In THIS POST , Stacey Morris said Bevan-Rabell worked on his TKM radio. I had an MX-385 (24V) radio in my former 152 and used to send it to TKM for service. Then one year they returned my radio unrepaired because they said it was out of their (sliding) window of serial numbers that they still worked on. They suggested that I send it to Bevan-Rabell. I didn't because I was about to sell my plane at that time (2017) and just put up with the problem (missing some segments on the LED number display).
Thanks Hung - will definitely call today and let yinz know what they say. MM
This isn't perfect, BUT, you can get new/replacement black plates to put on your brown unit (or if you just need to spruce up your existing radio) using this company. There will still be a lot of brown on the radio, but it's a subtle improvement.
This is a pic of a brown unit with the new black faceplates... again, very subtle, but it's still nice to have new clean markings on your radio if nothing else..
engravers.net
TKM MX300 Faceplate Inserts Material - Made from .020” black with white text. All are backed with double faced tape for easy peel and stick installation. Price $31.25
This isn't perfect, BUT, you can get new/replacement black plates to put on your brown unit (or if you just need to spruce up your existing radio) using this company. There will still be a lot of brown on the radio, but it's a subtle improvement.
This is a pic of a brown unit with the new black faceplates... again, very subtle, but it's still nice to have new clean markings on your radio if nothing else..
engravers.net
TKM MX300 Faceplate Inserts Material - Made from .020” black with white text. All are backed with double faced tape for easy peel and stick installation. Price $31.25
Brad, that is really good to know, and the price is actually REASONABLE for an aviation part! Anything under a $100 is now surprising to me!
Thanks so much for that information - appreciate it very much! Mike
I called just now - the good news is they CAN repair it.
The only (sort of) bad news is they have a 12-14 week backlog of older radions to repair ahead of me.
Well, that is the reason I keep THREE of these, so the rotation can work without losing the use of two radios, which is almost required around where I fly with so much traffic, special use airspace, TFRs and flying with others on a routine basis.
So, my intention is to SEND IN THE RADIO for repair soonest and keep the ones I have. It will come back "YELLOW Tagged" and will slide right in for a R+R op by the end of 2023 sometime!
THANK YOU ALL for your generous offers to sell radios, guidance toward repair shops and replacement faceplates. This club is invaluable when these types of owner operator issues come up! You folks always have the answers, and your generosity is incredible.
Regards, Mike
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Late to the party, but as far as I know, Ellison Avionics in Waco, TX still works on these as well, and they're darn good folks to work with. Replaced every internal component in mine for under $500 shipped back in 2018. Highly recommend them if anyone else needs theirs repaired.
Late to the party, but as far as I know, Ellison Avionics in Waco, TX still works on these as well, and they're darn good folks to work with. Replaced every internal component in mine for under $500 shipped back in 2018. Highly recommend them if anyone else needs theirs repaired.
I will keep that in mind for next time, as I think I am going to pay around $700 for the refurb here in Wichita, Kansas. Based on '18 prices, borh repair facilities are comparable. Still, ALWAYS good to know where ELSE I can keep taking my THREE radios for refurb!
I started WATCHING a few of these on Ebay and started getting "offers for discounts" from owners who have them sitting around their garages. I would much rather buy from anyone HERE than someone in the blind on Ebay. Most of them offered had issues I am trying to rectify, like lights that don't work, bent knobs, flip-flop inop, or other issues that I do not want to just tolerate. I need my radios to be working well -- both of them. So, I do the refurbs to keep all three going and swap them when necessary to keep two good ones in N714AJ.
Thanks again, Brian - so glad we have another place to keep our ancient but effective radios going! Still a better deal to repair than buy new, IMHO, for day VMC flying! MM
So, I sent in a working, but imperfect MX-300 radio in August to BEVANS for refurbishment - needed lights, dials that all worked, flip-flop that would not stick, etc.
I've heard nothing, so called today to get an update...
They see it in "arrivals" but it will be at least three more weeks before they will touch it. That will be over four months. I guess you cannot rush perfection!
The lady on they phone said I should be lucky they are even fixing it. OK.
So, keep THREE of them with TWO working ones in the aircraft at all times - the rotations and refurbs are a lot less expensive than new and different radios. Sure, they look dated, but they are economical to keep running.
Now, we are hoping we see the repaired one in 2023!
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