What Cheered You Up Today?

[Zippythehog]

I changed the oil in my airplane for the first time since I installed the new exhaust pipes - and it was a nightmare. The new pipes prevent you from getting a suitable container under the drain plug and even if you do manage to squeeze one in there by bending it you have to turn it sideways to get it out, which of course dumps the oil out. It was a huge mess.

Then I realized that the objective was NOT to get a container under the engine but instead get the oil OUT. And just a few thousand years or so ago someone invented tubular conduits that allow liquid to flow through them unimpeded. I think I even have some in my house somewhere, probably the bathrooms. So I found I have scrap piece 2 inch PVC pipe with a 90 degree elbow and I'll be able to stick it under the drain plug and bring the oil out at a 90 degree angle out the side of the engine compartment and then down into an old laundry detergent jug. The eternal problem of not dropping the drain plug is also solved since I can stick a piece of screen wire in he PVC pipe to catch it and thus avoid fishing around in the oil pan with my bare hands to find it.

Of course, there is no reason I could have not been doing this for the last 35 years and thereby avoid doing the work of three grown men named Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe.

Congratulations. What's the engine type?

 

[MIflyer]

Congratulations. What's the engine type?

Continental C-85-12F

 

[Zippythehog]

Is this contrivance FAA approved?

Mmmm. The airworthiness of the aircraft isn't compromised by what the waste oil is captured in. I wouldn't expect the Federales care what the oil is drained into.

 

[Zippythehog]

Continental C-85-12F

I'm looking for an A-65 for a Pietenpol build. You wouldn't happen to have one?

 

[MIflyer]

Is this contrivance FAA approved?

The tools you use to work on an airplane do not have to be FAA approved. Now, for $100 - $150 you can get a oil drain plug that has a built in valve to enable you to open the drain plug instead of remove it, and that item has to be FAA approved, but that does not solve the problem of how to get the oil collected and and removed from the engine compartment.

 

[GrauGeist]

The Dallas Cowboys annual playoff implosion.

I don't really like Green Bay, but today I am a satisfied fan for the day.

 

[N4521U]

Gonna be a whopper of a super bowl this year!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I don't really like Green Bay, but today I am a satisfied fan for the day.

I don't like them either, especially since my Niners have to play them next week, but I have two favorite teams…

1. 49ers
2. Whoever is playing the Cowboys

How bout dem Boyz!

 

[N4521U]

I don't like them either, especially since my Niners have to play them next week, but I have two favorite teams…

1. 49ers
2. Whoever is playing the Cowboys

How bout dem Boyz!

Is this 9ers game going to be televised???????

 

[GrauGeist]

Is this 9ers game going to be televised???????

Should be, though not sure which network will air it.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Is this 9ers game going to be televised???????

Of course. Minus the ridiculous Chiefs/Dolphins game on Peacock all playoff games are televised.

The Niner's-Packer's gams is 8:15 PM ET Saturday on Fox.

 

[Viking1066]

I enjoyed the game. I could barely do my coursework.

 

[GrauGeist]

Really disappointed that the Rams fell short against the Lions.

The Rams were my Dad's favorite team.

So it's up to the niners to represent the West Coast.

 

[cammerjeff]

Well my local team held on for the win last night, so the Lions have now won a total of 2 Playoff games in my Lifetime. Their pass defense sure needs work though!

 

[MIflyer]

I'm looking for an A-65 for a Pietenpol build. You wouldn't happen to have one?

I used to have the case for an A-65 but I gave it to a friend who has one on his Champ.

 

[cammerjeff]

Our electricity came back on after 2 1/2 days! Not a big issue for us as we have an automatic back up generator, but with snow, winds & -6 F temps it would have been a big problem for anyone without a generator to keep the heat on!

 

[Marcel]

I finally removed the Christmas banner again and we have our normal banner back

 

[fubar57]

 

[SaparotRob]

Groundhog Day banner?

 

[Marcel]

Groundhog Day banner?

Can you make one?