I sincerely hope you did not put regular automobile gasoline into an airplane lol the maximum octane rating for a car is on 92 but AvGas starts at 100 octane that is why most AvGas contains lead If you had tried fueling an airplane with a car gasoline the knocking would destroy the engine
@@rederos8079 I think Chernobyl's 4th reactor is still running - because most of control rods are still outside reactor... Thats why whole building is covered by shield built many years after 1986 - thats only thing we can do. Modern reactors are build within safety housing - PWR/WWER reactors are almost impossible to overheat, but when it happens - everything stays in that housing. Chernobyl RBMK reactors wasnt have safety housing at all.
Waylon Jennings lost the coin toss with Buddy Holly. Waylon was his bass player. Buddy told Waylon "I hope you freeze on the bus" (heater was broken) and Waylon told Buddy "I hope your old plane crashes". Waylon felt badly about that statement for years.
I've got an old '48 V-Tail... The mag switch is also a battery switch. In order to get power, it has to be turned to "battery" position, AND have the rocker switch marked "battery" (on lower right side of panel with other rocker switches and circuit breakers)
That engine has a Bendix pressure carburetor, the rebuild cost for which was over $3000 about 10 years ago. The chances of one remaining functional, stored outdoors for years, with no avgas in it to keep the diaphragms soft are close to zero; so to see this one work at all was amazing. Also, one can not gravity feed a pressure carb, but apparently you tapped into the suction side of the engine driven pump. Once primed, the gas can could have been placed on the ground. Usually, the wobble pump is used for starting, until the engine driven fuel pump comes on line to provide fuel pressure. More fuel is pumped to the carb, than is actually needed, so there's a small fuel line that returns the extra; always to the LEFT MAIN tank. Thus, if you start with the left tank full, you either select the left tank, or you will over-fill the tank and the excess will be dumped over-board from the tank vent. If the engine pump fails in flight, one can use the wobble pump to "pump" their way to a suitable landing site. When airworthy, these early Bonanzas are a pure joy to fly!
@@ZetaByteMe only small plane I have ever been in is a bonanza a buddy of mine owns. Was supposed to take my first flying lesson today but it started snowing really hard. That's Alaska!
well Jimmy, i have been watching lots of youtube channels for the longest of time, and you are the first person to step up buying up old planes and repairing them and getting back up in the air, and suddenly everyone is now trying to copy you, well your inspiring people around the world to not be scared of planes as a result more and more youth are getting interested in aircraft industry...
Is that the old grass strip at Seagoville, TX? My mom and pop lived about 1 mile from there. I used to fly my 1951 C35 bonanza into it when I went for a visit.
Ok Jimmy! You got me!!!! Jammin Jimmy got it started!!!! Woot!!!! I’m a retired corporate pilot. I also am a former instructor for the ABS. Looks like a little bondo here and there and some bailing wire and she will be good again. Don’t forget the duct tape!!! Keep on whispering!!! Great video sir!!!
I bought my luscombe after it sat for 12 years and I spent a summer going through it and rebuilding the engine with a power upgrade and it is now a fantastic plane that flies weekly, it is a 1946 built plane
@@rylanstrains2224 thank you, it is currently going through another upgrade of lights and radios, been planning on it for a while but I’m just a garbage truck driver so money is the issue lol. Just about done now so I will be able to fly to larger places. Plan is to fly it to Oshkosh next year from where I live near mt rainier Washington
i cannot express how calming this is to me. i have waited for a good plane revival channel and you have delivered my friend. congratulations you got your self a subscriber who really enjoy what you do.
For those who want to know. The small can of spray in the air intake is EASY START in UK . Best to have a can handy when trying to start MOST ENGINES. but don't use to much else you'll have piston around your head if it fires.up.
I was thinking of several things as you were working your way into this project. 1.) A good fire extinguisher would have gave you some piece of mind . 2.) After one or two attempts you should have stopped and added your external fuel supply. 3.) All those leaks underneath, if there are "bladder" fuel tanks in the wings looks like they will need to be replaced. Are those parts available anywhere? 4. ) How much time and money are you willing to spend on this ? 5.) What is your goal? Make it fly? Or run the engine once in a while? You know maybe if you were not looking to make it fly you could run it around the ground . That might be fun. But watch out for that prop. Keep your pets "dogs, cats, horses ect... away from it when it is running. They don't know the danger. Good luck! I look forward to watching your next video on this.
I was excited from the beginning to the end of the video to see the result, and man, at the time I got it and was slow I celebrated with you, my congratulations for your insistence and patience! I look forward to seeing what you do with this bonanza!
