salty Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 1 hour ago, tigers2007 said: Wait aren’t the hinges like $0.25 worth of stamped steel? If there is this much market demand I’ll have my own hinge assembly pulled off and replicated by the 100’s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He had a nicer more heavy duty design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20F-1968 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 A company called SUSPA makes small air cylinders. They have an eyelet on each end. You would need to find out that length, throw and pressure specs are needed. The only downside I can think of is that if the door latch ever failed, it would push the door open in flight. I do not see that happening but an FAA guy would probably think of that question. A picture is attached. The one pictures is 7 5/8" center to center with a throw of 3 5/8" The pressure, even in a worn out one which I have (they loose pressure over about 10 years) would be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsNobody Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, tigers2007 said: Wait aren’t the hinges like $0.25 worth of stamped steel? If there is this much market demand I’ll have my own hinge assembly pulled off and replicated by the 100’s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Right? I replaced mine when I bought the plane. The step spring and the hinge were the cheapest to things ever replaced. I guess that available part from Mooney Service Centers dried up. Talking under $10 bucks for each part in 2002. The replacement does exactly what it needs to do. Very lite-weight. Very simple. My old one balanced and wind nailed me in the head once. That was enough... Edited April 8, 2018 by MyNameIsNobody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocks Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 @gsxrpilot called me and let me know what was up. I was going to do a bunch of kissing up, but after reading the comments, I'll just kill that. PM me your order number and address and I'll get a new one sent out right away. IMG_0387.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20papa Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 3 hours ago, salty said: He had a nicer more heavy duty design. The stock hinge is a "rolled" hinge, yes cheap. The alternate is an extruded hinge made from 2024T3 you buy it by the inch length from Aircraft Spruce. various widths. Installation is not for the uninitiated. Requires match drilling holes using a strap hole duplicator, removal of head liner, etc. 8 hr. for me, but well worth the effort. If you ever have the baggage door pop open during take off ... first thing that comes to mind is the structural integrity of that "cheap" rolled hinge. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 hours ago, "Chocks" said: @gsxrpilot called me and let me know what was up. I was going to do a bunch of kissing up, but after reading the comments, I'll just kill that. PM me your order number and address and I'll get a new one sent out right away. IMG_0387.mp4 Done. Again. Never wanted kissing up. Just a reply to my emails and pms. Even better maybe the product I sent you money for six months ago? Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to make this transaction easier for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 And yeah, I’m pissed off that you couldn’t be bothered to go find my messages and expected me to do it for you. Sorry again for being such a lousy customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocks Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Ok I messaged you both your new tracking numbers. They both showed 2 day, so you should have your replacements by this weekend. Let me know if you need anything else and sorry about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badmoonraising Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 Second question is where can a person purchase a now baggage door seal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 20 minutes ago, Badmoonraising said: Second question is where can a person purchase a now baggage door seal? if you search the forum for "Baggage door seal" you'll find several options and a lot of opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy95W Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Badmoonraising said: Second question is where can a person purchase a now baggage door seal? $7.99 at Lowes and it seals better than factory. Clean off the old glue first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsNobody Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 11:39 AM, "Chocks" said: @gsxrpilot called me and let me know what was up. I was going to do a bunch of kissing up, but after reading the comments, I'll just kill that. PM me your order number and address and I'll get a new one sent out right away. IMG_0387.mp4 That’s called doubling down and confirms my previous assessment of character. Stay classy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I got mine this week and installed it. Works great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocks Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) Fantastic! Again, @David Herman, @salty and @gsxrpilotthanks for the heads up on this, and for working with me on making things right. Edited May 11, 2018 by "Chocks" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mininger Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Chocks, Do you have any more of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy95W Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 I think it's a different one than what you need for your M20J. Pretty sure they look like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mininger Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 It's actually for my friend's M20K. But I think you're right. It's on the other side of baggage door and it does look similar to the one on my J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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