Recent content by synclavier

Lol, yeah there's more crackle coming out of those radios than a bowl of rice crispies. :lol:

Thanks, dude. I have a decent sized squawk sheet to whittle down, but it's not really that bad since that's why I wanted to get it As for my intentions... Restore, get PPL (and beyond), do some Mexico trips, Grand Canyon, pacific NW, go to BC, Canada, etc.

Ah yes, Greg. You were the one earlier in this thread who referred to me as the "monkey." Thanks, man. It's good to know who your friends are on PoA. And with Pulitzer-worthy prose like that, you should write for a living. I'm not buying it because I'm looking for something to add to the...

There is always a Debbie Downer out there lurking around, incapable of contributing anything positive to a discussion, except to be the first to shoot down someone's dreams and goals. Thank you, sir for filling that role, for being that person. How does it feel to know that you're that...

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So... Thought I'd give an update on what's happened since my last posts. A couple weeks ago, I kroiled the spark plugs and let them sit overnight. Next day, broke the top plugs loose (wow, were they tight). I filled the cylinders with WD-40 before I left for my work trip out east, a week long...

I will do that ASAP.

Definitely going to run it. I have few things to do to it before that happens. All the wheels are rotten, so they have to be changed, at which point I can take her to the wash rack and give the engine a scouring. So, I probably won't get to run her until the end of next week due to that and my...

Yesterday, I was eyeballing the backlash from the prop tip. It looked like 1/4''. Today, I took a yardstick out there and measured for real. The backlash is only 1/8". I rocked it back and forth several times and measured several times. It's 1/8'' in. Thanks Tom and Doc for your detailed...

I checked the backlash on the gear this afternoon. There was about 1/4'' of play. I'm going to try to borrow a battery and get her started sometime in the next week. Before I do that, should I drain the oil and remove the old filter and cut it open to see what (if any) metal is in there, or...

IIRC, there are TIME limited parts that Cessna has established through revisions in the 172/175 manuals including vacuum hoses, vacuum filters, seat belts, trim tab actuators, so on... In that case, would you wait 10 years from the date of the new logbook to replace them, or would you replace...

Thank you.

Thanks, guys. I ordered a title search yesterday and should have the results in a couple of days. We'll see what we'll see...

Who, pray tell, is buying those components for those prices? Salvage yards, barnstormers, T-a-P, ebay?