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Resurrection of a 1964 M20D


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  • 3 weeks later...

Working on the main gear this week while I wait for the left tank to cure (access panels are back in and I’ll be painting them on Sunday).

I’m going to be installing oversized main gear retract link bushings this weekend, so  I just removed the left gear from the wing.

Dan at LASAR gave me a tip about a method to remove the retract spring, and it worked (the second time). I picked up a stack of fender washers and with the main gear fully extended, I inserted the washers into the spring coils.. the flower petal arrangement worked best. I then retracted the gear by pushing directly on it , and what do you know- the spring stopped compressing before the gear was fully retracted- I was able to easily remove the bolt holding the spring and then pull the whole gear out.

I’ll post pics of the links being reamed and the new bushings going in this weekend.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Okay, I’m attacking a host of different things all at once now..  gear bushing change is still in progress.

I need some help identifying a bulb!

I have this little light under my panel on the pilot side that points to the floor- but there is no bulb in it and so I’m trying to figure out which bulb I need.

I stuck a gear warning light in the pic to show the scale- this under panel light is nearly twice the size.

any ideas about a bulb?

Dave

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