Waylon was buddy Holly's bass player.and gave up his seat to the big bopper. He carried that guilt for years until he met the big boppers son at a concert and finally gained peace.
@@richardthomas1421 Hello, I don't look at my phone during the day as I'm building a new house and leave in the charger. Did you have a comment to add?
@@fernando13e It is nothing like owning a car. An oil change is a couple hundred bucks, A battery is $275 or more, and even simple tasks have to be run through an aviation certified mechanic and signed off on at $100 or more per hour. An annual inspection can start at $700 (if the owner helps) and climb to the moon if parts need to be replaced.
@@jamesbergman4917 auto shops charge over $100 an hour, some oil changes at a shop are a couple hundred bucks if you buy full synthetic and a good filter, if a car is properly maintained its very comparable...just nobody properly maintains their cars, and as you pointed out these have to be properly maintained and signed off on, and everything HAS to be done or supervised by a certified aviation mechanic.
It wasn't Merle Haggard it was Waylon Jennings that traded his seat .Waylon was filling in on bass for the Buddy Holly tour and was a close friend of Buddy. The Bopper was sick with fever from riding on the cold bus that kept breaking down and traded seats with the Waylon. Tommy Allsup flipped the coin with Valens and ended up on the bus too. Said day for music and they only made it a few miles from the airport when they crashed.
I kid you not; in 2009, the little 14 passenger Saab I was in nearly crashed at Mason City during an ice storm. The fact that Buddy Holly died outside the same airport in poor conditions is not lost on me.
"Will it run again?" Well. Given enough time and money, im sure anything can be made to run again. The real question is, 'Is it worth fixing/restoring?' Chances are, probably not as it would likely take far more money to fix than it would be worth. The only real value gained from fixing it, is the experience & knowledge gained while fixing it.
I knew it was a fuel delivery issue when it fired up the first time, it had compression and spark to run, the only thing missing was a constant supply of fuel. I don't know airplanes, but I do know engines.
Always got to be a problem with 1 of the 4 stages for the engine. Suck (fuel in) Squeeze (compressing the gas) Bang (igniting the gas) Blow (exhaust out)
@@IIBLANKII And that last one usually handles itself, since exhausts tend to get more open and leaky as time passes XD But yeah, sound advice for those who are getting started learning engines, its like _"The 4 Tenets Of Engine Revival"_ :P
You wouldn't want to see the price tag of a full restoration of that thing. Engine and airframe are bound to have corrosion and that all needs to be checked. You could buy a flying vintage Bonanza in annual for less than what it would end up costing just to get this POS legally airworthy again and that doesn't include paint, interior, and avionics updates. I see corrosion all over the control yoke. That means corrosion will be everywhere. Old Bonanzas like this are pretty cheap because they're so expensive to maintain and repair. Parts for those old E-Series Continental engines are getting real pricey, too. Every airport has at least a few derelict airplanes like this sitting around. Yes, they can be made to run but you wouldn't want to fly one. If they've been sitting out for 10 years or more in most climate conditions a buyer is better off parting them out.
The Beechcraft V-tail Bonanza is my favorite single-engine personal aircraft of all time! I loved flying them, even the early models. In my experience, I found that if you treat it right, it will more than treat you right. It still deserves the respect and considerations you'd give ANY high-performance, retractable aircraft. I find the Bonanza's "forked tailed doctor killer" reputation completely unjustified. Those dead doctors and many others who met their fate in a Bonanza weren't really ready to fly ANY high-performance aircraft without further training and experience!
@You Tube You can rip ANY airplane apart if it's flown outside of its design envelope, especially by allowing it to get away. I like older Mk. 20 Mooneys too, even though they can be a bit cramped. I particularly liked the old style manually operated landing gear. It's hard to forget to lower it and it always works, no matter what. It's amazing what they can do performance-wise with just a 180 hp four-banger up front, while not burning a whole lot of gas! The later Mooneys like the 201, 231, 252 TSE, Bravo and Ovation are awesome and of course require a lot bigger budget to own and operate.
@@maverickdallas1004 "Especially" when you try to go through that line of t'storms! At night. Thirty-eight years in my H35 and the tail is still on it!
@You Tube Service bulletins and AD's are usually the result of issues presenting themselves out in the field. The ultimate test for ANY product is the end user. Testing in a facility rarely tells all the details as to how a product will hold up over time while it's in the public's hands. Aircraft are some of the most carefully designed, manufactured and rigorously tested machines that are built by humans. Yet in spite of all that, manufacturers get hit with outrageous lawsuits, even though pilot error is the cause of an accident. Although it is our right to expect an aircraft that is safe to operate and manufacturers do their best to achieve that goal, a lot of excesses find their way into the regulations which only serve to drive up costs and effectively shut an ever increasing number of us out of what used to be a great and affordable American pastime just two generations ago, becoming what is nowadays a "rich man's hobby"!
