The International Cessna 170 Association

Mark Menendez
CFI/CFII ATP
Tailwheel instruction and endorsements in client Cessna 170s as well as my own 170B.
Frankfort, KY (KFFT)
865-776-5591
email: cfi.pilot1979@gmail.com

Hat trick, can you shoot the puck on what you saw as problems ? This question was the clue that told be how Hattrick is supposed to be pronounced. I doubt that very many folks who grew up south of about Ohio will get it. (I wouldn’t have gotten it before I married a girl from Michigan.) :lol: Even ...

Sure! First thing I noticed was gray painted flaps and ailerons (instead of polished aluminum like rest of aircraft) which was not disclosed before driving 9 hours round trip to see the plane. Then I noticed that landing and strobe lights were not working. Extensive hail damage to horizontal stab an...

That's the one I'm looking at in person tomorrow. Hopefully she's as pretty in person up close. If so, I'll be putting a deposit down. Now I need to find an A&P that can help me with a prebuy... Did you get it? I made a call, obviously too late. I wish folks would take down an ad that has alrea...

That's the one I'm looking at in person tomorrow. Hopefully she's as pretty in person up close. If so, I'll be putting a deposit down. Now I need to find an A&P that can help me with a prebuy...

Thanks for the insight! I just made an offer on one 5 hours from me but I was possibly beat to the punch... Will find out tonight. Crossing my fingers it works out. Worst case scenario back to the grind of the hunt...

Hey Guys, As I continue my search for my next Cessna 170 one of the questions that has sprung up in my mind is regarding polished aluminum. Short of one or two days a year where you'll need to polish the bird, how much upkeep is really involved with maintaining a polished 170? Also how would rain (i...

This discussion reminds me that diagnostics need to be addressed from a logical starting point and progress thru to a logical conclusion. Some basics were skipped as assumptions were adopted without proof. Example: Stuck valves can be detected by simply "pulling the prop thru" and listeni...

Thanks Bruce, Yes I plan on inspecting and cleaning at a minimum #'s 2, 4, and 6 today... I may even do #'s 1, 3, and 5 on Saturday to give myself better piece of mind... As for more than one valve sticking there is a slight chance that these valves are bent. One of the A&P's that looked at the ...

Thanks for the replies guys... I found an awesome IA, with years of experience with the older Continental engines, that has offered his help over the next couple days to clean these valves so I plan on learning a ton during this process. As I don't have easy access to non ethynol auto gas... I'm for...

Well guys I took off the valve covers on all three cylinders on the left bank and found #2 and #4 exhuast valves stuck in the open position... The local shop wants like 90 bucks and hour to pull the cylinders and clean the valves.... Now I'm freakin out because I'm worried its gonna cost me 1000+ do...

I did check my sumps and gascolator but the carb bowl... no water found. I did not wash the engine down but water was sprayed into the intakes section while cleaning the cowling and prop. direct spraying was kept to a minimum obviously. It's a slight possibility in my mind that water entered the mag...

Bruce, Thanks for your input! I'm guessing once I identify which valve/s are stuck or sticking I just need to do the "rope trick" to reset the valve. However, I'm wondering if there is other maintenance (preventative or not) that I should do so this doesn't happen again (at least in the ne...

Thanks Miles...

I did check the carb heat hosing for water but there was nothing in there... After I test the remaining two plugs tomorrow I will more than likely check the intake hosing and gaskets as well as the valves on the coolest cylinder...

Thanks for the heads-up Mark. I'll look at that tomorrow as well!