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Is that the Aerocruze 100 ( https://aerospace.honeywell.com/us/en/products-and-services/products/cabin-and-cockpit/avionics/autopilots-and-indicators/aerocruze-100-autopilot )?

G & N did a great job on mine for a lot less than money than other companies wanted

The starter adapter will slip for a little while before it fails. My money is still on the starter adapter.

@Jake@BevanAviation knows these autopilots well.

Ok, your profile says M20R. Contact Precise Flight and see what switch they used and if they sell it. https://preciseflight.com/contact/

On your Ovation there might be an indicator in the panel but that's not a button. The button to activate the speed brakes is on the left side of the pilot's yoke.

Will there be a software update to the Garmin Aera 760 to incorporate Smart Charts?

They both work, but what I've heard is that the -20 is upgradable to the NXi if that ever happens through Mooney, although highly unlikely.

I wish that was still the case. I moved from North Dakota to San Antonio 35 years ago this month. Then it was amazing to me since it was a big city and you could get anywhere you wanted in 15 minutes. Now you can be stuck at a standstill in traffic without moving for 15 minutes in just about any part of San Antonio. Almost nine years ago I moved an hour or so North of San Antonio up to the Texas Hill Country, to an airpark in between Fredericksburg and Kerrville. For a big city an hour away I still like San Antonio and I still go there a couple times a month, but I plan when I get there and when I leave around traffic. It's quickly becoming a metroplex all of its own. I'm glad I got out while I could.

Make sure you put in the two zeros before the "59" on the part number. Most Bendix King part numbers from this era go like this: XXX-XXXX-XXXX

The 430W doesn't have an SD card so you'd need to used the USB-A that's on the Garmin Card reader for that unit The Macbook Air would do everything the Macbook Pro does in this example.

I use Garmin Database Manager on a Macbook Pro and plug in a usb-c hub that has a usb-a in the hub (actually its SD slot is what I use). similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Hiearcool-Adapter-Multiport-Compatible/dp/B09T9PXW35/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2Q69E6MQTRWCC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.t5_2wGbV2TIKEUY6PB4myZeXY_bSeMS2CJB8eBGvgDWpO_Swob8Cyj200Af9GuPF5En3Rr9wGd1IBf-eMkZkgz7oBBEIWIUQ_kVXqnlayCJ6Hj0xdigERtL5a44mnasBb6P4x-q7ap9zIU6AOBEtfNtqCgxs3lvHR7q6ga4FSoZ2A0AYBdxMYHq8Wd9ra33k9LQ7fiG7vXbvksKOvpkBsCS30sK6DcXbtf2mSoyza9w.RyJXmQjrCCzBTcVETa3GgoXsgE8QQTSAYFOeEtrqOEE&dib_tag=se&keywords=usb-c%2Bhub&qid=1746485670&sprefix=usb-c%2Bhub%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

I typed in "door seal" on the search (with the quotes on it) to get that result.

There has been a lot written on door seals. Search is your friend on Mooneyspace. https://mooneyspace.com/search/?q="Door seal"&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=4&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy