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I'm a 1947 model soloed in one of these in 1964. I still remember every detail of that that day. Cubs always bring a smile of good times long ago! 😊😊😊
Soloed in 1977, no better aircraft to learn on.
@@grumblesa10 Tailwheel is where it's at, that is something better to learn from ground zero.
Is that in Texas?
Interesting, I looked up the FSA registration on the yellow "1946". The FAA says it's a 1940. Prewar. Nice
Yeah, I was thinking that too. The post WW2 Cubs had metal spars. This one has wood spars
how do you figure 1940 'prewar' ? just curious....
@@rollsmerlin1659 Here in the US, prewar is anything before Dec. 1941.
@@rollsmerlin1659 Because the "War" started on Dec. 7, 1941 for the U.S.
So glad that you are back to videos about planes and getting them able to fly again. I prefer these to the elvis jet stuff.
Yes!!! Agreed
Me too....
any telegram or free prize is a scam...don't reply and report them immediately!
Lies! I won 15 plastic penis's through one...but they did say I won a Cessna 172 :/
Take a ride, on heavy scammers.
Not even them trying to get a hold of me about my plane’s extended warranty 😂
@@LostCloudx4 *penises.
You mean I didn’t win the Cub? 😂😂😂
You can take the valve out of the guide you know. Just reach up through the bottom spark plug hole with mechanical fingers and grab the stem. Then you can ream a valve guide that is leaded up. You look up through the exhaust port to line it up again to reinstall it. Stick a tiny inspection light down through the top spark plug hole so you can see better inside the cylinder. Also, I recommend you put a GoPro on a stick and slide it up through the wing inspection holes so you can check to see how many rib stitch cords the mice ate. The next to last plane I worked on before I retired was a J-3. The owner begged me three times before I told him to bring it in. I figured how bad could someone screw up a simple plane like that. Boy, did i find out. 30 plus write ups and an AD note that was never done since the early 80s. Also I have a Cub story for you from way back. When Piper started hanging Lycomings on them, they were operating with zero extra capital. One time a customer came in to pick up his new Cub and they still didn't hadn't bought the engine for it yet. As soon as the customer handed them the check, they rushed it to the bank and sent a man to Lycoming, which was just 20 some miles down the road form Lock Haven, to pick up the new engine. To kill time, Mr. Piper gave the man an extended tour of the manufacturing plant while they got to finishing up the plane and taking a test flight in it. Also, Mr. Piper had Lycoming agree to build the pallets they shipped the engines on with a special type of plywood top, which became the floor boards in the plane. That is one reason they were under $1000 new.
Fixed a stuck valve on the ramp in my Luscombe back in college using a mechanical finger (tool retrieval tool). Had to remove the valve and ream the guide. Worked great. From start to finish it took all of 45min to an hour and I was outta there! My roommate looked at me like “you’re gonna hop in that and fly home now?” Sure did!
Great story thanks. BTW: Would love to hear any others you may have. Thanks.
You can actually do it without the mechanical fingers in the exhaust port so you can leave the exhaust in place. Just bend up a couple hook tools from stiff wire and manipulate thru the plug holes. Helps a lot to have a nice strong magnet on a stick that fits in the guide. Good stuff!
@@NorthwestAirtech Mechanical fingers make it so much easier. You won't drop the valve with them.
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My first plane ride was in a J3 in 1957 (age 7) over Norfolk, Va. At that time, flying over the Navy bases was ok and the pilot took us to see the aircraft carriers and other ships. I joined the Navy in 1969 and was stationed at Norfolk from 70 to 73.
81-93 San Dog
J-3 - So many memories. In the late '70s, I soloed in a J-3 Cub at the Searcy, Arkansas airport. It was Sunday early afternoon so no one was around to tear off my shirt. Like many things, the first is always special so I've always had a particular fondness for the Cub. Mr Taylor did a great job designing it. Thanks, Jimmy.
I am not into planes really at all .fact is I never been on an airplane ever , I subbed to this channel because of the mechanical skills and content on what makes them work and getting them running and flying . Great all around content 👌 .
You owe it to yourself, as a mechanic of stuff, to book yourself a discovery flight or "Pilot for the day" program from a local flight school! You will forever remember your "first" flight! Try it! lol
I’d rather be IN a plane than on it! 😱🙈👍🏻🙏🦘
I love the Piper J3. Here in Argentina there are many who still fly. In general, each flying club has a J3, or a PA11, or a Cesna 172,
And yerba mate for drinks..
Jesse is such a great addition to Jimmys world. Keep this guy close
HI JESSE! You can answer us because Jimmy's too busy making money, one day, to talk to us...how about it ?
