Fairchild Club Forum

'First and foremost, do NOT fill the tank. Regardless of when you add oil, there is always some oil hiding in the engine. I have watched this phenomenon for years. First someone fills the tank completely, after the airplane has been sitting. In this case there may be several GALLONS that have ...

'You can buy the exact tool from F.G Wilcox here in Oxnard California…look at their spanners on line.
Jeff
On Dec 21, 2013, at 4:43 AM, Buell Powell wrote:

I am working on the main landing gear struts for my F24. I have drained the old fluid out and it was a clear fluid that had turned blackish ...

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Thanks for the input....still scratching my head, though...
The airbox appears to be the same as a PT-19, and thus extends too far aft for the short nose- overlaps the carb elbow...
The Carb elbow is identical to the PT-19 -
.....Does anyone have a picture of their airbox and carb for the 1937 ...

'Anyone have the Scott Tailwheel installed on their 37 short nose? - The Fairbanks airplane has one installed, but the cables on this one are swaged onto the rudder cables, and the swages are snagging on the lower fuselage tubing - anyone have this issue?

Thanks
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Jeff Whitesell
topfun ...

'More mysteries from Fairbanks

The airplane has the small diameter oil-spring struts on the landing gear....and the seals leak.

Any idea where to get replacement seals?

anyone have the schematic with the part numbers for the SMALL diameter strut seals?

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Jeff Whitesell
topfun ...

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Gents
Prepping the 1937 "short nose" C8F here in Fairbanks for return to service....and we have a mystery on the airbox to Carb connection- it has the stromberg carburetor. As you can see the air tube from the bottom of the Carburetor does not line up with the Airbox....


Is this the wrong airbox ...

'Fellow Fairchild Flyers

I teach in a PT-19 in Camarillo Ca.....and I would be very interested in learning about this assist lever - the only complaint I have about the airplane is that it is cumbersome (especially for new students) to reach down far enough to activate the flaps- in the front pit ...

'I'd look at a picture, then decide....

Jeff Whitesell
topfun@fivetogether.com

thanks


On Jan 17, 2013, at 7:23 AM, clayshooter555 wrote:

> Hi Guys,
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> Get ready for Spring!
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> Just came across some PT-19 baseball hats that we had made back when we had our PTs. Front shows a PT ...

'Jim, Bill, others who so kindly replied

Thanks for the input, we figured out that the bearings are just pressed into the tubes. I fashioned a soft pine 1 by 2 with a yoke that just fit the vertical on the inboard pedal, then a couple of good taps with an 8 pound ball peen, and they popped right ...

'Roger, wilco re pix of the process....soon...


Jeff
On Jan 5, 2013, at 1:04 PM, mileslong2k wrote:

> Sounds like a great restoration has begun. Will the members on this site be able to see a photo essay of restoration including pictures of the aircraft being disassembled which will benefit ...