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Interesting, I looked up the FSA registration on the yellow "1946". The FAA says it's a 1940. Prewar. Nice

I'm a 1947 model soloed in one of these in 1964. I still remember every detail of that that day. Cubs always bring a smile of good times long ago! 😊😊😊

So glad that you are back to videos about planes and getting them able to fly again. I prefer these to the elvis jet stuff.

You can take the valve out of the guide you know. Just reach up through the bottom spark plug hole with mechanical fingers and grab the stem. Then you can ream a valve guide that is leaded up. You look up through the exhaust port to line it up again to reinstall it. Stick a tiny inspection light down through the top spark plug hole so you can see better inside the cylinder. Also, I recommend you put a GoPro on a stick and slide it up through the wing inspection holes so you can check to see how many rib stitch cords the mice ate. The next to last plane I worked on before I retired was a J-3. The owner begged me three times before I told him to bring it in. I figured how bad could someone screw up a simple plane like that. Boy, did i find out. 30 plus write ups and an AD note that was never done since the early 80s. Also I have a Cub story for you from way back. When Piper started hanging Lycomings on them, they were operating with zero extra capital. One time a customer came in to pick up his new Cub and they still didn't hadn't bought the engine for it yet. As soon as the customer handed them the check, they rushed it to the bank and sent a man to Lycoming, which was just 20 some miles down the road form Lock Haven, to pick up the new engine. To kill time, Mr. Piper gave the man an extended tour of the manufacturing plant while they got to finishing up the plane and taking a test flight in it. Also, Mr. Piper had Lycoming agree to build the pallets they shipped the engines on with a special type of plywood top, which became the floor boards in the plane. That is one reason they were under $1000 new.

Jesse is such a great addition to Jimmys world. Keep this guy close

J-3 - So many memories. In the late '70s, I soloed in a J-3 Cub at the Searcy, Arkansas airport. It was Sunday early afternoon so no one was around to tear off my shirt. Like many things, the first is always special so I've always had a particular fondness for the Cub. Mr Taylor did a great job designing it. Thanks, Jimmy.

Jesse did a good job

My first plane ride was in a J3 in 1957 (age 7) over Norfolk, Va. At that time, flying over the Navy bases was ok and the pilot took us to see the aircraft carriers and other ships. I joined the Navy in 1969 and was stationed at Norfolk from 70 to 73.

Dude, the narration at the end... Love your stuff Jimmy.

I am not into planes really at all .fact is I never been on an airplane ever , I subbed to this channel because of the mechanical skills and content on what makes them work and getting them running and flying . Great all around content 👌 .

I love the Piper J3. Here in Argentina there are many who still fly. In general, each flying club has a J3, or a PA11, or a Cesna 172,

This looked like a perfect time to try adding can of Seafoam motor additive.

I was born in Lock Haven PA where that puppy was built! If you’re ever in the area, there’s a nice Piper museum in the old factory! It’s worth the visit! Great Job Jimmy! Hope to see her fly!

Perfect plane to put a Yamaha Apex motor in it. Just spinning the valve with a drill can clear carbon off the seat. You might not even need valve grind compound. Spray some top engine cleaner in spark plug hole. Done it many times.

You do NOT have to take the engine apart if the valve falls in. In fact, knocking it into the cylinder is part of the process you can do to clean the valve stem and ream the guide without pulling the cylinder. You can route a set of mechanical fingers in the valve guide, grab the valve, and put it throught the spark plug hole, then rotate the prop until the piston holds the valve while you clean it. Let the valve back down when you're done, then use the mechanical fingers through the spark plug hole to put it back into the guide and lap it. Had an A&P do this to 2 cylinders on my 150 when I got a stuck valve 10 miles from an airport in 2019.

Exactly what I learned to fly in, the J3 cub at Northeast Regional Airport many many years ago, back when it was Aerosport owned by the Mosers.

I watch the first video. I think you’re getting an awesome deal. I hope you’ve done it already. PS, I think the cub is a 1940.

