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According to the a/p, blow-by loaded up the crankcase pushing out the 150hr old seal. I would think the breather would relieve enough pressure, but thats what the mechanic told me.

I ran a low cylinder in hopes of trying the same thing in my cherokee. Long story short the prop seal blew and black oil coated the plane, loss of oil pressure ensued and forced what seemed like an imc emergency landing.(the windshield was useless, I had to use the storm window and slip to see anything.) Im no a/p, but I will never treat a low cylinder as airworthy again.

Great read, and I appreciate your candor. When I got my ppl, my instructor told me, "got time to spare, go by air", meaning with vfr youll wait for weather A LOT. I have found this to be totally true, and the first couple years my family and I slept/waited in numerous fbos, small airports, hotels, etc for wx to break. Thank goodness for great/understanding parents/babysitters and employers.

I have a turbo normalizer on my C and I really enjoy the utility and power it adds when needed. I feel like I have the best of both worlds being I can never use it if I want, or crank it on when needed. Plus, its a super reliable engine.

I tipped $150 plus a case of patron to my mechanic at annual. I need him to work on my cherokee in another town so it was more of a bribe.

I use lsd nimh's from hobbyking in about everything. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=25023&buddycode=5938E721-23DA-4749-9817-B026A092704A The kids and I have about 60 in devices, and they last a long time, and me being into rc aircraft of all sorts have all sorts of ways of charging them. They are Low Self Discharge; they hold a charge a long time. Ive had some in my king portable radio for about 3 years without recharging them, and used it again today while working on the plane. Granted, you do get a bad one every now and then, but rarely, and they are cheap, a lot cheaper than feeding the devices alkalines.

Here is my experience....4 hours and a couple custom tools later the 77852 did not work on my 63 m20c. The prop cable bracket was too close in the rear to allow any filter access. A remote filter would have to be the answer in my case. I should have measured with greater accuracy the first time. Not sure what others are finding, but I never found this out from anywhere on the net so I thought id save someone the hassle someday.

As far as I can tell, the c is one of the best values in aviation. I love mine.

Piloto, My home fbo charges 50$ a preheat. When it was 15$ I didnt think twice about having them preheat me. A northern companion heater, a tanis heater, a yamaha generator, etc...could have paid for a lot of preheats, but wheres the fun in that.(plus, my northern heater is a msr stove, and the yammie gen is handy regardless)

I had the same "problem" on my new to me plane. The dealer and I adjusted it ourselves. I wouldnt recommend this unless youve done it before, as its a pita. My plane had just had a new tach put in so we assumed it was ok, and the gov just wouldnt give over 2600 when warm. Well, after cruising around the country for 100hrs I decided to use a rc airplane tach and sure enough, my gauge was off! I was burning up the sky at ~2650 all over. Make sure your gauge is accurate.

I had a wicked departure stall that resulted in a spin that the checkride instructor was amazed we got into. It was seemingly only to the left, and we couldnt replicate it easily. It sure got my attention because it flips a wing and goes down fast, but was easily recoverable.

I think thats what my buddy moved up to. The blulink has the capability to do bluetooth for both cell and music, and my headset inc dc's are strong and paid for. When I win the lottery Ill get a screamin eagle and new headsets.

Here is my pirep on the blulink. I bought one from a friend who upgraded, and I saw it in his hanger, remembered seeing it in a sporty catalog or such, and got a deal on it. My planes intercom leaves a lot to be desired so we've tried everything under the sun to watch movies, listen to music etc, and were always ending up putting ear buds under our headsets, and trying to make a call involved putting the phone under the headset as well. It was less then desirable to say the least. I was happy and eager to try a cost effective solution. After playing with the blulink at home and linking it to my iphone and ipad I was impressed, it was easy to hook up and quick. But, the test was to come in the air. Before I maidened the unit, I wondered if I could listen to movies on the ipad and still make phone calls. I called the tech support and was told how to(simply put, turn off bt on the phone and let the blulink find the ipad 1st) by an extremely helpful gentleman. I always appreciate good tech support, and they have it. First time using it was absolutely fantastic. I could hear a conversation, and people couldnt tell I was in a plane. I could actually listen to a movie, and when atc, or something came over the radio, it took precedence over the input and ramped it back up smoothly. I have not bought something that added so much joy to flying in awhile. Anr headets, ipads, and this make flying xc soooo easy and relaxing.

Wow, looks fantastic. Im also curious as to the process and what products you used. My plane needs this badly.

