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Glad I picked up a 75' C-150 back in April. They are going to get more popular.

Yes. The lowers are there. While my 140 had the small holes under spinner this 150 cowl only has the ovals.

I’ve been thinking about the timing. It is set to 28° vice 24° as per Superior Service letter. Have read in one case where dropping it back down to 24° resulted in noticeable drop in oil temps with no noted decrease in performance

Well, wish I could say some of the same but no joy. Temps near top of the green band. 80 degrees at 1500', 2450 RPM, turns in the same temp results as my opening post pic at 55 degrees 2500 RPM. Next up- Testing the Rochester Oil Temp probe for accuracy. Its still green though (sigh)..

Update- A couple of cuts and words I don't often use I was able to remove the inboard inter-cylinder baffle on both sides and swap them side to side. They were indeed installed 180 out. Look fwd to next flight to see what impacts it has if any on oil temps.

There are old....... and bold.....

I noticed the push rod tubes make it problematic as well underneath. Now I see why maybe they are left out on purpose lol...

I’ve come to find what looks like the inner cylinder baffle is 180 out. By looks of the drawing the longer flange should face aft. Mine are fwd. I’ve attached a pic How do I rotate the baffle? It’s riveted to the T mount . And does the baffle come out the bottom?

Thanks all. I have spoke with George Coy who did the overhaul. He suggested I switch to W100. Wanted me to check for metal in the Oil filter and I found none. And the screen has been removed. Plan to dump the XC and put in W100.

So today I changed the oil in the 0-200A. Done with the mineral oil (19 SMOH) and put in Phillips XC-20W-50. I noticed my oil temps subsided some but my oil pressure has dropped. The pic in the opening post shows my pressure and temp using Mineral Oil. And here is todays flight. Looks to me like...

Depending ... drift punch

My latest purchase. 1975 Cessna 150M. Going back to where it began. Its been a good run!

Thanks for the knowledge. I'll verify next time out.

The range in the POH is 100-240

Concerned about when local temps pop another 40 degrees here

Brought home a 75' 150M the other day. 13.5 SMOH with new Superior Cylinders. Checked filter at 10 hours with no metal noted. Good compressions. Still working mineral oil and waiting for oil burn to stabilize. Right now its blowing anything over 4qts on the belly. Oil pressure is OK but that...

And the stop drills in this A/C are only a temporary fix due to the proximity of rivet rows and leading edge.

They wanted 47K :(

From an airworthy perspective of course its not. I don't know many folks who would buy a plane with cracked control surfaces unless the price reflects the damage. Then the price of the plane speaks for itself. No need to point out the cracks.

Thanks everyone. Sorry for not getting back but the broker/seller were dragging their feet on getting the escrow closed and my funds returned. Bottom line- The plane was advertised with no damage history (except documented incident 67') yet it has cosmetic hail damage. I didn't notice it util...