The International Cessna 170 Association

Alaska Bushwheel also sells them. I think the last time I ordered one from them they were only $5 or $6.
Shawn

I agree with you its not an ideal situation. However I only need to do it a few times a year. I use good cans that seal tight. I wrap them up in a big tarp just incase one does leak it doesn't get on the carpet. Then I strap them down very securely in the baggage area. I would rather have that a few...

I seriously thought about putting Harry's tanks in my plane until I got my new motor in. I actually have better range now than I did with the stock motor. There are occasions where an extra 5-10 gallons would be nice but I think for the $4,800 + Labor that the tanks cost I don't mind throwing a coup...

Do yourself a big favor and bite the bullet and exchange those wings with the factory for aluminum spar wings. The AD on those spars is written in such a way that it is extremely difficult for even new spars to pass. I know of one case where both wings failed the inspection and they were rebuilt wit...

Harry still sells the STC for $200. I just stopped in and seen him last week and picked up the STC while I was there.
Shawn

I have done 2 baggage door installs and am about to do a third one. Dgkirk is right on, it usually takes about 2 - 2 1/2 days. The first one took me 2 1/2 days and the second one was on track to be done in 2 days until I found that the previously installed float kit was installed wrong. I ended up h...

Mark I thought that exhaust look familiar. I wish my new exhaust had the heat of that old one.
Shawn

I think you are being taken advantage of. $30,000 for an OH of a 0-300 is way out of line. It should be atleast $10,000 less. Removal of the motor should only take a couple of hours, the install of the motor takes around 10-12 hours. For $60,000 you could have easily had your choice of engine upgrad...

I started suspecting a connection to carb ice and mogas after a few years of almost exclusive use. I would usually get carb ice 2-3 times per flight hour and in extreme conditions it was almost constant, as soon as I would turn the carb heat off it would start forming again. I started noticing that ...

Did you try carb heat? It is common to stick valves in these motors but usually not while running car gas. I'm sure I'll get chastized for that comment. However these motors are a lot more prone to carb ice while running car gas. Just a thought. Shawn

The oil temp is measured in the oil screen housing on the accessory case on a Lycoming. Use some self adhesive foil tape to adjust how much you want covered to get the temp up to around 180-190. The veratherms are a neat idea but it has been my experience that they have little effect on bringing the...

I have flown 170's with both of the styles of 180 gear and 31" bushwheels with no adverse effects like you are describing. The one with the wheels fwd has a 180hp and a 3 blade Hartzell on it. The wheels aft one has the 210Hp with the 82" McCauley. One thing I have found though is you have...

You might also consider Selkirks fiberglass extended baggage. It weighs a little and that will help you but the real benifit is 30 lbs back there equals the equivalent of around 50 lbs in the standard baggage area. I also moved my ELT and Strobe pack back behind the extended baggage bulkhead. There ...

Wow is that a scaled weight or a calculated weight. That is very light. My plane does not start feeling weird unless my CG is less than 36. I routinly fly mine with the CG around 36.5 at 2000 lbs and it flies perfectly normal. I realize for that weight I am a little over 4" forward of my CG lim...

What is your empty weight on your plane? Some tailwheel converted planes are very heavy when empty. For instance I flew a tailwheel converted 175 with a 180hp and constant speed prop but it performed horribly, I discovered its empty weight was around 1650 lbs I have flown several 180hp 170B's with c...