Hey Jimmy this is Nosson it was so nice meeting you at sun ‘n fun on Thursday, keep up the great videos 👍😊 #savethe310 😉

Loved the narration at the end

Great video! Jessie is an awesome addition. seems like a smart lad and knows his stuff. How you managed to score Morgan freemans voiceover at the end is beyond me. Ha Ha

Love these longer vids, espescialy this type content, please do the other aircraft as well, thank you again for your great contributions to aviation

You can spray ...with a spray bottle( old windex type) those mud dobber nest with water and they will disintegrate into loose dirt.

That lil cub slices n dices...is what yer tryin to say,eh Jimmy?Never knew you were a musician too Jimmy!Piper Cub=is the go cart of flyin machines!The only thing that is more minimal for powered flight would be Para-gliding...

Not only are the Piper cub series classic aircraft. They are the most cloned aircraft in history.

I love the Morgan Freeman impression. Whoever did it is really good.

Amazing video Jimmy. It is quite clear you have a love of airplanes. There has to be only a select few people who know this much detail about these old vintage machines. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.

"I needs me one o them 25/32nd's wrenches" Classic. Good going Jesse...🤓

I was at Sun and fun today and guess who I ran into one of the nicest men that I follow ,made my whole vacation.

Glad to see you have the issues with the engine worked out. This looks to be in really good shape. You can do some aerobatics in these planes. Matter of fact, a nationally known stunt pilot, Gene Griffith, currently holds the world tail spin record in a Piper J-3 Cub where he performed 87 consecutive turns from a height of 12,000 feet in the J-3 in which this record was set in back 1950 in Zanesvile, Ohio and has never been broken. It was a very windy day when Gene set this record. Many pilots have attempted to break his record in the J-3 but all have failed.

I know nothing about aircraft engines but a fair bit about flat four VW's. Remove pushrod from tappet. Move tappet. Spin valve enthusiastically. On VW's I use a small battery hammer drill. DON'T use lapping compound :)

You could get a few 50 lb dumbbells and strap them down in the back seat. That way you can pilot the plane in the front.

So happy jimmys world is back to what it’s best at. “will it start” is by far my favourite series on RU-vid, glad the Elvis jet is done with (I hope you’re suing the auction company also)

Marvel Mystery oil works wonders for old J-3 engines. Also, Aero Kroil is your friend for things that are stuck. Mouse Milk should be in your kit next to the WD-40…just saying. 😊

You should do a collaboration with Cleetus McFarland and his new Carbon Cub. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Love Jesse's ring!

An hour of video of Jimmy working on airplanes, Priceless!

Fire it up!

I'm 77 yrs old and I'm still firing on all cylinders. That is a nice airplane. Watching you from the beginning from Tampa.

Several decades ago I met a gentleman who had bought a piper J2 cub all "original" he was extremely happy about the plane but he was confused about how low the flight time was. I mention to him that it was a nice winter airplane to which I received a puzzled look. A couple months later the temperature hit 95 degrees and he found out why I said it was a nice winter airplane . Anyone care to comment? Jimmy you still haven't handproped , do something with 235 hp. Or more. Now you have handproped . No conventional gear rating, what have you been doing? Go get it and get a glider rating while you're at it . Your options open up dramatically. When I added those ratings to my ticket my insurance cost went way down .

This series is going to be epic.

I've heard of freeing valves that way but never seen it done before. Good Job Jimmy.

❤❤❤Very entertaining video and I just realized how much I enjoy watching Jimmy's videos on RU-vid! Thank you Jimmy, you are a amazing and awesome family man and you are my favorite!❤❤❤😊

You need Tarryl from Tarryl Fixes All to fix your sticky valve. It would be a RU-vid sensation. By the way Marvel Mystery Oil or transmission fluid added to your oil and fuel will prevent any carbon problems in that engine.

Love your videos man. Makes me want to learn to fly!!!

One of my first flights was in a J-3 Piper Cub back in the early 1970’s. I felt safe and privileged to have done so. Great airplane!

