How much can it cost of restore a vintage airplane?

[@flysport_tedder]

thanks for showing the receipts!

[@CAHelmer]

Thank you for putting this out. Very informative and looking forward to the next one.

[@joedaviss9448]

Excellent video please keep them coming

[@daviddavis325]

Sounds like money well spent, but there's a mod that IMO should be your #1 priority; a Hooker Harness STC. If you already have a shoulder harness, great; I just missed seeing it in the photos.

[@letsgoexploring]

Hookers are amazing!

[@AHatz]

Shouldn't need to lean it out after startup, there's an idle mixture adjustment needle on the backside of the carb. I mention this because you're already setting up a swiss cheese scenario you mention in your previous videos. There's no reason that 0-235 shouldn't run at a nice slow 550 idle without playing with the mixture control. That's very important going into your short strip. If you can't get the idle right, you should investigate further, intake leaks, etc.

[@The_Flying_Mechanic]

I’m getting the proper rise on shutdown so I think it’s rigged and set correctly. I typically lean a 1/2 inch for the plugs while taxiing below 1,300 rpm anyways.

[@AHatz]

@@The_Flying_Mechanic ​ Good grief, you just made a video about wrecking an airplane and here you are arguing the fact your engine doesn't run right is just fine. Are you for real? There is no "proper rise on shutdown", only how it idles without manipulating the mixture control. You shouldn't have to lean it out at idle, ever. Adjust it so it preforms as it's supposed to, so it doesn't quit on you.

[@The_Flying_Mechanic]

@AHatz 👍

[@Nitrohog2006]

I'm curious why you didn't rebuild the carburetor and potentially the mags yourself?

[@skyboy1956]

a mechanic in the field can only "overhaul" these products and only then if they have the data, tools and testing equipment.

[@letsgoexploring]

Super cool!

[@The_Flying_Mechanic]

Thank you! 🙏

[@PDZ1122]

I found an Aeronca L3 many years ago. Bought it for 5,000. By the time it was flying, engine rebuilt, new fabric everything back good as new - $11,000. Cheapest warbird ever! Carb overhauls are a total rip-off. Anybody who knows a screwdriver from brick can re-build these. I bought two essentially new mags from Fresno for 1,200, even though I rebuilt the originals for next to nothing.

[@The_Flying_Mechanic]

That’s awesome! I have been scouring the web for a project Cub… lost two of them to other buyers recently….

[@jimsherman8665]

Regarding the carb, couldn't you have purchased a rebuild kit and done the work yourself? That's pretty common in the automotive world.

[@The_Flying_Mechanic]

Yes! I mention it in the video that I was nervous about cleaning the narrow passages out and frankly didn’t have the ability to confidently overhaul. It is something I want to be capable of as it would save several hundred dollars in the future.

[@jhaedtler]

Stop buying from Spruce! There are many companies out there that are so much cheaper and just as good a quality. Spruce is just running prices up to get rich!

[@boogerwood]

EVERYONE is running up prices right now.

[@jhaedtler]

@@boogerwood They have been doing this for years. I shop anywhere else!

[@letsgoexploring]

Unfortunately spruce is just a cog in the wheel…

[@The_Flying_Mechanic]

I couldn't have said it better myself...