Fairchild Club Forum

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Emil in Ky
On 6/13/2019 11:25 PM, cagog@yahoo.com [fairchildclub] wrote:

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What is your email address ?

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I would be interested in a copy of the drawing.?? It would be useful in determining if a coupling presently available is compatible.
Thanks,

Emil in Kentucky??
On 12-Jun-19 22:39, cagog@yahoo.com [fairchildclub] wrote:
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I have the drawing for the 6474 coupling. '

'Have a 24-C8F in the shop and the rubber magneto couplings are shrunk,
dried out and harder than Chinese arithmetic.?? The Ranger part number is
6474.?? Anyone have spares or know of a source? Fresno Air Parts has the
metal has the 6363 coupling.?? It is similar in appearance to the rubber ...

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http://ph.parker.com/us/27601/en/brass-inverted-flare-fittings
Parker still makes'em, you may have to hunt the auto parts places to find them. Piper used them a lot through the Sixties as well.
Emil in Kentucky

On 23-Mar-18 00:47, Francis Cox frankjcox44@gmail.com [fairchildclub] wrote ...

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Here is a quick n dirty troubleshooting guide for you. Generators have become a lost art, but these guys can still fix most of your components. I have been using their stuff for close to 40 years and they have always done right by me.

http://www.aerotechlou.com/ts_alternators.shtml



Emil ...

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Engines that have been operating on straight mineral oil for several hundred hours, a change to ashless dispersant oil should be made with a degree of caution as the cleaning action of some ashless dispersant oils tends to loosen sludge deposits and cause plugged oil passages. Some go so far as ...

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A bad crank seal can also cause high oil consumption by pressurizing the crankcase. During flight ram air gets past the seal and into the case and out the breather vent. The effect is the same as stuck rings and other causes already mentioned. On "flat" engines it's pretty easy as you can modify ...

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The smaller vertical fin and rudder on the pre-war airplanes is quickly blanked out by the fuselage. The post war airplanes the fin and rudder are half again larger and rudder authority is correspondingly better on landing. Take off is not as big an issue as there is propwash over the rudder to ...

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I second that! The little tail on the 1936 24-C8F based here makes three point landings on anything but grass and ideal conditions an adventure. Especially if you forgot to lock the tailwheel.

On 21-Mar-17 10:46, Dennis Strong DStrong@kodiakroofing.com [fairchildclub] wrote:

What year 24 ...

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Midland has them, among others. Sometimes called reverse flare fittings. Piper was fond of them through the Sixties.

http://goodyearrubberproducts.com/files/Midland/MidlandCatalog/MidlandCatalog1.Page016.pdf



On 27-Sep-16 23:50, Ranchaero Wing Shop david@ranchaerowingshop.com ...