Lightened my load...

[bcg]

I've been pulling out abandoned wiring during my annual in preparation of some avionics upgrades. Today, I removed all of this and 28 pounds of avionics. That's another suitcase for my wife on trips, now she can bring 30 pairs of shoes for a weekend getaway instead of the 10 I've been limiting her to.

 

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[Huckster79]

That’s fantastic!  Looks like you too bought into the “ounces makes pounds” theory.   I’ve not had the Mooney long enough for any big projects.  But my past plane a Cessna 140 with it’s tiny useful load I lit into lightening it up.  I shaved about 50lbs off her!  No one thought I could get that much out of a small bird but I did… and only pricey item was getting rid of the tractor starter and went sky tech and an oddessy battery other than that it was a lot of little things.  Most surprising was seat cushions the 1947 cushions were horse hair- saved 8 lbs switching to foam! The old horse hair was heavy as all get out! 

congrats to your wife for packing!  

[bcg]

I finally got it all out today. There's probably 5-6 pounds of wiring laying on the floor.

I need to tidy up the plane wiring some. I'm having a new harness made for the avionics that will be blue printed and have all the wires labeled. The next time someone has to go into this panel, they'll be grateful I did all this.

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[KSMooniac]

You're off to a great start!  I'm anxious to do the same to my J one of these years.

Now would be a great time to ditch that fiberglass insulation too.  I'm really shocked to see it on the sidewall especially...that was supposed to be removed a long time ago per Service Bulletin.