MB65E Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 With a tank that clean I wouldn’t worry about corrosion. Seal it up and worry about it in 20years. I don’t think the Alodine will do any better than what’s there now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prior owner Posted July 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 Working on the main gear this week while I wait for the left tank to cure (access panels are back in and I’ll be painting them on Sunday). I’m going to be installing oversized main gear retract link bushings this weekend, so I just removed the left gear from the wing. Dan at LASAR gave me a tip about a method to remove the retract spring, and it worked (the second time). I picked up a stack of fender washers and with the main gear fully extended, I inserted the washers into the spring coils.. the flower petal arrangement worked best. I then retracted the gear by pushing directly on it , and what do you know- the spring stopped compressing before the gear was fully retracted- I was able to easily remove the bolt holding the spring and then pull the whole gear out. I’ll post pics of the links being reamed and the new bushings going in this weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffy Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 quarters were used in times past for this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy95W Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, cliffy said: quarters were used in times past for this But those cost money! The horror! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prior owner Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 I just found this older thread on changing out the bushings- nice documentation with videos too.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffy Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 7:57 PM, Andy95W said: But those cost money! The horror! Who ever said airplanes were cheap? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prior owner Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Okay, I’m attacking a host of different things all at once now.. gear bushing change is still in progress. I need some help identifying a bulb! I have this little light under my panel on the pilot side that points to the floor- but there is no bulb in it and so I’m trying to figure out which bulb I need. I stuck a gear warning light in the pic to show the scale- this under panel light is nearly twice the size. any ideas about a bulb? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLCarter Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Fuel selecter bulb P# 83B1310-117, Might call an MSC and see what they say 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prior owner Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 38 minutes ago, RLCarter said: Fuel selecter bulb P# 83B1310-117, Might call an MSC and see what they say Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prior owner Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 For the rest of the folks out there- it's a GE 1813 bulb, and there is an LED replacement for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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