The International Cessna 170 Association

Finally installed my 'new' seats from a '64 172. You can not install them from the front, you need to pull the rear seat. The reclining feature is nice BUT it's a royal PITA that the seats don't simply flip forward like the old one. It drives me nuts that I have to reach over and unlatch them every...

Follow-up: I did inspect my gooseneck vent yesterday and found no holes, nor any evidence of filled holes. While I was in that neighborhood, I replaced the slip-rings and the fuel cap gaskets, too, and cleaned the top of the plane. There is apparently a low pressure area created on the back of the g...

[/quote] Brent, Are those YOUR legs pictured on page 98 of (4th Edition) The 170 Book? 8)[/quote] Had to go back and look but, yes, that is me and my wife, Linda, leaning up against N9194A one paint job and several pants sizes ago! Nice memories of Tom Hull... we knew him and his wife, and we flew u...

If I were to undertake the removal of the gooseneck vent check-ball mod... I'd pull the rubber cap off and vacuum out the ball, then pull the cotter pin which held that ball from falling into the vent-system,... and use a piece of pvc hose (such as sold at Home Despot for ice makers and such or at ...

George, I had some time to do somemore searching and found this comment by you on yet another thread.... Re: Fuel vent relocation to wing Postby gahorn » Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:20 pm Plug the vent with JB Weld... or remove it and weld it (TIG). The check ball is located within the first part (upper end)...

Thanks,George! I will happily take your word that such a note exists. I'm more interested in how those 1/8" holes they had you drilling in the gooseneck were supposed to be "rescinded"! Brent

George, Sorry for diverting this thread a bit. In another thread, you said "Cessna tried a modification and offered it as a Service Bulletin/Letter: It drilled a 1/8" thru-hole in the goosneck to accept a thru-cotter and installed a ball, as a type of "check-valve" inside which r...

Bingo...and to further answer the question, I ended up with a nice O300D core for a possible overhaul down the road, just looking at options for putting it in my 170A and keeping the pull starter. Plus, selling the serviceable starter adaptor helps pay for the overhaul. Also interested in possibly ...

I searched on PAR36 and "landing lights" and found all the discussions on LED lights, etc., but didn't find any discussion of higher wattage PAR36 bulbs. I notice that Aircraft Spruce carries a standard (GE4313) and a halogen bulb (GE-Q4631) in PAR36 form factor that are 12V and 250 Watt, ...

The new proposed AD note on lower doorposts/lower strut attach area of single engine Cessna airplanes does not apply to the Cessna 170 series. It is the result of cracks found in several dozen 172N, 182E and later models as well as 206/207 aircraft. It will recommend a repetitive inspection of airc...

Gary wrote:KJGG Williamsburg VA. "Charlies" Great $100 burger (lots of great sandwichs) Eat inside or outside under umbrellas about 50 yards from the runway and watch the planes land and take off.

+1!