The International Cessna 170 Association

Ya ......gettin old ain't what it's cracked up to be............. Turned the alarm off last nite and managed to "sleep in" this morning until 6:20. George.......them paper towels are pretty scratchy on the butt...... but still better than a hand full of leaves. ( I spend a lot of time in t...

Good one.............

You guys are forgetting the most important thing..........

A roll of TOILET paper

I bought my "bumps" from Harry , as I recall the price was pretty reasonable
when you take into account the time it would take to make your own.
Workmanship was really good.........all I had to do was rivet them on,
prep and paint.

What is your prop pitched at???
If it's a coarse pitch prop then 2250 might be fine, it's still within limits.

We've got a fella here on skis that bent a STEEL axle on his 180.(bent it about 20 degrees)
If it would have been aluminum.......we might have seen a broken one....

Everything fits ......but if you're going to the trouble and expense of 180 legs
you might want to install solid aluminum, or steel axles for extra strength and
safety.
new steel axles are around $300. each

good luck.........

You might want to get a good quality voltmeter and check voltage with engine running,
maybe your guage is reading a little high.
Bruce is right about problems you will encounter if you are over charging.

Good luck........Jim

Thanks Bruce..............I'm creating a paper trail for Transport Canada and i wanted to
make sure these were good brakes.......they came from another '56 172 so I think I'll be OK
I have to double check but I seem to remember the fravel STC paperwork showing Ceveland
brakes as an option.

Thanks MIT........i looked thru the Parker tech manual and found my mod number,
they are clevelands..........this is good

thanks again.................Jim

When I bought the plane five years ago,it had sat in a field for twenty years..............
I got no records with it.............I'm making records as I go..........big job !!

I'm thinking about going on wheels while I wait for the lakes to freeze i've got my brakes apart and don't know who manufactured them. :? Tag sez..............mfg under FAA TSO 626a MFG 3-66 WT 1.9 MOD 30-63 I think they're from 1966 but by who ????......and are they a "good" model ?? than...

Hey Brucey..........why doncha put Georges airplane on floats ??????

I bet it would be handsome.........maybe a set of them new Baumanns ??

And while yer at it, ya might as well put some bumps on the cowl......make it look like it's got a big Lyc.

I've been spending way more time with the Cessna than with my Chief...........that
explains why the dope on the Chief is fading......nothing to do with oxidizing........
it's pissed with me..

Possibly a faulty master switch..........dirty contacts or a loose wire in the master switch circuit. You might try wiggling
the master switch and see if that tells you anything.
Some of these folks here will surely figure it out.....good luck