Recent content by lwford

There is a beginning and end to everything. Out of the blue a young man from Las Vegas has wanted and looked for a -2 and called me up asking if I would sell the Crate. It is leaving for Nevada Friday morning. I have had her 21 years and 1800 hrs! I'm not quitting but need a simpler ship...

Can anybody supply me with the exact dimensions of the fuel tank covers on the wings? The other question is how to locate them if you needed access to remove the tank. Lynn the crate

Ok Boys as you know the prices of planes are at the top of the hill. They are somewhat leveling out. The Cessna 172M is the Gold Standard. I'm curious to know what you owners think the price of your plane is worth. That is what would you sell it for? I'm' more interested in the 14-19-2 like the...

I'm curious, has anyone added a ground plane to their Bellanca? My crate has a noticeable difference between comm 1and 2. There are a number of ways to make a ground plane. I have an antenna mounted on the top fuselage behind the baggage compartment. It is mounted where the rotating beacon used...

OK Bellanca boys answer me this question. Does anyone have a 6 position EGT installed on their OPEC 470? The crate has an old Terra Radair 6 position system that is going south, and I am tired of working on it. I'm looking at a Westack system that is less than 500 bucks. It would be nice to know...

Yep two flights since Hydraulics and I got a leaking fuel line. Has anyone changed lines in these pigs? This looks like it will take some time to replace these. The CRATE Lynn :evil:

Has anyone repaired or had a power pak overhauled recently. I'm having an intermittent problem with the left gear up light going out after about 45 min of flying. Recycle the gear and fine for the next 45 min. I think the up lock hydraulics on the power pak is slowly bleeding off and that is the...

Well after 18 years I need to replace the carpet on the crate. Years ago I was involved in an interior upgrade for an Aztec. I took the carpet and installed it in the crate. Time flies now I need another and Airtex has no idea what a Cruisemaster is. I want to get the new one bound especially...

I'm curious , to ask if any Cruisemaster is carrying ballast back by the battery. When these were made lead acid batteries were the norm. I have been using a Concord sealed battery for years. They do not weigh as much. I keep a good bit of stuff in the baggage compartment so I emptied it and...

The crate developed a problem where I would lose the prime on the wobble pump and no fuel pressure. This was not to big a deal as downstream I have Dukes fuel boost pump that was put on before I owned the crate. I turn on the electric pump and that would prime the wobble pump and I would have...

Oshkosh has been canceled due to China Flu. Blakesburg is still a go.

My insurance went up $141 dollars for the crate full coverage. The Spartan went up thousands. AOPA says that they all went up but my C172 pal went down $15 dollars. It does not pay to own a tailwheel, retract airplane. My other friend quite flying and months later he said "Where did all this...

Boys, can't stress the check gear enough on these crates. I noticed recently my left gear green down light just didn't seem as bright as the right gear down light. I also recall last month that the left gear red light pulled the same stunt just once,then returned to normal. I started this years...

Boys, I'm installing my third ADS B out in a Cherokee 235. This one is a Garmin GDL 82, the 978UAT using the same XPR and encoder. The one on the back page of TAP. I've done a Appareo Stratus and a BKing KT 74 coupled to Garmin 530. The GDL raises a question to me and this is the 1st I have...

In the fuel pump overhaul process, I had a good opportunity to look at the generator. I installed new brushes in Delco Remy 35 A p/n 1101892 Gen. The brush kit is Delco Remy 1906984 D721 kit. that was on E bay. I found that Continental has two sizes of the same Generator drive belt. The belt...