M-18 Maintenance Tips

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• Landing gear donuts
• Tail section
• Transponders
• Canopy Knobs
• Lubrication
• Carb Heat/Cabin Heat Repair
• Fixing Continental Oil Sumps
• Improving Mite Brakes
• Curing a Roll Problem in your Mooney Mite
• Some General Comments on Maintenance and Safety Issues
• Rigging the landing gear (pdf file)
• Oil Breather "Fixes" on Continental Engines
• Rubber boots
• Spar Gluing Jig
• Wing Skids For Mooney M-18s
• Magazine article on the danger of Dry Rot
• Replacing Brake Shoes
• Checking the Fuel Gauge Tube

If you have experience with Mite maintenance and/or restoration, please share your ideas and discoveries with the rest of us. Here are some topics we have had enquiries about:

• Aerodynamic modifications and results (if any)
• Helpful hints; how to care for your Mite
• Things to avoid

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