jejiii Posted September 28, 2016 Report Posted September 28, 2016 Just had to replace the rubber boot on my 1965 M20C vacuum step. Lasted 50+ years!!! After scanning MS for some corporate knowledge on "how to" it seems Britain is out of the old Mooney servo business. I did find some "new" old stock (April 1973) servos that are cross-listed (H225885) as Beech King Air auto pilot parts. Exact same part... I bought one and a spare. Installed it today.. took way less than an hour for the whole job..KRN Aviation still has a couple left at $93. If anyone needs my spare, let me know. JJ 1 Quote
cpbloch Posted September 28, 2016 Report Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) I also accomplished the same thing a few weeks ago by putting some knowledge together from this great site. KRN aviation has beech parts mostly and they were very good to work with. Krn got the part and made some measurements for me before sending it was very helpful. The part that I purchased was 2007-1 seal and it appears to be identical to the old 50 year part I took off and it was a bit cheaper as you can see from the attached photo's. Took 10 minutes to fit the new part seal around the edge with some electrical tape and my step has never worked so well on my 67 F model. The wife is now very happy that it works, she was not that impressed until she has to step up on the wing, after all I am a mooney guy and I am not going to loose the 5 knots with it down so it has been wired up for a year. Jejiii your part may be a bit longer than mine, I did not take a picture of the 2007-1 part before installing it, dimensionally it looked very close to the original, if anything it is just a slightly shorter. Installed in the plane it works great, seems to go up and down much smoother and faster than the old unit that was taped and repairing a number of area's. Edited September 28, 2016 by cpbloch took my name of one of the pictures Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted September 28, 2016 Report Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) And they are a mile from my house! I have bought ignition harnesses and vacuum pumps from them. Always for a very good price. They don't even know what they are going to have, give them a call. The deal is you call KRN first, if they don't have it then call Spruce. They have a $50 minimum so not good for small parts. Edited September 28, 2016 by N201MKTurbo Quote
Steve65E-NC Posted September 28, 2016 Report Posted September 28, 2016 Brittain Industries Inc 918-836-7701. Is not out of this business. I have been on a waiting list for this part for about a year. I just called them. They are still trying, and expecting, to get a new Compression Mold built for this part, that is used in multiple aircraft and applications. They still expect to produce and sell this part. I used a Harbor Freight hand vacuum pump (about $20) to isolate the leak on my old one. My leak was at the top plate and some electrical tape judiciously applied is stopping the leak for now. As I have babied my PC along since 1992 I have found Brittain tops to work with and I am willing to give them some slack. They say they can sell several hundred of these a year for the various apps. Quote
jejiii Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Posted September 28, 2016 Wow... Let me rephrase ...Brittain is currently out of the old Mooney servo business... JJSent from my iPhone Quote
N5756v Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 20 hours ago, jejiii said: Just had to replace the rubber boot on my 1965 M20C vacuum step. Lasted 50+ years!!! After scanning MS for some corporate knowledge on "how to" it seems Britain is out of the old Mooney servo business. I did find some "new" old stock (April 1973) servos that are cross-listed (H225885) as Beech King Air auto pilot parts. Exact same part... I bought one and a spare. Installed it today.. took way less than an hour for the whole job..KRN Aviation still has a couple left at $93. If anyone needs my spare, let me know. JJ Yes please can I have the contact info , I have been looking for months for this part Quote
yvesg Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 15 hours ago, Steve65E-NC said: Brittain Industries Inc 918-836-7701. Is not out of this business. I have been on a waiting list for this part for about a year. I just called them. They are still trying, and expecting, to get a new Compression Mold built for this part, that is used in multiple aircraft and applications. They still expect to produce and sell this part. I used a Harbor Freight hand vacuum pump (about $20) to isolate the leak on my old one. My leak was at the top plate and some electrical tape judiciously applied is stopping the leak for now. As I have babied my PC along since 1992 I have found Brittain tops to work with and I am willing to give them some slack. They say they can sell several hundred of these a year for the various apps. This is the same message I had from Brittain 3 years ago. They did manage to get one for me after about 6 months if I recall correctly. Maybe they got it from KRN? I guess there is not enough volume to justify the expense for them. Yves 1 Quote
N5756v Posted September 29, 2016 Report Posted September 29, 2016 This is the same seal for percise flight speed brakes I believe Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
jejiii Posted September 29, 2016 Author Report Posted September 29, 2016 N5756vHave you called KRN??? If no luck email me at j92jackson@msn.com. JJSent from my iPhone Quote
bill z Posted December 9, 2020 Report Posted December 9, 2020 I need a boot for my speed brake. any ideas? bill z Quote
carusoam Posted December 10, 2020 Report Posted December 10, 2020 Welcome aboard bill... Which speed brakes do you have? Preciseflight vacuum powered? Best regards, -a- Quote
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