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Hello all, been busy lately, so haven't made much of a visit here in awhile. I've
decided in the early winter, that it was time to "restore" my Zodiac 601XL-B.
I've had AME's pull the wings, and brought it to a reputable professional painter.
I'm doing the red and white, and gold paint scheme commonly seen on the
Zenith 650B. I managed some serious paint connections, and the paint cost me
nothing. $7,000 worth of ultra high end DuPont paint system. The plane had a
nose gear bungee failure, so I replaced that in a borrowed hangar, and realized,
maybe this winter would be a good time to replace, refresh and restore. So,
the airplane left the Oshawa airport, direct to the painter. Then from there,
(next week) it's coming home to my garage. Going to try and rectify my CO in
the cockpit issue I've struggled with. I'm replacing ALL rubber components, sending
units, tires, brakes, heavily modify the exhaust via TIG welding amongst
other items like a professional interior package. The plan is to have a perfect
working, almost brand new plane when this is over! I have two major struggles
to deal with first.... Fuel tank sending units not working correctly, and this
CO problem which I'm told a simple 10-12" extension should cure. None the
less, I'll have a TON of garage time over the next three or four months to rectify
hopefully. Lots of trouble shooting to do. Either way, she's going to look
like an $80,000 plane when she si finished! Im pretty excited to say the least!
I've gotten a 40 year ultra high end DuPont 3 stage Imron Elite SS paint system,
netting a paint job worth $12-15K! Cost me out of pocket around $4000!
This plane was built in 2003/2004 by a gentleman in Carp Ontario canada. He elected
to polish the airplane in place of painting it since he hangars it. That
doesn't work for me, as it is now parked outdoors. Hangars are a small fortune
here, so not an option. As it turns out, I have enough paint left over for a
complete Zodiac. The plane was Etched and scotch padded. Then a DuPont Etching
primer, !
followed
by a DTM Epoxy primer, then the polyurethane topcoat. The balance of the paint
is $900.00 cad per gallon including the reducer. It's approx $3700.00 worth of
left over brand new in the can paint if someone is interested. I'd like $2500.00
for it, to help offset some of my transportation costs. The white is an off
white, and the red is CANADA FLAG red. Does anyone have any suggestions for
sealing the nose gear pushrod openings? I've heard Jeep shifter boots, but does
anyone have a part number, or should I just go to a Jeep dealer and ask?
Anyways..... Just sharing my excitement and winter project. There has been a lot
of little things that it's needed since I bought it, but time to bring it up
to Certified standards. This plane is for sale ironically enough, as the family
wants to fly too, which puts me after a 172 or ideally a Cherokee. It'll be
hard to part with now though, as truly........ IM IN LOVE!
All the best to everyone in 2014! Safe flights, and may you always have a tailwind!!
Photos are coming as the paint progresses.
Thanks all for letting me share!
Chad Scriver. - C-GYXQ. YOUTUBE Search the registration, and you'll see some pretty
cool videos, especially flying over the City of Toronto at 2000' ASL. The
CN TOWER LOOKS SUPER COOL from a Zodiac!
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Bobby,
Did you sort out the CO problem like I'm having?
I'm still working on mine.
Chad
C-GYXQ
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C-GYXQ. 912ULS. 601XL-B
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