What a gem Jesse is .
Really seems to know his stuff
With his Cleet and Jackstand gear.
Hey Jimmy this is Nosson it was so nice meeting you at sun ‘n fun on Thursday, keep up the great videos 👍😊 #savethe310 😉
Dude, the narration at the end... Love your stuff Jimmy.
I was born in Lock Haven PA where that puppy was built! If you’re ever in the area, there’s a nice Piper museum in the old factory! It’s worth the visit! Great Job Jimmy! Hope to see her fly!
Oh beautiful deer, I touch myself!
I wasn't aware that puppies were built.
@@jimdavis6833 Woof woof....
Great video! Jessie is an awesome addition. seems like a smart lad and knows his stuff. How you managed to score Morgan freemans voiceover at the end is beyond me. Ha Ha
You do NOT have to take the engine apart if the valve falls in. In fact, knocking it into the cylinder is part of the process you can do to clean the valve stem and ream the guide without pulling the cylinder. You can route a set of mechanical fingers in the valve guide, grab the valve, and put it throught the spark plug hole, then rotate the prop until the piston holds the valve while you clean it. Let the valve back down when you're done, then use the mechanical fingers through the spark plug hole to put it back into the guide and lap it. Had an A&P do this to 2 cylinders on my 150 when I got a stuck valve 10 miles from an airport in 2019.
Several decades ago I met a gentleman who had bought a piper J2 cub all "original" he was extremely happy about the plane but he was confused about how low the flight time was. I mention to him that it was a nice winter airplane to which I received a puzzled look. A couple months later the temperature hit 95 degrees and he found out why I said it was a nice winter airplane . Anyone care to comment? Jimmy you still haven't handproped , do something with 235 hp. Or more. Now you have handproped . No conventional gear rating, what have you been doing? Go get it and get a glider rating while you're at it . Your options open up dramatically. When I added those ratings to my ticket my insurance cost went way down .
Air density is the bane of almost all low powered high drag airplanes. Enough said......
@@bbrut3332 we have found a pilot .😊
Jimmy needs to find an ol' Stearman! 🤠
Exactly what I learned to fly in, the J3 cub at Northeast Regional Airport many many years ago, back when it was Aerosport owned by the Mosers.
Love these longer vids, espescialy this type content, please do the other aircraft as well, thank you again for your great contributions to aviation
I'd love to see the others as well. I love anything old, and planes age well.
Amazing video Jimmy. It is quite clear you have a love of airplanes. There has to be only a select few people who know this much detail about these old vintage machines. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Perfect plane to put a Yamaha Apex motor in it. Just spinning the valve with a drill can clear carbon off the seat. You might not even need valve grind compound. Spray some top engine cleaner in spark plug hole. Done it many times.
This looked like a perfect time to try adding can of Seafoam motor additive.
I have used Marvin Mistry Oil on my car knocking engine and it worked like magic. I did smoked the neighborhood for about 15m but ever since then I am a strong believer in the product.
Glad to see you have the issues with the engine worked out. This looks to be in really good shape. You can do some aerobatics in these planes. Matter of fact, a nationally known stunt pilot, Gene Griffith, currently holds the world tail spin record in a Piper J-3 Cub where he performed 87 consecutive turns from a height of 12,000 feet in the J-3 in which this record was set in back 1950 in Zanesvile, Ohio and has never been broken. It was a very windy day when Gene set this record. Many pilots have attempted to break his record in the J-3 but all have failed.
There is no PA-18 in this video.
"I needs me one o them 25/32nd's wrenches" Classic. Good going Jesse...🤓
Dude the Morgan Freeman impersonation had me straight Rolling!!! Buaaahaha
So happy jimmys world is back to what it’s best at. “will it start” is by far my favourite series on KZhead, glad the Elvis jet is done with (I hope you’re suing the auction company also)
well said. that stupid elvis plane is scrap
I love the will it start vids as well but I also would love to see more inflight videos. :)) But resurrecting aircrafts and get them back into the air safely is something I'm kinda addicted of in terms of video series
I watch the first video. I think you’re getting an awesome deal. I hope you’ve done it already. PS, I think the cub is a 1940.
Jesse did a good job
Loved the narration at the end
Love your videos man. Makes me want to learn to fly!!!
Tail dragger takes 20 hours to get a license to fly. Like the cub.
I'm told.
Go get some seat time. Get an ultralight and be flying for less than a good used 10 yr old car.
between this guy and Mike Patey that's why I'm getting my License
An hour of video of Jimmy working on airplanes, Priceless!
