BigTex

Me too. my piggyback probe reads around 40 degrees cooler and it drives me nuts. How close is is your spark plug thermocouple?

$20K is half way to your engine overhaul!

Ha... So you think our favorite MSC was providing Pity Annuals?

I actually installed the bayonet CHT probe that piggybacks on the primary probe. Mine reads around 40 degrees lower than the other cylinders so you'll just need to know what's typical with the style of probe you select.

Devious - Welcome to the forum! One thing you need to understand is that not all Mooney's fly the same. In fact, for the M20C's the mid-60's C's have different settings for flips, etc. So because of this, some of the advice needs to be considered on what they're using as their point of reference. Most of the "newer" Mooney's also don't have the old Dog House baffling. Unless your bird's been modified, you've got the old dog house and thus, you have to be very careful to not exceed 400 degrees for your CHT temperature. The trick to keep your engine from exceeding 400 degrees for CHT, is to accelerate to 120 MPH ASAP. In my plane I have to reduce RPM's to around 2500 at 1000' AGL to keep CHT's in line but you might not have to. As for RPM settings for my run-up, I use around 1800 RPM. I don't worry about it too much as I'm more interested in EGT changes and RPM drops than nailing a given RPM. I have found that under 1800, cycling the prop doesn't work well. As for flip settings.... I'm not touching that one!

I did but not at the FBO you used. It was performed by my regular on-field A&P this year.

I was shocked to pay $2300 with no squawks back in June!

I'd only wish my addition can be satisfied with a can of wax. My addition comes in the form of a never ending compulsion to upgrade something. These planes are pure evil as there's always something that you can spend money on!

Looks great... Wish I would of thought of that when I redid my interior.

I've been planning on doing the same. Where did you run the power from?

those pumps have a core value of $400 -$600 so you might contact some of the rebuild shops to see what they'd give you for it.

I just purchased fuel at my home airport and was pleasantly pleased to pay $4.09/gal. I'm part of a group that gets a nice home field discount.

contact your A&P and have it installed.

Yep... Take it to Don Maxwell at GGG. I live in the DFW area and that's what I did.

Well, if you ask you shall receive! 5.20 was released yesterday (11/25). http://garmin.blogs.com/aviationalerts/2014/11/service-bulletin-1461-gns-400w500w-series-software-upgrade-to-main-software-version-520.html And they list the fuel on board issue as being resolved!

Yep... that happened to me as well on my 430W. Just waiting now for 5.11 which they say will come out sometime this year... not holding my breath. For me that's a critical setting as I run my fuel flow through my 430W but they don't give a $hit.

Does it come with a 8130? Also, do you have the CDI available?

Just checked and my DG would run $650 for an overhaul and $795 for exchange so that's a little bit cheaper than Gyro House.

I've talked to the Gyro House and they'll overhaul it for $795. My only concern is if I'm wasting my time doing the overhaul and only getting marginal improvement. Or should I just deal with it until I'm ready so spend some money on an upgrade.

Thanks! Just curious, how often does everyone else have to adjust their heading?

It's the S-TEC 6406-14L.

I knew that was coming!

I've been flying behind a STEC DG and I've noticed that I'm having to correct the heading more and more. Is there any kind of rule of thumb on when I should have it removed and serviced?

Do you know what the Part Number is of this unit?

I hear yeah but the gains from the economizer isn't enough to compensate for the poor baffling and cowling of the early C's.