L2 parts

[1943DCO65]

I've been flying my L2 for 10 years. It's in great shape but the front lift struts were repaired about 15 years ago and I'm tired of looking at ugly struts. Is there any other route than biting the bullet and paying a fortune to univair. I looked through all the L2 strut postings, but they are pretty old posts. Also my L2B cowling has patches and dings all over it, nose bowl as well. Any ideas? Doug Maxwell

[Guest]

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[1943DCO65]

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Univair wants $1,420 each for them.

[M Towsley]

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I can give you the name of a guy who can make a new cowl, you can see what he would charge. Let me know and I will send you his info.

[Guest]

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Do you have a L-2F, L-2G, L-2H, L-2J, L-2K?

[M Towsley]

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Dave,

It would be more like an A, B or M. From the picture in the avatar it looks like an A or B.

[Guest]

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Thanks Marty,
I was just speculating that perhaps it was a model that used the $500 strut.

Doug, does Wag Aero have them?

You could do a full length larger o.d. type repair. That would make it look like it had no repair.
I bet it costs nearly as much though.

Dave

[1943DCO65]

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Mine is an L2-B, s#L4900, N50392

[1943DCO65]

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I can't find them at Wagaero, they had them listed several years ago in their catalog, but when I called about them they acted clueless. They aren't listed at all anymore.

[1943DCO65]

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Only problem is they already have repairs that are the next size tubing sleeving the dented section.

[Guest]

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Only problem is they already have repairs that are the next size tubing sleeving the dented section.

That is not a problem.

Cut off the ends, throw away the middle and replace it with a full length next size tubing.

Dave

[1943DCO65]

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That would be awesome. If i could get just the nosebowl I could handle the rest, but I'd rather have someone do the whole thing. Wood and fabric work is my forte, not so much with metal forming.

[1943DCO65]

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That sounds great Dave, I priced the tubing yesterday and its around $20 per foot, shouldn't be that difficult, I guess it's been done before.

[1943DCO65]

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I'd love to have the info on the guy to make the cowl. Thanks for your help

[Guest]

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You may pay $200 per strut for materials, $150-$200 freight, so that's not at bad as I was thinking.

$300/strut for materials. I bet you pay $600 per strut for labor (8 hours/strut).

I would do a field approval for the repair because as I recall oversize tube splice is not listed for streamline tube in AC43.13-1B.

Dave

p.s. Might be in CAM 18, not sure. Also the L2 manual may list that type of repair.