Absolutely ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
❤❤❤Very entertaining video and I just realized how much I enjoy watching Jimmy's videos on KZhead! Thank you Jimmy, you are a amazing and awesome family man and you are my favorite!❤❤❤😊
I know nothing about aircraft engines but a fair bit about flat four VW's. Remove pushrod from tappet. Move tappet. Spin valve enthusiastically. On VW's I use a small battery hammer drill. DON'T use lapping compound :)
I love the Morgan Freeman impression. Whoever did it is really good.
Marvel Mystery oil works wonders for old J-3 engines. Also, Aero Kroil is your friend for things that are stuck. Mouse Milk should be in your kit next to the WD-40…just saying. 😊
That's what I was thinking. Break out the MMO!
You know the joke about MMO, right? The mystery is - what's it good for? I used to buy a lot of that when I owned a C-85 in a Cessna 140. Until I started to add TCP to the fuel.
Love your work Jimmy, you and you’re channel have come along away
That lil cub slices n dices...is what yer tryin to say,eh Jimmy?Never knew you were a musician too Jimmy!Piper Cub=is the go cart of flyin machines!The only thing that is more minimal for powered flight would be Para-gliding...
I've heard of freeing valves that way but never seen it done before. Good Job Jimmy.
I've done it, and it has worked at times. About stuck rings, I've had luck filling the cylinder with two-stroke oil, and letting it sit for a week or so, change the engine oil, and run it up to working temperature.
I like the fuel hose trick to chuck it up.
@@leifvejby8023 one better than that is diesel fuel, it's thinner and gets everywhere!
@@samrodian919 Diesel doesn't dissolve coke. Maybe automatic transmission fluid would do. Don't know, hardly any automatic cars around.
Not only are the Piper cub series classic aircraft. They are the most cloned aircraft in history.
Don't know where you found Jesse but don't let him go!
You can spray ...with a spray bottle( old windex type) those mud dobber nest with water and they will disintegrate into loose dirt.
I was at Sun and fun today and guess who I ran into one of the nicest men that I follow ,made my whole vacation.
This series is going to be epic.
You are sooooo right!!
😉👍 I've used that same valve lapping method on my lawn mower... 😬 Hopefully that prop doesn't want to cut the grass too...
You need Tarryl from Tarryl Fixes All to fix your sticky valve. It would be a KZhead sensation. By the way Marvel Mystery Oil or transmission fluid added to your oil and fuel will prevent any carbon problems in that engine.
YES YES YES Taryl could show Jimmy a crap load of tips and tricks to save time and work when it comes to mechanical innovations,Taryl is "The Man" !!!!!!!!!!!! Wish we could get those two together maybe even get a skit too !!!!!!! They call me "Handy Andy" ,!!!!!!
Love you Jimmy! I love these types of episodes! Wish I could fly with you one day!
Fire it up!
I had a stuck valve on the #3 as well recently. The rope trick wouldnt work, so I just popped that bad boy off, got the valve out, cleaned it and the intake valve up, used a nylon brush to clean the guides, and gave it a good hone before I put it back on. Helps if you have the real gasket push rod tube conversion. That was the first change I made to my engine.
love to watch people with the knowledge go to work....years ago I got a ride over big peach fields in S.C. in a J3, some of those boys didn't have licenses and a J3 was cheap...
One of my first flights was in a J-3 Piper Cub back in the early 1970’s. I felt safe and privileged to have done so. Great airplane!
You need to get Dewey Davenport to train you in those taildraggers and maybe ferry some of them home for you. I love watching his ferry flights.
That's pretty cool that you mentioned Dewey. His private strip is about 20 minutes away from my house. I had the honor of finally meeting him and flying in his New Standard bi plane last year. He is a great guy that shares the passion of aviation with others. I totally agree with you on Jimmy reaching out to him even for a video.
LOL.. I guess I am old. I still think of tail draggers as the norm and trikes as something new.
Jimmy is a real stand-out. The coolest American on the planet !
I'm 77 yrs old and I'm still firing on all cylinders. That is a nice airplane. Watching you from the beginning from Tampa.
For stuck rings, valves, dry carbon in engines which have not run for a while. I filled the cylinders with diesel for a few days. The diesel will go in the motor oil, no damage you need to change the oil anyway. Diesel has a greater means of going into places and leaking more than other fluids.
I see a tailwheel endorsement coming in Jimmy's future!
I may not know much. I didn't even know you needed a special license for them. My dad had a 48 Luscome taildragger. I thought anyone could fly them.
