Has anyone fabricated an oil access Into a 170 cowl, I’m getting tired of opening the complete side and dropping the safety pin into the lake !!

Mapleflt

I've never seen an access door added to the "older" style 170 cowling but I did instal the Dip Davis cowling latches on my 170 which makes opening and closing the cowl halves much better. I used the wing style instead of the ones that require a screw driver. Probably better for float operations too.

Here is the link: www.cowllatchstc.com

SkyLarkin wrote:I've never seen an access door added to the "older" style 170 cowling but I did instal the Dip Davis cowling latches on my 170 which makes opening and closing the cowl halves much better. I used the wing style instead of the ones that require a screw driver. Probably better for float operations too.

Here is the link: http://www.cowllatchstc.com

What he said ^^^^

They work great, on floats for a lot of hours. Mine had the slotted heads, but no big deal. Very positive latches.

MTV

Much better, prevents a swim and still provides complete access to the area. So next idea; a cowl support instead of just "flopping" the cowl half across the other, anyone other tackled that demon !!!

Mapleflt

Again, I have never seen it done on a 170 but the super cub has a very similar cowling and it uses a small tube attached to the firewall to swing up and prop the cowling open. I think that is something that would be very cheap and easy to make and require a logbook entry only.