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Interesting. My '67F has that removed as it's clearly called in IPC.

^^^^^^^^ This pretty ,much describes my operation. Simple!. It helps that anywhere you go from here has to be 8k ft. or higher except to Jeffco for coffee and pie.

AWI did a great work on my exhaust couple years ago when I put the "new" engine on my plane. I actually sent the exhaust to Dawley that I used in the past but Hartzell parent Co. acquired it and closed the duplicated facility. Dawley phone # was still working so I suspect the same is happening with Knisley Welding. As for pricing: it was definitely somewhat higher then I used to pay at Dawley but not excessive at the time. But with disappearance of smaller shops I can see pricing getting higher due to lack of competition.

GAMA 2023 production data is showing 5 Barons and 5 Bonanzas. I would not call that a "production"...

Yes, I agree , It would be unusual to have noticeably different LH and RH tank. When I bought the plane I used HD large paint stick and marked with lines every 5 gallons. It is still dosing strong and is quite accurate.

I believe the upper one is up 1968 model and bottom one is newer, 1969 and up. It doesn't look interchangeable to me but not sure. I would call LASAR parts department and ask for Dan; he would have more details. Some 10 years ago I replaced most hardware in the system including that pivoting spherical, IIRC. There was improvement, for sure. Good luck.

I'm not sure about MIT but seems like a lot of work comparing to the jackscrew lubrication. Having said that, I'd like to do it eventually, maybe on next annual. I seem to remember one of the characters on old Mooney list describing he just installed couple of zikr fittings to the Trim assy to flush and fill it with grease. Not sure if I'd like to do that...

Scot, Your seats are looking Could you estimate what the weight difference is? It sometimes surprising that interior weights are significantly different. Few years ago I installed Airtex carpet kit in my F and it was 10-15lb lighter then the one I had! Maybe was all the dirt collected in it in previous 20-30 years?

Yet he will with not thinking twice, order Uber to get to the airport!!

Well, it is close but it's really looking closer then it is from the angle. I always position the plane closer to the left wall to allow better access to the RHS of the plane where I have sofa, work surface, old desk and such... And I use an old riding mower to push the plane up the incline and over the door rail.

Ross, very good catch! This was taken during the engine install 2 years ago and at the time we thought this was the way to plumb it to the Fuel pressure sensor (Lycoming didn't provide the hose for that) as we initially thought the new fuel servo didn't have a port got that. Obviously, we corrected that... You are right about the corners and that is how I ended up on LHS. Guy's precut seal kit, however has a Aft Right seal too short and doesn't reach to the edge (1.5-2" short) so I have the right side seal attached to it. Not ideal, the best would be to get a roll of the silicone and make a new one, longer... I did mention this to Guy but I don't think he'll make a new die for that seal. No idea on the harness, it came with factory engine and unfortunately, Champion spark plugs but all is good and still looking new. If someone knows, it would be skip who also recently got the factory engine. Cheers,

Yannis, you got some good advice above. I would add a few things... First, M20F does not have an old style doghouse but baffles with seals similar to M20J. In 19 years of ownership I never had big issues with high cylinder temps. Very rarely would I have CHTs over 400F and that only on very hot days with long climb and slow to escape the turbulence out west. Normally my engine runs very cool and since I replaced with the factory rebuilt, I sometimes don't get 300F on CHT1. I'm talking PNW winters (not to cold) while at standard air temps my CHTs are 300-340F Climbs, <370-380F. I do have the new baffle seals from GeeBee (Guy) which I believe would help you a lot seeing yours are fairly old and not springy, as Ross put it. The seals I received are not ideal, if you look at the Aft Right corners, where two seals meet, it creates the gap when upper cowl is installed but still i can't complain about the temps. i think the kit would help you specially as your seals are few piece on sides and aft with gaps where the air would escape and not cool the cylinders. One more thing I'd point is that on the old engine I had PRC sealant applied at the edge of the baffle to the Cylinder and engine. I think this helped in the past with CHTs but on the new engine I didn't bother as I don't think i need it. Good luck.

You guys did a great job! Two esthetic things I remember from when I was shopping for my Mooney paint job years ago: 1. Have a N numbers slant forward to match the TE angle of Vertical tail; 2. Get the Registration letters with the shadow. I see you have both.

Lance, Do we know how many people are working at Mooney these days? Some years ago it was only 7-8 IIRC but I believe they added some work force as they took on making more parts for the fleet. My point: with their small workforce they can't even produce small quantity of parts for our fleet let alone win a contract and execute it profitably for the OEM or other big company. They would need to hire and train a number of people and that cost money, not to mention it's hard to get skilled workforce in Kerrville; whoever were there before are long gone. In my view, current owners bought a company from Chinese in order to sell and make money, however they didn't pan out. I know they had an interested party visiting the facility that my employer at the time worked with but them being and OEM "of the future" (composite, electric propulsion and such) I saw no way that would happen. We all saw their sales pitch at Bizquest few years ago... Sad but that is reality, IMO. I don't think they will ever make a new plane and now I'm afraid parts are endangered species as well.

Don, Are you saying parts that Factory can make will not be made anymore by outside Vendor? Or does that includes ALL parts including one that Mooney never built, like landing Gear pucks, Engine intake ducts and such? This really doesn't make sense. I have my concerns regarding Mooney factory support and parts availability for 4-5 years now and LASAR sale and move to OR didn't help as they stopped making most of their PMA parts. Regards,