pkofman Posted May 31, 2023 Report Posted May 31, 2023 Yesterday I ran into trouble with my stall vane - tks tiki - switch/vane . I am searching for a used/reman one or let me know if you no who can fix these asap I contacted the manufacture and can-ice. The repair times are really long for a reman or repair The price of a new on is really $$$$ does anyone have a rem or used one that is certified on the shelf or close to it Please et back to me here or dm me please . I really need some resources to find one of these. I am attaching a few pics Thank you in advance to the community Peter Quote
mike_elliott Posted May 31, 2023 Report Posted May 31, 2023 Maxwell has fixed a few of these that I know of. I have no idea what he charges, but I am sure Paul can fill you in on the size of Bank you will need to rob. @Pmaxwell 1 Quote
pkofman Posted May 31, 2023 Author Report Posted May 31, 2023 This has been an interesting day on this front. @M20Doc I think we now have 3 real leads... getting close!I will know soon.Many conversations today about how the aviation supply chain for older airplanes seems to be screwed according to so many of the companies i talked to today,There seems to be very little light on the horizon that will change things for the parts supply stream . One thing is clear, the GA fleet needs original and oem parts and they are just not available ( i know im talking in generalities). I just dont know how this sort of thing,or parts needs in general, will get resolved in the future as youth move away from the sorts of skills and trades required to get these sort of parts manufactured. This is an systemic issue now, not just a covid hangover issue evidently . So tonight with a few leads, a prohibitive invoice coming my way, I am wondering which bank -account ill have to rob for this one.. .BTW I did have learned today that there is a big difference in the tks- fiki one vs non tks . Thankfully i have a the actual part number The mooney bravo is always very interesting , unfortunatly my cost per hour just went up again! Pete Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted May 31, 2023 Report Posted May 31, 2023 Sometimes things just magically start working again. 1 1 3 Quote
GeeBee Posted June 1, 2023 Report Posted June 1, 2023 Been there bought the T-Shirt. It says "Guy With Money" on the front and "Kick Me" on the back. Four points. Yes, a new one is like 7000 bucks the last I checked. Textron has a bunch of them for their Caravan 208. It will come with a "new style connector". More on that later I had mine rebuilt by SafeFlight. It was about 1800 dollars 3 years ago. If you go with this mode, call SafeFlight first, let them know you are AOG, other wise it will take 8 weeks to get it back. 914 954-9500. They are in NY. I had to do all this while negotiating NY Covid restrictions in late 2020. Your connector is the "old style". Make sure and tell them not to remove it! They will if you don't and then you are up Sierra Charlie unless you take good photos before sending it in. (they at least returned the old one to me so I was able to re-attach. I have confirmed with CAV that this connector is conformal to their STC on a FIKI airplane. If I were you, I would have that one rebuilt unless your checkbook needs a smoking hole. 2 1 Quote
Niko182 Posted June 1, 2023 Report Posted June 1, 2023 25 minutes ago, M20Doc said: Just wait until your speed brakes need to go in. Precise Flight just raised their prices substantially. what did it go to? Quote
pkofman Posted June 1, 2023 Author Report Posted June 1, 2023 37 minutes ago, M20Doc said: Just wait until your speed brakes need to go in. Precise Flight just raised their prices substantially. wow .. I can't take all of this great news about place I may have to spend money .....lol!! I had the speed brakes sent out a few years ago ,, I might be getting overwhelmed.. might be time to sell the mooney but I've learned over the past few days that these supply issues are not Mooneys alone.. ! Quote
LANCECASPER Posted June 4, 2023 Report Posted June 4, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 11:59 AM, pkofman said: Yesterday I ran into trouble with my stall vane - tks tiki - switch/vane . I am searching for a used/reman one or let me know if you no who can fix these asap I contacted the manufacture and can-ice. The repair times are really long for a reman or repair The price of a new on is really $$$$ does anyone have a rem or used one that is certified on the shelf or close to it Please et back to me here or dm me please . I really need some resources to find one of these. I am attaching a few pics Thank you in advance to the community Peter @StevenL757 knows all about where to have this done. Quote
pkofman Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Posted June 4, 2023 @StevenL757 ..... @LANCECASPER suggested I follow up with you on the above... Mentioned that you know about this issue thank you in advance. Peter Quote
exM20K Posted June 4, 2023 Report Posted June 4, 2023 On 6/1/2023 at 9:33 PM, M20Doc said: Just under $4K Confirmed. That’s what they got me for in March. -dan 1 Quote
StevenL757 Posted June 4, 2023 Report Posted June 4, 2023 8 hours ago, pkofman said: @StevenL757 ..... @LANCECASPER suggested I follow up with you on the above... Mentioned that you know about this issue thank you in advance. Peter Peter, PM sent. Am working, but just got to my hotel for the evening so give me a ring when you can. Steve Quote
MikeOH Posted June 4, 2023 Report Posted June 4, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 3:46 PM, M20Doc said: Not to be a party pooper, but unless Don can provide documentation for his repair, it won’t work in Canada. Log entry: "Removed, "cleaned", reinstalled Lift Detector" 3 Quote
Niko182 Posted June 4, 2023 Report Posted June 4, 2023 send you broken one in to maxwell, have them fix it, and then sell it to a US buyer. You'll recoup a good amount of money that way. Quote
GeeBee Posted June 5, 2023 Report Posted June 5, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeOH said: Log entry: "Removed, "cleaned", reinstalled Lift Detector" The heated lift detector often requires repair of the heater element around the vane as well as the heat pad on the back (the orange flat silicon) which is pretty much a Safe-Flite thing as it cannot be done in the field. Safe-Flite will not sell the heating elements for field repair. 1 Quote
MikeOH Posted June 5, 2023 Report Posted June 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, GeeBee said: Safe-Flite will not sell the heating elements for field repair. I'm shocked at that news, just shocked. <sarcasm, dripping with> 1 Quote
MB65E Posted June 5, 2023 Report Posted June 5, 2023 There is a Bravo being parted out at BAS in CO. Most of the parts have been listed on eBay recently. It had TKS installed. -Matt Quote
larryb Posted June 6, 2023 Report Posted June 6, 2023 The OP didn’t say what the problem was, but for me I had an intermittent switch. It always worked on the ground but not always on landing. A few shots of WD 40 followed by a lot of compressed air blown in around the vane at all angles cleaned it up and has made it reliable for more than a year now. Quote
cliffy Posted June 6, 2023 Report Posted June 6, 2023 Seems my M20C with manual gear keeps getting cheaper and cheaper to operate rather than saving a few minutes each flight :-) :-) Have a guy on our airport with the second to last Mooney built!! 1 Quote
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