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The STEC is a rate based autopilot and gets its info from the STEC turn coordinator so you don't need a G5. The heading bug you have should still work.

@Flyler Thank you so much for your efforts on this. I will post a picture of the switch guard on the Mooney when I receive it. If I can do anything for you please let me know. The power of Mooneyspace!!

That is the nicest Gravely 814 full-grown tractor I have ever seen!! It even has LED lights (Par36 or 46?) and brand new tires . . . plus a cowboy hat!!

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I don't know the brand. The Mooney Illustrated Parts Catalog for this Mooney model doesn't say. I can run out the hangar and take a better picture of the holes.

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That's the Mooney part number that is out of stock

Wow thanks. I'll send you some much better pictures. I'll be glad to pay for them.

Lots of info on Door Seals on Mooneyspace: https://mooneyspace.com/search/?q="door seal"&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy Even a couple posts on Knots2U door seals: https://mooneyspace.com/search/?q="knots2u door seal"&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=or

I don't have a 3D printer

The A/P switch is in an awkward spot. I've brushed by it and it flips to OFF. Had it happen on an approach in IMC once. I'll let you know.

What would we do without you Skip? I walked out to the hangar and in 5 minutes it's fixed. Thanks!!!!

I dropped my airplane off at the avionics shop Monday and took out the passenger's seat for them. Based on great advice on here a long time ago, once I remove the hardware stops (screws, spacers and nuts on this Mooney) I always raise the seat as high as it will go then slide it as far forward to get the front off the tracks and then slide it back to get the back off the track. Works great every time. To re-install I just do the reverse order. Yesterday when I went to pick it up they were just putting things back together as I went tot the office to pay. The tech said no worries he would put my seat back in. I said no I'll take care of that but thanks for the thought. I came out from paying and he had the seat jammed in there. He put the front in first and got it half way back and it wouldn't move. He did a great job on the rest of it so I didn't want to make him feel bad. I told him I'd figure it out when I got home. So far I can't get it to move. The front is on the track and the back isn't. It would slide forward or backward. I've raised it high, I've lowered it. Still nothing. Any great ideas?

Thanks. I found this one on Mouser and ordered it in the only color in stock, H, which would have been fine. It doesn't fit properly plus the screw on the top of the switch won't work with this. I think my best chance to get what I want is to take the switch guard and see if I can find someone locally that can duplicate it with a 3-D printer.

The IPC was the first place I looked. They assigned it a Mooney part number and don't mention the vendor, an on the M20TN they don't specify th evendor for the switch, even though I think they are Eaton. I have search everything Eaton and checked on Mouser and Digikey. I ordered a few possibilities from Mouse but none of them worked. I emailed Frank Crawford and Mooney shows no stock . . . he recommended that I check with LASAR to see if they plan on ordering a batch from their vendor. I am sure that this part is at the bottom of the list anyone is considering ordering. I have checked on a G1000 Ovation that was wrecked in Europe since he had switches for sale, but haven't heard anything back.

Several times when selecting a soft key on my MFD I have bumped the autopilot switch which disconnects it. I have moved my switch guard from the Emergency Bus over to the Autopilot switch and haven't had this happen since. So I need another one for my Emergency Bus. Mooney doesn't have any in stock and this item is only on G1000 Ovations and Acclaims so the salvage yards don't have one, so I would like to see if I can get one 3D printed. I'm guessing there are companies that do this if I sent them the dimensions. Any ideas?

I was mainly kidding when I made the comment about Brian Kendrick being vastly overqualified to do the pre-buy on N562BG, with all of the history and all of the logbook red flags. I actually think it was money well-spent for @Firehawk335. Sometimes when that little voice is saying “this is too good to be true, tell me something I don’t know yet and then talk me out of it”, it’s something you hate to hear but need to hear. If that pre-buy is what it took, then it’s money very well spent, especially considering that no one else has jumped in and bought it yet either - although there have probably been a lot of tire-kickers on this one. - - - - The order when I buy an airplane (at least the last few) is first I try to talk to the actual owner - that gives me way more than just the words, but I get a feel for it. Then I comb through the logbooks, which is so much easier now since most sellers realize that they just have to have them scanned and available. Then If I’m still interested I’ll talk it over with someone I trust and get them to be on stand-by for a pre-buy if I pull the trigger. Next I go look at it personally. If everything is in order and the seller is willing I’ll take a few hours and open some inspection panels and see if what I read in the logbooks matches. At this point I’ve bought a few without any further pre-buy, feeling confident that I was making the right decision. A couple times I’ve been on the fence and I’ve gone ahead and had a pre-buy, just to confirm that it was as good as I thought it was. 14 years ago here’s one I went to look (had the logbooks back then have been scanned I never would have made the trip) : In 2011 I could have bought it for $40,000 but to this day I’m very glad I didn’t.

Search is your friend on Mooney space: https://mooneyspace.com/search/?q="LIQUID ROCKET"&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy

There were a few Acclaims that had A/C and TKS. Here's another one: https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/237373539/2007-mooney-acclaim-piston-single-aircraft . . . There was also at least one Acclaim that had A/C, TKS and Monroy Long Range Tanks. I love long range tanks, but not sure how you would ever use the long range tanks on that airplane.

Had you posted your interest in N562BG on here before spending the money on the pre-buy we could have told you much of what the pre-buy told you . . . for nothing. I have pictures and logbooks and info in a file on dropbox that I would have gladly shared. Brian is the best at what he does, but spending the money to have Brian Kendrick travel out to look at that airplane is a little like hiring Picasso to paint your tool shed. Every once in awhile someone comes on here mentioning that they are looking at an airplane, asking all kinds of questions, but they are afraid to give too many details since they're afraid that someone will swoop in and buy it before they do. In nearly 15 years on here I've never seen that happen. It usually takes us about 10 minutes to figure out which airplane it is anyway. The Mooney community is small and tight-knit. People on here share lessons that they've learned. We don't charge each other for that. I might share one thing today but it's likely I'll need two things tomorrow. That's the community that we are. It's a net win for everyone that contributes.

It's probably a lot less expensive to buy a Stairmaster than to add electric trim , and could improve useful load. . . lol. However, suggesting that may cost you much more than electric trim.