The International Cessna 170 Association

After reading through many, many pages here discussing landing/taxi lights, I'm left wondering if recent developments have changed owners opinions about LED lights. I have always used the GE incandescent light bulbs but since one of mine burned out I started looking at alternatives. I don't fly at n...

Thank for the reply Bruce, and N2582D, Perhaps you are right and I will be able to compress the leaves with a C-clamp enough to get the bracket bolted back together. I put the pack in a vise and was able to compress it some but not all the way. Time will tell. I'll test with a C-clamp. As I was abou...

I need to update my experience with Univair and tail spring fit and ask a question... I ordered a full new of tail springs (their part number U170AB) and the tailwheel bushing they say is a match (their part number U3241A-002) from Univair on November 5th, 2022 after the discussion above. No news, b...

Well I'm not sure what to do now. I have flown with the new SportAircraftSeats a couple of times now. By head is hard against the headliner and it is hard to look back out the side window to see what the rudder is doing during preflight. I also get a stiff neck while flying looking under the wing fo...

SportAircraftSeats .jpeg Here are a few pictures of the Sport Aircraft Seats for reference. Note the crown in the copilot seat made by the stock springs. The bolsters also may effect headroom some. One shot shows the foam in the seat bottom. The 1" thick layer is fairly firm. The thinner foam ...

Thanks for all the information. I don't know why I didn't think to just search the 6324 Hangar topics for "headroom". I found a lot of good information on more than one thread. All things considered, I think I'll stay with my stock frames. The stock springs do have about an inch crown in t...

I thought I'd chime in here. I had pretty much the exact same experience with the Airtex baggage compartment as Ryan did. Both the side panels and the back cover were about an inch and a half too tall. I cut them down but did not return the back cover to have the top edge refinished. You can't reall...

I'm 6'6" tall and with original seats installed I can kind of fit my hand between my head and the original headliner. With a headset on it touches the headliner lightly. My seats are shot and I am redoing the whole original interior. I wasted over 5 years trying to match the original upholstery...

Well I got the old tach seal out. I made a special tool by grinding one side off an odd piece of hardware and set it on a 2x4 with a 1 1/8 in hole drilled in it. I made the tool catch the edge of the seal and after a few rotations it’s out. The odd part (other than someone cutting and installing the...

I have read through a number of other threads including Generator Leak but want to confirm which direction the seals should face since at the the tach seal seems to have been installed backwards when my engine was overhauled. I have removed the tach bracket and generator and found the standard gaske...

Thanks Nat and Doug. It sounds like Univair has gotten past any previous fitment issues. I'll go ahead and order a set. It's almost annual time.

I was getting ready to replace the tailwheel leaf springs in my 1955 170B per the 500 hour recommendation but after reading through three different vintages of discussion about that process here I am a bit nervous. The various issues about thickness being a problem with fit may or may not be resolve...

pdb, You don't find the headphone jacks rub against the cables that run up and down inside the doorpost?

I thought about the GDL82 as well but Garmin IN solutions encrypt their signal so it only talks to Garmin partner aps. I prefer to use FlyQ over Foreflight so I am not going to buy any more Garmin equipment in protest. Yes, I know the GDL82 is an OUT solution not IN. It just tics me off that Garmin ...

After wasting 4 years trying to find fabric to match my original interior, I'm probably going to order an interior from Airtex. I have a few questions though... I see you have the aluminum heel plates. Did you put them over the sewn on Airtex heel plates or did you get them to delete them? I see the...