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This may be here somewhere, but I could not find it. Does anyone have a diagram of the Garwin Starting Vibrator (31-324) used for the Shower of Sparks, or lacking that, does anyone know the value of the capacitor in that box. The cap in mine has failed (electrolyte everywhere), and it looks like it is straight forward to repair it, if we can just determine the value for the cap or even better a part number. It is not readable on the one I have due to the electrolyte and other corrosion.
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So getting my Mooney M20C started in cold Wx is a royal pain in the six. I have engine preheating nixed for the moment, but am still struggling with the battery. If I keep it on a tender it works fine, but putting the battery box together is very difficult for me. If I leave it without a tender for even a week I haven't the power to get started. I'd leave part of a tender hanging out the battery box, but I doubt there's enough room to get anything out of there. I used to have the exact same problem with my Cherokee, but the battery was under the back seat. The voltage drop was pretty big. That said leaving part of a tender hanging out was no big deal. The battery in the Mooney is in the engine bay, not a good place for anything to hang out. Is this normal? It was for Cherokees, what about vintage Mooneys? Is my battery kaput? Is there a trick to putting the battery box back together?
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I often find myself attempting to crank the aircraft with nothing happening. If I get out and turn the sprocket on the starter a few times with a long screw driver the aircraft will start when I turn the key. Has anyone experienced this before? Is there a permanent fix for this without having to buy a new starter? I sprayed some contact cleaner on the access window at the bottom of the starter and this did not work.
