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Today, 08:47 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Windowed lower door in Modifications

Exactly. Many are totally different Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

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Today, 06:58 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread New Windows in Tips and Tricks

Screws on center of top track. Pull wing root fairing to see where the protrude. Remove the 3 screws. Put windows in center position and pull/tilt...

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Today, 12:37 AM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread PA-18-135 GW Upgrade Questions / Welding Covered A/C in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

Interpret the last sentence about “up to the installer” to your advantage Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

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Yesterday, 10:34 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Knisley exhaust egt location in Cessna: C180/C182/C185

sounds lake an absolutely legit solution to me...

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Yesterday, 12:36 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread New Windows in Tips and Tricks

Make window smaller by sanding to fit like web said. Make sure they are overlapping correctly too Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org

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11-26-2020, 10:45 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Ag Model PA-18 window in place of hopper hatch. Is that an STC ? in Modifications

i didn't say that.... just a common mod

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11-26-2020, 10:15 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Ag Model PA-18 window in place of hopper hatch. Is that an STC ? in Modifications

common...

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11-26-2020, 08:58 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Cracked fuselage in Piper: PA-12 Super Cruiser

Just another WRONG thing in 43.13. Never will be changed. Look at the bend radius chart twords the bigger end. Someone was whisky-ing and...

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11-26-2020, 06:42 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Happy Thanksgiving guys. in Cafe Supercub

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11-26-2020, 06:37 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Thinking of The Dark Side, C182 in Cessna: C180/C182/C185

Someone was telling an old story of a guy at Birchwood that used a oxygen bottle for a tail tiedown. He forgot to untie it one day and took off with...

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11-26-2020, 02:05 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Fabric pros and cons. in Cafe Supercub

The gas in your plane burns better.... Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

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11-25-2020, 09:49 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread PA-18-135 GW Upgrade Questions / Welding Covered A/C in Piper: PA-18 Super Cub (and L18C & L21)

you just clamp in the tubes with ms27405.pdf clamps (old number AN741-?) or such... might have to get a little creative at the clusters and move just...

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11-25-2020, 09:42 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Oil temperature bulb seals how? in Super Cub Sick Bay

no.... but it MUST screw into the CORRECT adaptor... there is another SIMILAR looking adaptor it WILL screw into, and NOT BE ABLE TO SEAL AGAINST......

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11-25-2020, 08:59 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Fabric pros and cons. in Cafe Supercub

First guy I worked with said they did there Cubs with dope in the living room with the WOOD STOVE. I would highly recommend against that being...

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11-25-2020, 08:56 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Fabric pros and cons. in Cafe Supercub

Oratex is a half assed product/finish not interested in turning out that kind of work from my shop. Non starter. Sent from my iPhone using...

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11-25-2020, 08:22 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Cracked fuselage in Piper: PA-12 Super Cruiser

Not good. You can bend and then straiten the old fuselages. The 4130 ones crack adjacent to the welds when bent and straitened Sent from my...

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11-25-2020, 08:19 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Fabric pros and cons. in Cafe Supercub

Dope. Piper put it on with a MOP. (War time?) dope is still my number one choice... stitts number 2 Doing superflite now only by customers...

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11-25-2020, 03:34 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread My first Piper... in Piper: PA-12 Super Cruiser

Individually ...... Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

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11-25-2020, 03:34 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread My first Piper... in Piper: PA-12 Super Cruiser

Did you try turning the spring parts around? Maybe they are stacked wrong? Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org

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11-25-2020, 01:07 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Engine Dehydrator in Cafe Supercub

Is that a blow pump or. Suction pump? Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org

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11-24-2020, 09:37 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Complete Kit or buy as you go in Experimental Cubs

and as the "PROBLEMS" arise as more than 1 thing wants to occupy/pass through the same spot as project end nears..... I spend much time walking the...

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11-23-2020, 11:11 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Do you guys think this mod is worth pursuing in Experimental Cubs

Hmmmm.... is that backwards of the slotted flaps adding air to the top side??? Hmmmm... have seen bottom seals for when flap is retracted... ...

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11-23-2020, 06:22 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread Fabric pros and cons. in Cafe Supercub

The closest I cam to dying was mixing stitts primer on a high countertop by my face. I was maybe 19 or 20. Took a big breath of that and coughed....

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11-23-2020, 02:02 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread 185 Pponk Gear mod in Cessna: C180/C182/C185

you can just use a long piece of metal through bolt hole, and many separately tied safety wires to longerons to get it home... if you still have one...

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11-23-2020, 01:58 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread New build with lots of mods in Experimental Cubs

the original cross bar was paper thin folded into a square tube like the compression members in wings early on... not much strength there... you...

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11-22-2020, 10:42 PM

mike mcs repair replied to a thread 185 Pponk Gear mod in Cessna: C180/C182/C185

My instructor Cecil’s words... “ keep your ass behind you and the planes will take a ton of abuse”.... Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org...

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