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These are becoming some of my most hated acronyms! I am rebuilding my 7ECA, which had some decrepit instruments. One by one, I've begun to replace or upgrade them. Let's look at oil pressure. I can go the Aircraft Spruce and buy a quote "2-1/4 inch UMA Electronic Oil Pressure Gauge TSO'd...

One of my goals in my 7ECA rebuild is to have an all-electronic instrumentation in the sense that oil pressure, oil temperature, and the tachometer, will use transducers and sensors to send their info via wiring through the firewall, and to the instruments. I am set up with UMA oil pressure and...

The old headliner on my 7ECA had pretty much rotted away by the time I got my hands on it, and yesterday I finished the job by carefully removing the remnants. What an unbelievable mess. The fabric was so rotted, it fell apart just at the slightest touch. Yet it was installed with loops of...

As part of my 7ECA rebuild, I have removed the now-illegal Narco Escort 110 NAV/COMM, as well as a TR-661 Transponder that had power-supply issues. With the airplane now devoid of radios of any kind, it is time to get a VFR package installed. I have a yellow-tagged King KT-76A transponder...

I am a real gadget guy and am searching for a nice GPS. As much as I'd love to buy a Garmin WAAS system, I don't have that kind of coin, so it's going to be a smaller, "portable" VFR unit. Using an Airgizmo panel mount, I'm thinking I can make it look nice. My favorite by far in this hunt is...

After reading and researching for far too long, I am still confused. My transponder (TR661) crapped out, and I really need to upgrade it. The original installation included an accessory Mode C altitude input. I'd just as soon jettison both and replace it with a mode-c capable transponder...

Hi all - I'm still hard at work restoring my '67 7ECA. A week ago, I installed a B&G Spin-on oil filter adaptor, and it went on just fine onto the O235-C1 engine... slightly tight fit relative to the upper cowl, but there is adequate room with the smaller Champion spin-on filter. I think this...

Hi all - I'm a new member currently living near Ft. Worth and am working on getting a 7ECA airworthy once more. There is a huge list of tasks, one of them being simply cleaning out the plane of foreign matter like the mud dauber nests I posted about earlier. I do have the wood wings, and will...

I am currently working on a 1967 Citabria that has not been flown in many years. I've probably removed about 40 pounds of mud dauber nests, and the nests in the wings are especially pesky. These critters tend to build their mud-ball nests on control cables, and both aileron control cables have...