The International Cessna 170 Association

i have 3 cam locks [-5] along the leading edge of the cowl and 3 along the bottom of the cowl and they are [-6] and one on the trailing edge of the cowl and that’s a [-4]. BUT be warned yours might be different in thickness to mine . I have a total of 7 cam locks holding each 1/2 cowl down. I create...

At the end of the day it’s all about how an engine has been operated and cared for . I have seen engines that are 4 years young and in my opinion should be scrapped due to them being flogged . It’s all how the owner[operator] has serviced the engine and operated as per the manual . I saw one operato...

Some of our members have the Garmin G5 fitted to their aircraft and unfortunately there are issues with the battery in the G5. My problem was my battery in my HSI wouldn’t charge beyond 75% . So there is now a “Mandatory” service bulletin that should be complied with. The service bulletin NO.22013 R...

Well i personally would not think about putting a Gill battery in an aircraft or lawn tractor . I used concord batteries for years but when they failed it was instantaneous and i was then stuck out in the woop woop. I hate swing starting an aircraft especially when you are by yourself. Then tried us...

I have fitted twin G5,s in my 170a ,and fitted the GMU-11 just outboard the left hand fuel tank. The kit contains SS screws. Getting the GMU-11 aligned correctly was the hardest part. I thought aligning it with the rib in the wing would be correct.”wrong” The rib wasn’t aligned exactly for and aft w...

my bows were rusted out so I replaced them with fibre glass fly fishing blank rods. no more rust stains on the headliner.

Bruce, please can you elaborate as I am confused . So how did you know you had L-19 wings and what fuel capacity were they. The L-19 had a 60 deg flap setting so the flap tracks were they retained or the 170b tracks in place. Another question how did your mechanic know about the different wing tips ...

I do not know if you are a member yet but joining it opens up gems of information that will save you money and time . Plus going to the conventions are a great source of amusement [means we all get to talk tall and strange tales of 170,s]. We have an auction during the convention where parts are sol...

The side windows can be an owner made part . The windows are normally a flat sheet of perplex but [legally???] I would use lexan. [poly carbonate ]. When measuring for the thickness ,go as thicker as you can and measure the clearance allowed between the retaining strip and the outer window structure...

i sympathise with you regarding Hertz hire cars. during the Cody convention i hired a Jeep from hertz. picked it up at Seatac and drove it to Cody. Oil consumption was 1 pint every 100 miles. The crank case was pressurising and spilling oil every where. Contacted Hertz at Seatac and was told to see ...

using a phone when driving is “dead” dangerous. i can’t understand the urgency to answer a phone at all when driving. what’s wrong using “voice mail”. Research has shown that the average travel carried out in a vehicle is less than 40 mins. So is the world going to come to an end if you do not answe...

A stones throw is the length of a cricket pitch . That’s 66ft . A normal throw of a stone is 66 ft or if you bowl a cricket ball it’s 66ft or a chain. I used to play cricket at school and recall some of the rules of then. The cricket pitch was 10 ft wide once but the “poms” [english] requested [forc...

Firstly, I am NO expert on 1948 cessna 170,s . But I do own a 170A series. When I replaced my firewall and for insulation i used a black closed foam with aluminium foil covering on one side and a thin “lead “ foil on the other . I purchased it from Spruce. It’s about 1in in thickness . When I replac...

so sorry George ,but unfortunately in this country all fluids are measured in litres. But height/distance is measured in feet in our aviation world ,but there are exceptions . Now to confuse you even more , on the ground we talk in terms of temperature it’s Celsius BUT when flying it’s measured in F...

All my vacuum gauges are gone . They have been replaced with 2 of G5,s but I left my ASI and Altimeter behind . All engine instruments are now “Electronic International digital . HUGE weight saving . The G5,s have each a standby battery . My biggest problem was aligning the Magatron in the wing . Ge...