You are really doing a TOTAL restoration. That is the ONLY way to go on an airplane this old to make it reliable. There is one thing you will find out very soon. It comes apart very quick. Going back together is another story. Good luck and have fun. George Frebert
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:11:38 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > List, > > Here's the most complete information on my restoration log: > > 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. > 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 to be 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 > > 7/6/00 1. began removing rust from tanks- used sulfuric acid, works > pretty good > Thurs 2. purchased and received stitts green epoxy primer and alodine > 3. fixed both Grimes B wingtip lights, green glass broken > 4. fuselage tank cleaning up but slowly > 5. small leak found in left tank, will have to patch or weld > > 7/7/00 1. began cleaning out the fuselage tank- cleaned out fast! > Friday 2. removed bubble windshield, will need new rubber > 3. applied PRC to the left wing tank- should stop the leak > 4. began removing the instrument panel > > 7/8/00 1. installed used nosetire for movement around shop, has > incorrect > Saturday size wheelbarrow tube- must be removed before flight > > 7/9/00 1. Removed instrument panel- took 4 hours Sun morning > Sunday > > 7/10/00 1. Removed engine from mounts > Monday 2. removed all 3 landing gear from airplane- it now sits on 2 > tires > > 7/11/00 1. Began stripping white paint from fuselage with jasco > stripper. Strips Tuesday pretty quickly. Got the fuselage about 1/2 > done. Scotchbrite cleans it up pretty good. > > > 7/13/00 1. continued stipping paint from fuselage.fuselage about 5/8 > done now > Thursday 2. vernier throttle assembly cleaned. Works now. Noticed ELT > battery out of date > > > 7/15/00 1. Left wing and fuselage transported to Dad's place for > blasting and Saturday removal of fuselage center belly skin. > purchased walnut shells for $14.00 > 2. began cleaning up all 3 landing gear. Will strip and re-paint. > Ordering new seals next week > > 7/17/00 1. ordered new landing gear orings from univair, plus nose > steering Monday ball link $15.00 > > > > > > Jan Zanutto > Fresno, Ca > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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