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But not intentionally. Yesterday I flew my -3 from my home in San Diego to my place in Joshua Tree - a small community in the high desert in Southern California. Usually takes 40-45 minutes and avoids having to make a 3 hour drive on highways peppered with drivers of questionable ability. Made...

I have a -3 Cruisemaster whith what appears to be the Paramount brake master cylinders. They look like this one: One of the reservoir plugs on mine are missing, the plug that is on the other one looks like someone installed a tapered pipe plug with a drilled hole for a vent. That works but...

My -3 has new slicks. 6 of my client's planes have Slicks. My Stinson and Luscombe had Slicks. Despite an apparent feeling in the aviation world that Slicks arent all that good, I've never personally had, or know anyone that personally had any issue with them. Last Saturday, I started...

Not long after I got it, I noticed that I could feel a vibration in the pedals in my -3 under hard braking. It felt exactly like a slight nosewheel shimmy. I happened to have a camera mounted under the tail when I aborted a takeoff not long ago, and when I looked at the video I realized that it...

Anyone have a source? one of mine has been sticking. Right main down - 14-19-3 the light has been kind of dimmer than the other 2 since I got it, when I spray it with cleaner it unsticks and gets a little brighter but eventually it goes back to the way it was.. I'm thinking its time for a...

When I removed the right tank cover there was some filler installed over all the screws that was a pale green color.. anyone know what that is? It seemed to be perfect. Wasnt cracked or loose yet it was easy to clean out of the screw heads and joint between the cover and wing.. sands nice too...

I've been lurking for a few months reading old posts collecting information but thought I'd come out of the shadows and say hello. I bought a '59 -3 a few weeks ago and am here in Dallas making it ready for the cross country home to San Diego. Engine has 6 hours since overhaul - looks and runs...

Can anyone tell me if the Landing Gear/Flap Power Pak the same in a -3 as the one in a -2?