@Max Nafe Horsemanship Most people learn to fly in airplanes with tricycle landing gear. If you take flying lessons in a tailwheel airplane, or what the FAA refers to as "conventional landing gear" there is no requirement to have a tailwheel endorsement, and you never need to get a tricycle gear endorsement, because that is the less difficult of the two types. Just the standard required check ride in the aircraft type is all that is needed.
Man this plane brings back memories... my first flight in a small craft was this very model... pretty cool to learn some more history about it... thanks Jimmy 😎👍
Carbon problem in a gasoline engine. Maybe your horse needs a drink of water. Start the engine, warm it up, hold throttle a little above idle, pour a small amount (1/2 ounce maybe) of water into the intake. The water will fracture the hot carbon and it blows out the exhaust.
I have never heard about using water, but I have used Marvin Mistry Oil on my car knocking engine and it worked like magic. I did smoked the neighborhood for about 15m but ever since then I am a strong believer in the product.
You could get a few 50 lb dumbbells and strap them down in the back seat. That way you can pilot the plane in the front.
Hey Jimmy! Nice group of planes! You and Blancolirio now both have a mighty Luscomb, a Cub (Though his is a Cubcrafters), and a 310. Twinsies! Love you channel and what you are doing for aviation. Please keep at it even if it drives you to the poor house. It will at least be a fun trip!
Watching from Zambia. Can't wait to see the outcome of the Elvis jet.
Great work guys!!! Love the Jack stand Jimmy shirt. Just saw you in Cleetus video doing formation fly. Nice job.
Love the Jack Stand Jimmy shirt!!!!!
How many times will this 'FREE AIRPLANE if I can start it' trope going to be used for clicks? Stop it. It's cringe.
This is because of the success rebuild rescue had with the 401 he got for free the same way.
It's ok if it's true as long as you realise it won't fly for free.
Ya did it!
If its true , its okay.
"I bought these free aiplanes for $100,000 and i get to keep them if i fix them. even though i bought them"🤣
Also known as the Italian tuneup. Old schoolers on automotive engines would pour water down the carburetor while giving it the beans…. Cheap steam clean, plus worked to reseat stuck piston rings
Watched somebody do that with Marvel Mystery Oil with his son's '77 Honda CVCC: smoked-out half the airport for an hour!
My dad used ATF, just a drizzle into the carb at high idol, an killed mosquitoes all around. But it also blew out cylinder crud.
Yep still that’s the old school approach for sure! Just a drizzle… lol
Love Jesse's ring!
A 25/32 nds wrench is one 32 nd over 3/4. When do you need to be that precise?? To get the mud dobbers out, put the shop vac hose in one access port and reach in through another to break it up. Otherwise you'll have dirt all inside the wing.
"Guess the other way is the same result, really." Ok, I got a laugh out of that one! Our very similar sense of humor and, of course, airplanes is why I enjoy your content, Jimmy.
My Uncle Hubert had a '46 J-3 Cub, he propped it with one hand, my Navy pilot dad used both, the stand in front positioned to fall backwards if you lost your balance. Hubert bought it after the Piper salesman who lived in Kansas flew him in his, and showed him how he took off using a post with a cable and a hook in the wing, due to his EXTREMELY short runway, the plane would circle the post 2× and as it came around to his runway, he pulled a lever that opened the hook and then had sufficient ground speed for takeoff. Hubert used the GenAv airport in Oklahoma City, HIS back yard was WAY too small.😁 👍🇺🇸😂
Awesome video Jimmy!! I fly and restore these old girls. This one is a 1940 J-3F. Originally came with a 65 hp Franklin engine. Great find. 😁👌🏼
This is one of your best videos. Not only was I entertained, but I also learned a crap-load. Can't wait to see the Cub fly.
Very educational, and the absolute simplicity of the J-3 blows me away...now I'm 100% certain I will NEVER climb into anything smaller than an Embraer 145.
40:19 Keepers ! That's one thing to know, when you rebuild small engines as a hobby. How do you clean the compound, after lapping ?
Old school trick we used to do is throw transmission fluid down in the jugs. There's a lot of detergent in there and it has a tendency of breaking free a lot of carbon. It's how I used to free up rings on the engine that's been sitting for a year or two as well it lubricates. It will billow a lot of smoke till it burns off
Dynamic Carbon Removal: Setup a small hose with shutoff from a water bottle to a vacuum source on cylinder to be cleaned. Start engine, set RPMs to operating speed, open valve to water, don't let enough in to slow engine. Watch the smoke out of exhaust! This tip cam from Dealer Tech @ American Honda, for a grannied Gold Wing that ran like crap due to carboned valves not allowing vacuum throttle pistons to operate properly. Worked perfectly, smelled terrible while carbon was expelled.
