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Cessna 150 and Grand Forks, ND sugar beet harvest

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thehickdaddy

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I just got back home from visiting my girlfriend in grand forks, ND who is attending University of North Dakota commercial pilot program.

My goodness the sugar beet harvest is something to watch. Amazing amount of manpower and machinery in motion both in the fields and at the stock piling yards. Seemed like half the vehicles on the road were either sugar beet trucks or something related to harvest. Local news paper said something like yield was averaging over 25 tons per acre.

Part of the visit was to see the 1966 cessna 150F that my girlfriend had just purchased to acrew more flight hours. While there I thought I would help her swap out the seeping fields tank drain valve. Oops. Old valve kinda galled the threads on the way out so new valve did not want to start and neither did the old one. Oops. So today's question is, what is the thread pitch so she can get thread chaser of correct pitch?

Thankyou

And here is photo of her and cessna. And also of a cute pedal plane in corner of hanger
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And of the many changes for 1966 model year, one was the change over to slick brand magnetos, which makes me smile because Slick started out as JI Case magneto division. The mag still Carrie's the outline of case eagle on theff globe, but the eagle and globe are replaced by the word slick and lighting bolt.
 
Can't help with the thread pitch question...

But when threads gall, often the reason for the galling is the threads were ripped out. If there is missing metal, a thread chaser may give a false sense of a safe repair. Approach with caution!
 
Nice looking plane!
Its been a while since Ive payed much attention to the FAR/AIM so Im not 100% sure but I dont think you are qualified to do anything more than change the oil on an airplane unless you are certified with the FAA as an AP. Most airplane parts must be certified with the FAA . So you cant just go to the hardware store and buy replacement parts for an airplane. Everything done (repair, modification, upgrade, etc.) on an airplane is written the and signed off in the planes maintenance log book. Stripped threads on an airplane gas tank is not where you want to save money. At the very least, have an AP sign off on your work. Remember, If anything fails while you are in the air or the plane catches on fire, you can not just pull over and get out and fix the problem. Also remember its your girlfriends life you are talking about.
 
Not that I think it's a big deal, but if that plane is stored in a legitimate air port hanger, nothing but the plane can be stored in there, FAA regulations.

I echo Tony on the repairs, pay an FAA certified mechanic to repair it. They carry the insurance for it. My BIL was private plane mechanic at a regional air port after the Airforce. He said that not only does everything down to the bolts have to have an FAA certification, if that plane goes down for any reason, the FAA will find out what failed, and if all the I's aren't dotted in the repair log, the last guy to touch it can be criminally and civilly liable for all damage and injury.
 
(quoted from post at 01:46:38 10/19/21) Nice looking plane!
Its been a while since Ive payed much attention to the FAR/AIM so Im not 100% sure but I dont think you are qualified to do anything more than change the oil on an airplane unless you are certified with the FAA as an AP. Most airplane parts must be certified with the FAA . So you cant just go to the hardware store and buy replacement parts for an airplane. Everything done (repair, modification, upgrade, etc.) on an airplane is written the and signed off in the planes maintenance log book. Stripped threads on an airplane gas tank is not where you want to save money. At the very least, have an AP sign off on your work. Remember, If anything fails while you are in the air or the plane catches on fire, you can not just pull over and get out and fix the problem. Also remember its your girlfriends life you are talking about.
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Congrats to your g/f, she should have a promising future in front of her. Its also been awhile since I have flown any general aviation, but as any owner you are only allowed to do certain preventative maintenance items. Oil changes and spark plugs for example. There is a list in the FARs somewhere. All parts must be FAA-PMA approved and the aircraft logbook updated accordingly when work is performed. All other work must be done by an A and P certified mechanic. Dont forget the annual inspection that has to be done by an IA mechanic. Unfortunately lots of cost involved with owning an airplane.
 
Congrats to your GF on earning her ticket. As mentioned above, only small repairs outlined in the FAR/AIM are legal to do by the pilot. Parts have to be approved as well, and it can be costly, however, the 150 is very economical to own. The rear entry step on my Bonanza cracked a few years ago, and it is nothing more than a cast aluminum appendage that bolts on to help climb onto the wing. $4000.00 for that little part that would cost $50.00 if it went on a pickup. Anyhow, best of luck to her.
 
I did that for 3 years after I retired from my real job, drove a beet truck, hauled some beans when it was too warm to harvest beets, went home when it was too cold. If everything goes well it should only take 10 days, but my last year it took 28, with weather delays. Either too hot, too cold, or too much rain. It took up too much of my time for what I made, not worth it for me, and there were some guys driving trucks that shouldn't of been!
 
Please pay an A&P to fix the fuel system! As far as correct storage there may be such a requirement but the FBOs around me have a lot of stuff in the repair hangers, including the tractors and mowers to maintain the infields. Several farmers around me have small grass areas they use for runways (not legal "airfields"), and their planes are in the shed with the plows and tractors. But the fuel system needs attention of an A&P.
 
My mother bought a 150 in 70 or 71.It was known at that airport as the Howard Johnson special.It was painted in three colors,the same colors as the ice cream franchise colors.It was one of the planes used to promote flying lessons,remember those ads in Popular Mechanics? $5.for your first lesson? She bought it from a flying school that closed up.The instructor that she hired loved those planes.I was with him one day and he said,watch what this little plane can do.He came in slow,and touched down at the beginning of the number painted on the runway.We came to a dead stop,still on the painted number.That kind of flying was not my cup of tea.I much preferred flying in a local farmers J3.My mother had an instrument rating,they would tease me that my IFR rating meant I follow roads.
 
PIPE THREADS...PROVE IT BY HOLDING PIPE NIPPLE OR TAP, TO THREADS...CHASER OK, FUEL WILL PURGE AFTER TAPPED...NO, NO, TEFLON TAPE ON FUEL...USE FUELUBE,,,IGNORE NAYSAYERS...FAA NEVER CARES WHUT'S IN YORE HANGAR...LOCAL RULES APPLY...FLY SAFE, WIFE IS PILOT, TOO, 9500 HR...WE GOT PIPER J-3, 1946...BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED...GREAT DECISION, TO BUILD TIME...CLEAN LEAD OUT OF PLUGS, 50 HRS...I SOLOED 61...
 
Twins I went to high school with grew up around planes, their Dad had two Navions and his own strip. I enjoyed flying to various places around the country with them to fly-ins. We invited them, three of their brothers and parents to our wedding, and all had a good time, thankfully. A week later Dad took off from home after changing the carpet in one of the planes, accidentally plumbed the fuel tank selector valve back in wrong, and augered it in just off the end of the runway. He did not survive.

You do what you want to fix this fuel issue.
 
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