I'm keeping a log of everything during this restoration. Eventually Clojan will scan up some pix for me and I'll post em.
Here's the log so far including today's work:
Ercoupe N94893 Restoration
415G serial 5021
7/1/00 1. Chandler field- removed wings, brought wings home on
back of
Mitsubishi PU.
Saturday 2. Removed fabric from wings, old ceconite
3. Inspection reveals light surface corrosion on some
aluminum parts,
spars in excellent shape- wont need anything. Plans are to
walnut shell
blast everything then alodine, then Stitts yellow epoxy
primer
4. Inspection of center section viewed from end ribs-
looks excellent,
all surfaces are painted. Plans are to remove belly skin,
walnut blast
center section and prime.
5. Moved fuselage from Chandler field to Fresno airport
SJVC campus.
Nose tire came apart 1/2 way, continued on - wheel assy
OK.
7/3/00 1. Removed vertical tails, removed horizontal tail
Monday 2. inspection reveals rudder cables rusted, elevator OK
3. rudder interconnect rods have corrosion, will blast
4. removed prop and spinner. Prop is out of track
5. removed surface corrosion from tapered crankshaft and
prop adapter
6. removed forward cowl. engine baffling needs repair,
prop front seal
needs replaced
7. removed bad rear windows. Forward bubble windshield
needs
polishing.
8. only items on engine dataplate are serial #,
Horsepower rating and
max rpm
7/5/00 1. pulled wing fuel tanks- rust on bottom- looking for
cleaner
that works!
Wed 2. disconnected everything from engine- engine left in for
balance
on wheels, drained oil- not too bad looking
3. pulled interior out- bottom skin looks good, just dirty
4. center section dirty, but no corrosion, began stripping
paint from
fuselage
5. pulled spark plugs from engine- all 4 cylinders nice
and shiny! No
corrosion plugs are very clean. been sitting since
1992
6. need to manufacture new cylinder baffles, new hardware
and rubber
7. fuel lines bad
8. throttle and mixture cables frozen up
9. Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sending me a decent nose tire
and
tube hats off to him!
thats all for now!
Jan Zanutto
Fresno, CA
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