The International Cessna 170 Association

Have been running the Electroaire system on my 0-360 (on the RV-7) for about 15 years. Never a electronic failure. Mechanical failure was a non- replaceable oil seal on the mag timing assembly that goes in place of the mag. Had to replace the whole unit.... :evil: Note, I did purchase this back when...

Sorry Frank, not unless they have been calibration checked with a standard traceable to NIST. :D But since all three read the same, it just gives you a warm fuzzy. You just can’t take off that old QA inspector’s hat, can you Ed? The same thing ran through this retired instrumentation engineer’s hea...

I used my differential pressure gauges to calibrate my oil pressure gauge. If all 3 agree, it has to be right. Right? Right! :lol: 3F0B117A-FA3E-46F3-B280-13801888D3CA.png Sorry Frank, not unless they have been calibration checked with a standard traceable to NIST. :D But since all three read the s...

One of my early instructors told me , "NEVER put anything on top of the panel" To this day over 50 years later, I do not.

Welcome to the association! You will find much useful information on this forum.There are a lot of highly experienced (and opinionated 8O ) members so you can get most questions answered here. (I'm opinonated myself, who isn't :lol: ). I have owned my "56 172 TD for 31 yrs. It has the same win...

99 percent of the time my initial call is : Augusta Approach, Cessna 3225A. They ackowledge, and I come back with : 25A just off S17, VFR to GE30, climbing to 3000 ft. They come back with: 25A sqwak xxxx, proceed on course. No Yada Yada or blah blah blah.

My right side brackets broke on the 170, where the master cylinder bolts to the tunnel. I show 0411549 and 0411550 as the replacement, I see reports of either aluminum or steel, but they have the same p/n. Anyone bend these from .040 steel or similar? My bracket is in pieces unfortunately. I fabric...

Wow, I think everyone is getting Covid-19itis !

gahorn wrote:This old dog learned something .... I’d never have believed a solid steel driveshaft/u-joint combination would spin at different velocities along the shaft.

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I was just laying in bed the other night contemplating this.......

13800, been to 12 and 13 many times over the last 50 years. It takes a while to get there. Did this mostly to top mountains and/ or Wx.

Nice looking plane Rich and... Real comfy looking seats. Welcome to the organization.

That IS NOT a crack in the muffler. It is a crack in the air heat baffle that surrounds the muffler to create hot air for carb heat and cabin heat. I don't know a lot about the old pancake mufflers, but it looks like some blind rivets are going through the heat baffle into the exhaust pipes....??? ...

Almost bought one of these back in 1983 at Noah's Ark airport, (just a stones throw from MCI). Was A beautiful well kept 195. I thought he wanted too much for it (14K) another lost opportunity.

gahorn wrote:I never liked the little clip-lock type mixture control. My mixture control is a “ratchet” style which has no creep whatsoever, and it can be ordered with a RED knob: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/ ... /a7401.php

Well George, there goes your originality .

Dave, you don't have to take the lower attach point loose for this. Just take the shaft loose from the rudder/brake pedal, unscrew the assembly from the top of the cylinder and pull it out. If you still have that dorky parking brake, this should be disconnected for ease of repair. Install the new r...