Looks like a wing rebuild

[rammon3]

I was pretty optomistic when I uncovered the right wing and found it in pretty good shape. I just unwrapped the left wing and well, it seems the mice had quite a few parties in there. This looks like new spars amongst other things. I think the steel parts are mostly OK. There's a few ribs that are pretty badly corroded, but not too many. Oh well, something to keep me off the streets for a while.

[partyofone]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

Reminds me of a mouse nest I found in a Cub wing. Metal spar corroded so bad that I could push my finger through it. In one section, you could grab the top and peel the spar like a banana.

Erik

[Larry Lyons]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

Well there is one good thing, you have stamped ribs. That is what both my wings looked like but as they were pre-war, finding parts has been a struggle!

[Forrest Barber]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

The guys always get a kick out of watching me stick my nose up into the inspection plates and get a good whiff! My Dad taught me that one.

[Jim Herpst]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

Just wait until you take the leading edge off. The guy that last had my 41 stored the wings in a semi open hanger leading edge down(typical) and in typical fashion forgot about em. They did keep the mice out (perhaps a snake? ) any way took off the leading edge and its corrosion city.

[Larry Lyons]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

Yep mine was stored 33 years with its tail tied up in the rafters. Took off the leading edge and found about half of the ribs in each wing destroyed. Larry

[Jim Lauden]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

I have a hangar surrounded by farm fields, mice and occasonial rat find there way in, i keep mouse traps and rat traps baited at all times and get quite a few. The traping never ends. One guy i know had groundhogs or wood chuck, what ever you like to call em, and i traped those too. Holes everywhere in his hangar. Plenty of critters around to keep ya on the look out. Pidgeons are really bad news, dirt like ya wouldn't believe. Jim l

[Forrest Barber]

Re: Looks like a wing rebuild

Rent a cat, old SAM is here in my office now ready for action.