a weekend to open up the plane. I start cleaning and greasing, change the oil and filter and everything else that needs it. I will let the IA know the plane is ready. Once the inspection is complete we discuss what needs attention. Generally I already know that by the time I have finished cleaning and tell him what I'm going to be doing to get his buy in.

Yes this will be good. I think the reason for going to 3 years has been achieved. I remember they wanted to get a number of old registrations of derelict aircraft off the registration rolls. Now that we have gone through few 3 year cycles we can extend the registration period to a more reasonable period. I would have used an even number like 6, 8 or 10 years. Registrations used to be good until canceled by the owner or the aircraft was sold.

With that long of wait list they need to build more hangars. Looking at google maps there appears to be many T-hangars there already and there is plenty of room to add additional hangars. How many are on the wait list?

Scare the heck out of you when you start looking for what just wen boom.

mooneychart.pdf Is this what you are talking about.

you started the conversation. I fly WOT unless landing or boring holes in the sky. When I have a head wind I want to get though it as fast as possible and yes I will try different altitudes to see if I get any better ground speed.

I'm not sure but the F uses 2 sensors, inboard and outboard, and the C uses one inboard sensor. There maybe a difference in the resistance each has. I would try them first. Remove the wire on the sensor and hook it to the new sensor ground the new sensor and move it make sure fuel gauge is moving correctly between E and F

Mike Sounds good. How many people are we talking about? Maybe when they show up we can coordinate flying them around. I would let them fly left seat if they are good experienced Mooney pilots which I'm sure they are. A little coordination and a couple of 3 to 4 hour flights and they can be almost anywhere in the USA flying themselves but with the owner in the right seat assisting.

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I've used thin 1/16 thick, closed cell foam about 1" wide, with adhesive on wine side and trim as necessary. Works well and easy to remove and put the cover back in place.