I flew a Cub from sea to shining sea with a pal I co-owned it with .. From east to west, IFRR (I follow Rail Roads), north through new England, west to Minnesota, into Canada, across the plains, through and not at all over the Rockies (didnt go that high) landing in Vancouver. The trip took just over a week, two 20 somethings on an trip funded with hamburger flipping money ...Sleeping under the wing or on a hangar floor if we were lucky, sometimes taken home for a good dinner and sometimes a warm coke and stale airport peanuts. A great and memorable adventure for two young men - one that I think might be very hard if not impossible to repeat now. My J3 was a good airplane, it taught me a lot more than just how to fly.
Good morning from Minnesota!! Nicely done using the rope trick!
Hi jimmy just wanted to say your doing an awesome job keep up the great work my kids and I love watching you
29:35 that's what we call an "italian tuning" - rpm the sht out of the engine at full throttle. :D Great vid Jimmy - love to see more of them :D
Safety spoiler: Stay clear of the prop arc when conducting a cylinder pressure test. 70PSI can kick the prop over and the prop can then knock you out or worse. Not to mention that mud daubers love to weigh down fabric aircraft with their nests. 🤠
Great video Jimmy love your channel.... Cheers 🥂
I have a hard time with how Jimmy holds himself…his demeanor per se.. I can see how he’s so popular on KZhead….I wish him well and prosperity…🇺🇸
Great video! I have a 46 J3 and just love flying it.
Jimmy, acrobats do acrobatics, ( in circuses) aeroplanes do aerobatics. The clue is in 'aero'. 😮
I don't even have a pilots license, but I heard the name of the Piper Cub a LOT and never anything bad. Hope this thing works for you. If I recall correctly, this is the one you want your kid to start on. I've done that kind of valve work on a few cars but I would never risk doing it on an assembled engine. Way too much could go wrong. No more time and only a few bucks for a head gasket to pull the head and do it safely.
Jimmy the 12 point nuts that held the brakes on the main wheels of a Boeing 727-227 are 25/32". Still have that socket in my tool box.
My Dad had a Piper Cub in High School in Fargo, ND, in the late 50s. The stories are wonderful.
My 1st personal plane was a Luscombe 8A. Loved it.
I remember as a 10-12 year old kid in the early to mid 70s, going through the Piper plant tour with my neighbors. I dont remember much, but what I do, it was pretty cool. It's long gone now.
love your channel jimmy great work i dont miss none of your videos
Oooh.. yeah Jimmy going to get training on tail dragger I guess! Awesome, that's a pretty important cert to get I'm guessing!! sweet another set of videos!
Rocking the Jack Stand Jimmy shirt! Love it!
Best content Jimmy... I love this type of video brilliant keep it up.
G,day Jimmy's world from Sydney Australia. Firstly, a great episode and good work cleaning/sealing the valves on the "Cub" tail wheel: can a spring strut assembly be added? It will be interesting to see it's flying characteristics. I pray the mud pods haven't affected the cables! 🌏🤠
Great choice! love the j3
Cant wait to see em going....thanks a lot boys and girls. Give your best.....i know you make it.
You missed the one thing that made the Cub a basic aircraft, the piece of wire protruding out of the gas cap in front of the windscreen to let you know if you had gas left or to start looking for a field. If it was bouncing up and down you were good to go. In 1962 my dad bought a 47 cub for 1200 dollars in flying condition. Best thing about a fabric aircraft is you need to work on something internal cut the fabric off fix it and in a weeks time have it back good as new fairly cheap. (if you do the recovery process yourself). You will love flying around with the door down . If the locals weren't so eager to turn in every little infringement another fun thing was to toss out a roll of toilet paper and see how many times you could cut it with your wing before it got too low.
I cut that wire off on my J3... so it wouldn't scare me.
Glad you got that sorted out out. That Cub needs to be flown to get the cobwebs off.
You should do a collaboration with Cleetus McFarland and his new Carbon Cub. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
We had a 1956 Cessna 172 with an O 300 Continental in it that used to occasionally get sticky valves. The trick we used was to add Marvel Mystery Oil to the fuel tanks and then run the crap out of the engine like you did that usually did the trick. Once we started using Marvel Mystery Oil regularly, we never had a problem with stuck valves again
Love the borescope. Mike Busch student. Would have liked to have seen the cylinder wall.
Fantastic Jimmy, Regards from the Netherlands and keep on going
Pipercub J3 is always my favorite !!