TravelVeteran Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Is this weldable? Or, is there a way to buy a replacement? 1965 M20C Ranger 180HP. C28B840B-6F0B-4A1A-BFB4-8B425C5D7774.heic 403AFAA2-1A1B-4DE4-A4FD-72845FAF63AF.heic 02352140-E4FC-4E9C-9DFC-55E51E0A0A43.heic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47U Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Not sure where you’re located, send Paul Loewen an email Loewen Mooney Salvage... paulloewen98@gmail.com Tom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelVeteran Posted September 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Thanks, I will! Calfornia/Nevada. Home airport is KLVK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Welcome aboard TV... If you have any difficulty finding one... We have two other resources to go with Mr. Loewen... @SheryLoewen Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLCarter Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Depending on your skills they are fairly easy to make, that is if you like projects 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 OP’s pic... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelVeteran Posted October 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Lucky to have a brother who knows how to weld. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctsurf Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 This was the first part that we broke after obtaining our Mooney. The original had been welded numerous times and was waiting to break. Getting one from a service center cost ~$100. I've seen much better deals on Mooneyspace since then, salvage might be a good option if it is in good condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Great pic TV... This is one of the parts that everyone needs after a few decades... @Jonny (ordinary part, always in short supply) If you need an MS contact to help direct ideas like these to the right place, let me know... Who and where... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 As long as we're reaching out to Jonny, my Mooney has these things on the door and baggage door. New ones would sure be nice! Both have been bent and "straightened" multiple times, somehow without losing the little bearings in the middle. I use Tri-Flow often, but they are operationally challenged and need to be replaced by new parts . . . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Hi Hank - Happy to ask our parts dept. Stand by! Jonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Jonny, While you are here... The latest video on youtube... Somebody wants the Acclaim Ultra to be #2 most efficient airplane... He might have some of his facts mixed up... The Panthera May be nice, after it becomes available in a factory built model... Overall this video is painfully slow... skip 3/4 of the way to the end for it to become remotely interesting... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasturepilot Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 I mangled my baggage door link at Kitty Hawk last month. Technically, my wife did it but at my direction, so I claim credit for the kill. It bent over so the door wouldn’t open or close, and collapsed on itself covering the screw head I needed access to for removing the thing. Nothing like standing at the birthplace of aviation, with a giant rain cloud about to bust open, and me wrestling the thing loose with a pair of vise grips and a screwdriver. And of course, folks were hanging on the fence to see the flurry of activity on the ramp! Aircraft ownership is so glamorous. If the other sources don’t work out, you might also try Alan Fox. I thought mine was a lost cause but an afternoon with a hammer, an anvil, and a hydraulic press rescued my support and it lives to fly another day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Be very glad, @Pasturepilot. My C uses this, it's more fragile and easy to bend (especially the longer one on the door). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Hi Hank - I spoke to our parts dept. We do in fact manufacture these but the model numbers are different for the older models. Have you been in touch with a Mooney service Center? They should be able to order them for you. Jonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 10 hours ago, carusoam said: Jonny, While you are here... The latest video on youtube... Somebody wants the Acclaim Ultra to be #2 most efficient airplane... He might have some of his facts mixed up... The Panthera May be nice, after it becomes available in a factory built model... Overall this video is painfully slow... skip 3/4 of the way to the end for it to become remotely interesting... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks for sharing this video. I've spoken to the CEO of Pipistrell and I plan to fly the Panthera. They've done a remarkable job with this plane, but until you actually fly a plane, you just don't know it it lives up to the hype. What I know about the Mooney is that its efficiency comes in a solid frame that has a slow roll rate making it really stable platform for IFR . All I can say is that we are looking at all these models and evaluating. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypertech Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 A bit of 3 hours ago, Jonny said: Thanks for sharing this video. I've spoken to the CEO of Pipistrell and I plan to fly the Panthera. They've done a remarkable job with this plane, but until you actually fly a plane, you just don't know it it lives up to the hype. What I know about the Mooney is that its efficiency comes in a solid frame that has a slow roll rate making it really stable platform for IFR . All I can say is that we are looking at all these models and evaluating. A bit of thread creep but I have a hard time taking the Panthera seriously. It basically has no baggage capacity. It doesn't seem to hold much fuel. And if the gear and flap extension speeds are the same for a certified version, its going to need really big speed brakes. Like big ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lindeman Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 9/15/2020 at 6:03 PM, RLCarter said: Depending on your skills they are fairly easy to make, that is if you like projects Did you make this? If so, can I order one from you? I need to replace the one on my 64 M20C. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLCarter Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 @Matt Lindeman I don’t think I have any material left (I’ve made several) but will ck tomorrow when I’m at the hangar. Your C shows up as a 64, I don’t have a parts manual for yours, the ones I’ve made are p# 913020-2 which are early 65 models. Will send you a PM tomorrow and let you know one way or the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, RLCarter said: @Matt Lindeman I don’t think I have any material left (I’ve made several) but will ck tomorrow when I’m at the hangar. Your C shows up as a 64, I don’t have a parts manual for yours, the ones I’ve made are p# 913020-2 which are early 65 models. Will send you a PM tomorrow and let you know one way or the other From the 64 IPC, item #17. The part number is different. Clarence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLCarter Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 thanks @M20Doc..... @Matt Lindeman you might give your favorite MSC a call and see if they have one available, if they do not have one ask if the part numbers given here are interchangeable, either way I will ck for the material in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47U Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 In the back of the parts manual is a cross reference from old to new part nubmers. The new part number for the short-style arm is 913020-2. I’ve found the part number search on controller.com to be useful. Use the ‘starts with’ option because there are variations in databases, but it appears there might be a couple available in salvage yards. I’d check with Paul Loewen, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Interesting details 47U! Premier is an MSC... a Mooney sales location. Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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