The International Cessna 170 Association

I just replaced my J3804-28 Lord Mounts that have been back ordered for three months. The usual suppliers could not get them and I finally got them through Aviall which is now a Boeing company that is not really user friendly. They are now about $325 each including tax. They seem to last about twent...

Thanks so much. Why didn’t I do this 10 years ago? Which one do you have? The three blade looks particularly cool.

I don’t see this option on the MT propellers STC page although I do see that at least one member has done it. I am looking for options for the 100hr. Eddy current inspection on my Hartzel.

I never realized my engine wasn’t properly grounded until smoke came wafting up from the throttle cable or maybe it was the carb heat cable while I was starting the engine. The starter was always troublesome as it was having a hard time with only an incidental ground here and there. Everything works...

Thank you so much! I especially like the service manual download. Clear concise and prompt. I have the washers so no more hurdles. You did me a great service. Remember when Service Manuals were only available from Mfgs. and were very expensive. I do.

I have the tail off and new bolts, the post says the proper torque is important. What ft or inch pounds might that be? I don’t have a service manual. I might be able to just reference the torque for a standard 5/16 AN bolt or I could ask around. Any ideas?

You are almost there. Just get rid of that vacuum pump and go all electric.

I tried the short arms and they were not sturdy enough. Somehow my 170 has a L-19 Rudder horn that provides a little more leverage and it was too much for the short tailwheel arms. The bent up arms have a lot more material and can take more torque. Either way the airplane really depends on brakes, i...

Think I got it. Bad ground at the power supply. Those little amp connecter plugs where the power comes in from the switch is the number 1 pin the number 2 pin is the ground. Corrosion on that pin was not cleaned when the power supply was replaced. The wing tips with less energy and further proximity...

Thanks Frank, good to hear from you. I hope Tennessee is doing you right. I suspect the solution will be simple when we see it. My brother gave me some thick electricians tape that I put around the base of the Flash tube Assy. and that seemed to work but now it's not. Still open to suggestions and i...

I just replaced my Whelen 3 light strobe power supply HDA-CF. The Wingtip strobes work fine. The belly has a new flash tube A469A and is intermittent at best. When it should be firing I can hear a faint clicking like its arcing to ground. In fact I have seen it arcing to ground from the plastic base...

Mine has been working fine for years at all attitudes and altitudes. Winter and Summer and towing a glider over and over on the hottest of days. I changed the fuel line from the fuel selector all the way to the Carb including a new gascolator. The Alaskan paperwork inspired me and I don't miss my fu...

The Volpar part may have been the nosewheel and the stretch fuselage, it did have Garret's I think it was called a HA-1' it did not have a Pinocchio nose. The Dove was even weirder, it was called a CJ60 for Carstedt Jet and it had Garret's as well. There was a regular twin beach also. It was fun. Do...

I paid my dues in the mid to late seventies flying DC3s at a couple of freight airlines. Started out at Tri-Con airlines at DFW that morphed into SMB stage lines. Most of my experience was with Falcon Airways out of Addison, Tx. Falcon had a very odd mix of airplanes like a Hamilton Volpar turbine t...

You do have to mount them contrary to the instructions. Like everyone says if you mount them per instructions they will be unnaturally close to your face. I talked to the people at Rosen about this and they said "well no one has ever complained". While I was waiting for a call back from so...