The International Cessna 170 Association

For quite a number of years I had a 100 gallon aluminum saddle tank from a truck tractor mounted in the back of my pickup. I used a pneumatic pump to do the pumping and a regular gas nozzel with auto cutoff. It worked great. I would catch auto fuel at the lowest prices and top off the tank whenever ...

(Have discovered a strange thing-----I have been accessing this site from my office and the items I open there seem to have disappeared form the site when I open back up here at home. Strange?) I read the various bits about fuel tank capacities, unusable fuel, etc. My contribution is that I have a 5...

A couple of questions: How much useful load did you lose (if any)? What is the fuel burn while out climbing, going faster, etc than that 180? What is the recommended TBO on the Franklin?

My 2 cents of comment. I am at a grass strip, with mutual friends in Fort Worth area and pay $100/mo for open T hangar with no fuel or maint. I have been here since mid 80's with rent starting @ $50/mo. I have enjoyed, but when I lived next door I would come home after work and go fly for 1/2 hr or ...

I need some help. Over the past several months I have seen some ad's for a laminated list of things a non pilot passenger should do in the event of the pilots incapacitation. I can't remember where I saw it. (Senior moment ya know!!!) Anybody remember what the source for this item is? Thanks in adva...

Hey guys, I appreciate your input. Hard to fault any of your opinions. The jury is still out for now, but I will continue to watch for more input and "think" about whether or not to get one (oil filter adapter) Of I do I would continue to change the oil at 25 hours. Oil is a cheap commodit...

Don't know about you, but I'm not sure about "grabbing my chain"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I am not sure which is safer, but I sure know which is more FUN!!!

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Just can't restrain myself from asking the question-------which is better/why/& will it truly extend the life of my engine? I am of the opinion that an oil filter will filter the oil better than an oil screen. No argument there. Cleaning dirt, etc out of the engine is one function of the oil and...

In the past I have replaced numerous "o" rings on the quick drains that you can drain by simply pushing up on the spring loaded bottom of the quick drain. (The type you can push up with your finger or with a sample container) I didn't even use the "flat" "o" rings, just...

Matt, sounds like you've gotten some good advise here. My $.02 worth---get some professional aircraft or automotive stripper and get this most unpleasant task done. While we all hate to pay the price, what you are going through helps (a little) to make us understand why aircraft paint jobs are so ex...

Matt, congratulations on your new purchase. You are most likely in for a lot of interesting restoration work on your plane, but when completed I bet it will be a lot of fun to fly. I have a 56 C-172 that I purchased in 1989 after selling my 1950 C-140A. When I bought it I was looking for a 170, but ...

I appreciate the remedies suggested. I have found, as was suggested, that after a flight if I take plain water in a sponge wet down the bugs and come back with still more wet sponge that it gets most off easily and those that are tougher will come off with some additional rubbing. I too use Pledge t...

Bugs on leading edges, struts, cowlings, etc. Someone just gave me a product to try to get these pesky critters off the above areas. My question is does anyone have any experience with this product? Will it harm our paint job? The product is Nathans "BUG BLAST". Mfg'd by Nathans @ P.O. Box...

BL-Sorry you encountered the louzy weather. That hurricane off the Mexican Pacific coast just pumped and pumped the moisture across all of the area. You probably would have had the long distance award and possibly oldest pilot. As it was I got the oldest PIC @ 58 yrs. In past yrs I think that was re...