Safety spoiler: Stay clear of the prop arc when conducting a cylinder pressure test. 70PSI can kick the prop over and the prop can then knock you out or worse. Not to mention that mud daubers love to weigh down fabric aircraft with their nests. 🤠

My Uncle Hubert had a '46 J-3 Cub, he propped it with one hand, my Navy pilot dad used both, the stand in front positioned to fall backwards if you lost your balance. Hubert bought it after the Piper salesman who lived in Kansas flew him in his, and showed him how he took off using a post with a cable and a hook in the wing, due to his EXTREMELY short runway, the plane would circle the post 2× and as it came around to his runway, he pulled a lever that opened the hook and then had sufficient ground speed for takeoff. Hubert used the GenAv airport in Oklahoma City, HIS back yard was WAY too small.😁 👍🇺🇸😂

Love you Jimmy! I love these types of episodes! Wish I could fly with you one day!

I see a tailwheel endorsement coming in Jimmy's future!

Dude the Morgan Freeman impersonation had me straight Rolling!!! Buaaahaha

Love your work Jimmy, you and you’re channel have come along away

You need to get Dewey Davenport to train you in those taildraggers and maybe ferry some of them home for you. I love watching his ferry flights.

Watching from Zambia. Can't wait to see the outcome of the Elvis jet.

I flew a Cub from sea to shining sea with a pal I co-owned it with .. From east to west, IFRR (I follow Rail Roads), north through new England, west to Minnesota, into Canada, across the plains, through and not at all over the Rockies (didnt go that high) landing in Vancouver. The trip took just over a week, two 20 somethings on an trip funded with hamburger flipping money ...Sleeping under the wing or on a hangar floor if we were lucky, sometimes taken home for a good dinner and sometimes a warm coke and stale airport peanuts. A great and memorable adventure for two young men - one that I think might be very hard if not impossible to repeat now. My J3 was a good airplane, it taught me a lot more than just how to fly.

For stuck rings, valves, dry carbon in engines which have not run for a while. I filled the cylinders with diesel for a few days. The diesel will go in the motor oil, no damage you need to change the oil anyway. Diesel has a greater means of going into places and leaking more than other fluids.

Man this plane brings back memories... my first flight in a small craft was this very model... pretty cool to learn some more history about it... thanks Jimmy 😎👍

Hey Jimmy! Nice group of planes! You and Blancolirio now both have a mighty Luscomb, a Cub (Though his is a Cubcrafters), and a 310. Twinsies! Love you channel and what you are doing for aviation. Please keep at it even if it drives you to the poor house. It will at least be a fun trip!

Very educational, and the absolute simplicity of the J-3 blows me away...now I'm 100% certain I will NEVER climb into anything smaller than an Embraer 145.

I have a hard time with how Jimmy holds himself…his demeanor per se.. I can see how he’s so popular on RU-vid….I wish him well and prosperity…🇺🇸

How many times will this 'FREE AIRPLANE if I can start it' trope going to be used for clicks? Stop it. It's cringe.

Keep the yellow Piper!

Jimmy, acrobats do acrobatics, ( in circuses) aeroplanes do aerobatics. The clue is in 'aero'. 😮

😉👍 I've used that same valve lapping method on my lawn mower... 😬 Hopefully that prop doesn't want to cut the grass too...

Love the Jack Stand Jimmy shirt!!!!!

Carbon problem in a gasoline engine. Maybe your horse needs a drink of water. Start the engine, warm it up, hold throttle a little above idle, pour a small amount (1/2 ounce maybe) of water into the intake. The water will fracture the hot carbon and it blows out the exhaust.

Dynamic Carbon Removal: Setup a small hose with shutoff from a water bottle to a vacuum source on cylinder to be cleaned. Start engine, set RPMs to operating speed, open valve to water, don't let enough in to slow engine. Watch the smoke out of exhaust! This tip cam from Dealer Tech @ American Honda, for a grannied Gold Wing that ran like crap due to carboned valves not allowing vacuum throttle pistons to operate properly. Worked perfectly, smelled terrible while carbon was expelled.

This is one of your best videos. Not only was I entertained, but I also learned a crap-load. Can't wait to see the Cub fly.

Old school trick we used to do is throw transmission fluid down in the jugs. There's a lot of detergent in there and it has a tendency of breaking free a lot of carbon. It's how I used to free up rings on the engine that's been sitting for a year or two as well it lubricates. It will billow a lot of smoke till it burns off

Don't know where you found Jesse but don't let him go!

love to watch people with the knowledge go to work....years ago I got a ride over big peach fields in S.C. in a J3, some of those boys didn't have licenses and a J3 was cheap...