+1 I lean aggressively during ground ops in my cherokee, and it still needs a plug cleaning/change every now and then, but the fine wires in my mooney have seemingly lasted forever and require no maintenance. This year the cherokee gets motor work and new fine wire plugs.

After all kinds of preheat devices, and mostly due to fbos not having the capability to preheat, my father and I bought a yamaha 2000. After doing the research, the yamaha is hands down a better unit. (and I was thinking of a lower price unit, but after tons of research, you get what you pay for, and it may not work when you need it most) I just have to see how it smoothly it fits in the baggage door. (My cherokee baggage door is much more user friendly, feels like a cargo door after using the mooney.)

On my cherokee I thought the same thing, and was told as well at annual that in the 60s was fine for compression. Well, it maybe, but you best keep a good eye on it. My cherokee 320 had a low cylinder and blew out the front seal, and dirty oil all over the front. I could only see through the storm vent slipping; it was hard ifr, 1000agl. My brother was with me and I told him to keep an eye on the temp and oil pressure as we rerouted back to the airport, ~10nm. I was lined up second behind a twin, they saw me smoking and declared an emergency. Roughly 2miles from the airport my brother alerted me that oil pressure was gone, so I killed the motor and was reasonably sure we'd glide to the closest runway. (I practiced a lot in that plane) We made it, and ill always make sure compressions are good, and oil is not getting remarkably dirty in my planes from now on. Your plane is talking to you, dont ignore it.

My pa28-150 has a mogas stc, and luckily I have a local station with no ethanol. It has saved a bunch of cabbage on that training bird, plus the plugs are much cleaner...my wife the student isnt the best at ground ops. The compression on my 360 seems low enough to not have an issue, but im not versed in the fuel system, ie diff in the cherokee and mooney. If I didnt have a turbo Id give it a go in 1 tank. Mogas is 3$ diff a gallon here. ok, just found this on cherokees with 160hp or greater.

Ive tried looking, but cant find info on when/where the clinics are this year. Ive found this .... ..but im not sure if I want to register yet. My homebase is a MSC with about 30 mooneys, can a mooney skilled cfi give me the appropriate training?

IMO, Denver is being built up to be more than it is getting into. I flew my pa-28-150 all over CO, because I obeyed the math. Id much prefer the numerous airports in the DEN area opposed to the high winds of the east CO plains, or the deceptively high and windy Cheyenne. Tons of flight instruction is happening on the front range at all times, take a course while youre there. This is of course coming from the East, and my perspective.

I had a slight feeling, and not the good kind I get after dinner and drinks. Now that I think about it, whats the situation with the weight and balance? It made a change. Is it up to me to amend the w&b sheet?(as they did nothing about it.)

Especially when it was already opened up! Almost 1amu for that experience. They must not have liked that I provided the starter and oil. That might be standard practice/flat rate, as ive had only a few shop oil changes, and they always seem to charge 1.5hrs, whether its my cherokee or mooney, owner assist or not. Yeah, I can usu. have the cowl off, oil drained and turbo filter off in .5 hrs. Soak filter overnight and back together in .5. I figured as long as they had it all apart, and my baby was probably sick of my amateur hands on her. My east coaster wife would loudly disagree about the seafood comment. Side note, There was a noticeable difference on takeoff with the reduced weight up front; she wanted to skip into the air before she was ready, necessitating a little change in takeoff trim.

Out of curiosity I checked my bill from 6 months ago to change out my starter. At Professional air service in Ft Collins CO I was charged 8hrs to change my starter from stock to skytec, and another 1.5 for the oil change.

My stock starter went bad(I could beat on it and get it going, so it wasnt all bad this last summer, and I replaced it with a skytech. It spins a lot faster and is a lot lighter. FWIW The skytech in my cherokee has held up fine for years and I hear the warranty and customer service are good.

I still have my cherokee. It hauled the family around the country for years. Its now my wifes plane. ...but she'd still love a 6/lance I got my baby, and after much debate over a yak-18t, I settled on logic and got the plane of my dreams....every reason we love a mooney is dead on truth.(and I can afford to keep my cherokee, and still look at getting an acro......) I look back on the guys who have "triplexxx hours" and have done this and that, and told me to avoid the "dr/lawyer killer". I dont remember the names, but remember they always seemed to love 210s, or such. They seem to have been born into a deeper gas pump than I, and were apparently breathing the fumes. In all honesty, id fly whatever, and am lucky enough to have a mooney....yet aspen this, mod that...............what dreams are made of.