Does anyone know of a source for the original style Rochester (Scott made by Rochester?) oil pressure gauge for a 1955 B-model. Mine is putting an oil sheen on the panel below the gauge, yet the fitting is perfectly dry, so I’m suspecting the bourdon tube is failing.
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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil Pressure Gauge
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1157
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:17 am
- Forum: The TradeMart
- Topic: Cowlings needed for 1954 170B
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1444
Re: Cowlings needed for 1954 170B
If you use a 56-58 upper cowl on a 53-55 airplane you’ll want to add the access door on the right side.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:12 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: My 170 will be parked for 6 months. Anything I should do?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 629
Re: My 170 will be parked for 6 months. Anything I should do?
I can’t remember the number, but Continental has a service bulletin describing how to prep an engine if it isn’t going to be flown for 30 days.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:19 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: O-300A vs O-300D identification
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1916
Re: O-300A vs O-300D identification
I noticed you said the cockpit photo shows a key start. Key or push button start on an O-300A is possible with either of the aftermarket “lightweight” starters.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Five weeks of adventure with my Super 170
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8944
Re: Five weeks of adventure with my Super 170
There’s lots of good material here for the 170 News.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: The TradeMart
- Topic: Louisiana 1953 170-B for sale (Posted for Ron Massicot)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2058
Re: Louisiana 1953 170-B for sale (Posted for Ron Massicot)
A bit sad to see this one change hands. When I lived in Mississippi 1991-1996, Ron I spent a lot of time following each other around the country to and from 170 Conventions.
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:26 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Electrical Troubleshooting?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 102040
Re: Electrical Troubleshooting?
That airplane belonged to Ed Booth for somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 years or more, and knowing Ed it didn’t leave him with that issue. I’d go back in the logbooks and see what’s been installed since he sold it (spring of 2021 IIRC). The yoke ball cup is attached to the fixed part of the panel...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:45 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Craftsman hand-tool warranty
- Replies: 18
- Views: 270959
Re: Craftsman hand-tool warranty
George, if you headed WEST from Durango, it wasn’t the 2003 Convention (Wilmington, NC). 2002 or 2004, perhaps?
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Craftsman hand-tool warranty
- Replies: 18
- Views: 270959
Re: Craftsman hand-tool warranty
All twist caps now :lol: Ol’ Gar is in his 80’s; he may very well use the wrench anyway.😉 I bought my first (Craftsman) tool kit in 1976, when I moved too far from home to access Dad’s shop. The only time I ever took advantage of the warranty was a gross case of abuse: I used the 3/8 drive ratchet ...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 3:00 am
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: 2024 Cessna 170 Convention, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
- Replies: 3
- Views: 79271
Re: 2024 Cessna 170 Convention, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Since in the history of the 170 Association there has never been a convention held in September, I thought I was safe booking an Inside Passage Cruise to Alaska that month. The ship gets back to Seattle on the 14th, so we may make the last day of the convention.
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Fuel selector mods
- Replies: 3
- Views: 40059
Re: Fuel selector mods
Could it be a ‘48 with modified fuel line routing to eliminate the requirement for a fuel pump?
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: IFR Capable 170's
- Replies: 42
- Views: 323042
Re: IFR Capable 170's
It’s like the old adage that says the man with two watches never knows what time it is…
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: 2024 Convention Hotel
- Replies: 0
- Views: 219098
2024 Convention Hotel
Karen and I stopped in Elizabethtown, KY on our way to Tennessee and are staying at the Hilton Garden Inn, the hotel that 2024 Convention hosts John and Cindy Swanson have chosen for next year’s 170 Convention. It looks like a nice hotel for the convention. It’s about 15 minutes from the convention ...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: 170 in the movies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 158346
Re: 170 in the movies
I remember at least one episode of Sky King where he flew a 170.
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:42 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: IFR Capable 170's
- Replies: 42
- Views: 323042
Re: IFR Capable 170's
Gary, I feel certain your manifold /check valve scenario is the explanation; I haven't been able to squeeze in far enough to find it yet. If it is there I am also certain it has not been inspected in a long time. Miles, I am intrigued by your Safe Flight SVS, but have not been able to find any info...