N3653A – My Current Trusty Steed
I’m very excited to partner in this wonderful plane with a brother from a different mother!
ADS-B in and out, WAAS GPS with GPSS coupled to 2-axis AP and slaved HSI, backup/secondary ILS, Shoulder Harnesses, State of the art engine monitors with GAMIs, Rosen Sunvisors, many freshly overhauled items.
The Colemill conversion to IO-520E engines was done in August 1980. I like the E engines as the alternator is on the back, belt-driven, so you don’t have that problem that other IO-520s have with the geared alternator on the front. Engines were remanufactured by Continental in Spring 1980.
Alpha-Aviation inertial reel shoulder harness for pilot/co-pilot
Speed slope windshield
Both main fuel tanks replaced 2019
Both main tires replaced 2019
Shimmy damper rebuilt 2020
Unfeathering accumulators
Big baggage door
Extended baggage compartment
I have all 6 seats, but have removed 2 so that it is a nice, comfortable 4-person and bags airplane.
All of the following work was done over the past 2 years.
Rosen sun visors
Changed locks on nose and baggage door to barrel locks
GAMIs installed
LED landing and taxi lights
Right starter replaced with overhauled unit
Insight G4 Twin engine monitor installed
Both sets of magnetos have been overhauled
Both fuel spiders have been overhauled
Overhauled fuel pump on the right side
Installed Garmin 430W that was a fresh overhaul by Garmin in March 2019
Garmin FS-210 to link iPad to 430W
GPSS Steering installed
Century III debugged and is working flawlessly.
PS Engineering 8000BT audio panel installed. Works great, I call on the phone and listen to music all the time.
ADS-B Stratus ESG Transponder with 2i remote unit
Two Collins radios that work great
Brand new (replaced by Garmin) 696 with a fairly current database (2019)
Heater works wonderfully!
Alcohol system for the props need some work. As far as I can tell, the tank and lines to the engines look ok. I can’t tell if the pump is working and honestly, I haven’t tried it because there is no alcohol in the tank to pump. It looks like the lines were crimped at the front of the engine. The props have the slingers and they are in good shape.