My 1st personal plane was a Luscombe 8A. Loved it.

I don't even have a pilots license, but I heard the name of the Piper Cub a LOT and never anything bad. Hope this thing works for you. If I recall correctly, this is the one you want your kid to start on. I've done that kind of valve work on a few cars but I would never risk doing it on an assembled engine. Way too much could go wrong. No more time and only a few bucks for a head gasket to pull the head and do it safely.

40:19 Keepers ! That's one thing to know, when you rebuild small engines as a hobby. How do you clean the compound, after lapping ?

I remember as a 10-12 year old kid in the early to mid 70s, going through the Piper plant tour with my neighbors. I dont remember much, but what I do, it was pretty cool. It's long gone now.

Also known as the Italian tuneup. Old schoolers on automotive engines would pour water down the carburetor while giving it the beans…. Cheap steam clean, plus worked to reseat stuck piston rings

love your channel jimmy great work i dont miss none of your videos

I had a stuck valve on the #3 as well recently. The rope trick wouldnt work, so I just popped that bad boy off, got the valve out, cleaned it and the intake valve up, used a nylon brush to clean the guides, and gave it a good hone before I put it back on. Helps if you have the real gasket push rod tube conversion. That was the first change I made to my engine.

A 25/32 nds wrench is one 32 nd over 3/4. When do you need to be that precise?? To get the mud dobbers out, put the shop vac hose in one access port and reach in through another to break it up. Otherwise you'll have dirt all inside the wing.

Jimmy, that engine is 64 horse power not BTU or British Thermal Unit. Power is a unit of energy over time while BTU is just energy. All the BTUs are in the gas. AVGAS has 364 BTUs per pound mass so if this j3 has 12 gallons of gas, multiply by 6 lbs/gal you get 72 lbs so your j3 cub would have 26,208 BTUs if filled with gas, not 64.

Awesome video Jimmy!! I fly and restore these old girls. This one is a 1940 J-3F. Originally came with a 65 hp Franklin engine. Great find. 😁👌🏼

29:35 that's what we call an "italian tuning" - rpm the sht out of the engine at full throttle. :D Great vid Jimmy - love to see more of them :D

My Dad had a Piper Cub in High School in Fargo, ND, in the late 50s. The stories are wonderful.

Glad you got that sorted out out. That Cub needs to be flown to get the cobwebs off.

Great work guys!!! Love the Jack stand Jimmy shirt. Just saw you in Cleetus video doing formation fly. Nice job.

Pipercub J3 is always my favorite !!

"Guess the other way is the same result, really." Ok, I got a laugh out of that one! Our very similar sense of humor and, of course, airplanes is why I enjoy your content, Jimmy.

Great video! I have a 46 J3 and just love flying it.

Hi jimmy just wanted to say your doing an awesome job keep up the great work my kids and I love watching you

Jimmy the 12 point nuts that held the brakes on the main wheels of a Boeing 727-227 are 25/32". Still have that socket in my tool box.

Best content Jimmy... I love this type of video brilliant keep it up.

Great video Jimmy love your channel.... Cheers 🥂

In the late thirties the US government asked Piper to develop a low cost aircraft that colleges could buy (with, I think, government subsidy) very cheaply and offer students flight training. With what was happening in Europe the military wanted to have a pool of people who already knew the basics of flight. I flew a J3 a couple of times, it's the purest form flight.

some heat cycles and some fresh oil should make those piston rings come back around.

Oooh.. yeah Jimmy going to get training on tail dragger I guess! Awesome, that's a pretty important cert to get I'm guessing!! sweet another set of videos!

Fantastic Jimmy, Regards from the Netherlands and keep on going

Love the borescope. Mike Busch student. Would have liked to have seen the cylinder wall.

Just love The Cub. Beautiful little plane. Keep her 4 sure.

12:05 well, you don’t need a mixture control when you’re flying below the clouds………. Until you go have fun and for the first time in your training, you find a hole in the cloud layer and putt around above the haze……… A moment I’ll never forget :)

for carbon removal soak the rings and valves with pb blaster then run the engine get it hot and spray water into the carb while its running--the water will crystalize the carbon and make it break up