The International Cessna^® 170 Association

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And just think: The most exciting activity for some guys is to sit in front of the TV watching "pro" football drinking Budweiser.

Nice looking bird. You're gonna be havin' fun with that thing!

Would you consider writing an article on the Reiff install, including pics, and send it in for a 170 News article?

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If I let old glue and soundproofing spray bother me; I'd already be out of my mind
You've really put some elbow grease into that. It really looks good!

This weekend, I'm replacing the strobe power supply and red flasher unit. I'm also replacing my Nav lights for another type of standard bulb that will use 1/10th the amperage.

After that, I might even fly the old bird

"FLY IT", you say ???? Let's not get carried away with enthusiasum!

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The bottom pic in the above set shows the "Hat Shelf" removed. Good move in my opinion. The damn thing always used to be in the way for me. It looks like now would be the perfect time to install a baggage door. That was one of the best mods I ever did. I used to haul my camping gear most of the time and I never carried the rear seat. The baggage door was the perfect answer to loading my cooler which was about the last thing to go on when leaving on a trip.

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bigrenna wrote:Got some more cleaning done today. Scrubbin aint my idea of fun...
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I don't know....looks like you enjoy it! (Good work!)

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As I flew my first 170 without a headliner for 8 years, I spent many hours looking at the glue remnants on the ceiling and side panels. All the while trying to decide if coming in contact and breathing chemicals known to cause cancer to mice in the state of California. Of course I wasn't in the state of California and I'm not a mouse but I never did figure out a safe, let alone a half safe way to go about doing it and it never got done.

I imagine after removing the bulk of the material, mouse or otherwise your using a Scotch brite pad soaked with MEK to dissolve the glue. Then I imagine more MEK on a rag to wipe it clean.

So how are you doing this job? How are you being safe (breathing) while doing it?

Looks nice, just what I imagined my plane would have looked like.

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bigrenna wrote:I've been obviously trying to keep the exposure to a minimum, but there is some amount of "it is what it is..." Chem resistant gloves, proper respirator, ventilation, etc, is your friend.

I was wondering (hoping) you had a remote air source. I don't and of course have had visions how I could create one for this purpose.