@You Tube The AD on the 737 Max was certainly a BIG one! Compared to most GA aircraft, the AD's are usually much stricter on commercial aircraft and require corrective action to be taken almost immediately. That's a GOOD thing because they haul the public around in large numbers. We deserve to step onto a safe aircraft for what we pay for a ticket! On many personal light aircraft, a lot of things are often overdone, over regulated and unless the aircraft was abused, neglected or damaged, in so many cases have too little merit to justify the costs involved. Oftentimes, rules and regulations are made to somehow provide an added margin of safety to the lowest common denominator, the DUMBEST among us! And of course, the money hungry "ambulance chaser" lawyers don't help matters much, either!
What could possibly go wrong? Open fuel tank sitting on the wing. The underside of the airplane soaked with leaking fuel. No brakes . No chocks. RV parked 20 ft in front of the whirling prop. A throttle linkage that hasn't been used or maintained in 30 years. Jump starting an engine with no oil. running the starter until it burns up. Your child in the cabin holding the go-pro. Gee.... I dunno!
I don't fly, have no interest in planes whatsoever but stumbled across this video and have been watching your videos for the last hour or so lol. Thanks for making this an interesting topic for a man who literally has no interest in it whatsoever. Peace. Keep safe and I hope you and all of your family have a wonderful New Year. I'll be watching more.
@@blowinkk9396 first time watching this guy..and the first thing I thought is how Derek would've had the auxiliary fuel tank hooked up once there was fuel delivery issues.
Might want to get checked out in bonanza to know how systems work, wobble pump then engine driven fuel pump keeps it going But do need to seal the system before it becomes a big fireball
This dude is a complete idiot. No one should ever demonstrate cranking the starter like that. No one should have anything to do with aviation with this guy.
Yeah, but in Vice Grip Garage when something goes wrong with a 50-60 year old vehicle that he's driving home you can call a tow truck if need be. At 20,000 feet in a 50-60 year old airplane, not so much...
@@smithjones3548 1: that bonanza would never make 20,000 feet in its best day it's an unpasteurized aircraft even if could climb that high the crew would be dead (from hypoxia) before 15,000ft. Getting the engine started is a long way from flying it. You sir are a moron with no sense of humor. Watch he spends tons of money getting some of aircraft air worthy again. Way more than they are worth. He would probably more accurately compared the Hoovies Garage. Another very popular car channel. Chillax or go away.
This video took me back. Jimmy, you became James Steward from "Flight Of The Phoenix". You put your last start cartridge in Vanessa and yelled Clear Prop!. I'm yelling at the monitor saying, "Come on Vanessa, you can do it!". Her engine comes to life with a powerful force, knocking the gas tank off the wing. I jumped out of my seat shouting, "WOO HOO" as Vanessa continues to run until she runs out of gas. Crazy? maybe, but I enjoyed this video and your Happy dance. Put Vanessa's picture on as T-shirt as she sit now and I'll be the first to buy one. Love the video, thanks for sharing. :-)
@@jumpinjojo starrwoman1 1 second ago Well Joseph, with all the excitement going on with Vanessa and all, I guess my spell check didn't catch it but I got my point across. That's all that matters. Thanks.
Here's another observation. Please - anyone wanting to spin and start a long ignored engine, do some prep work on it FIRST! Try mixing some Marvel Mystery oil with a little engine oil, and dump a decent amount in each cylinder. Then slowly pull the prop through to force this mixture down beside the pistons, into the ring groves, and on into the crank case. If it's an engine you want to fly behind, it would be even better to pull a cylinder so you can get your eyes on the cam and lifters to check their condition. Simply going for it, is a good way to turn a salvageable engine into a candidate for immediate rebuild which really sends the $$ numbers into the stratosphere.
The FAA airworthiness regs are going to require this engine to be rebuilt anyway if it's ever going to get its airworthiness certificate back. He was really just checking to make sure it wasnt seized and didn't have a knock.
@@sportaholic4482 What regs are those? I don’t recall anything like that for part 91. Annual inspection signed off by an A&P with an IA and should be good though probably needs the registration. With that said there is about zero chance of it getting a successful inspection without 2x - 3x more $$$ than it’s worth.
@@thurgogopro5338 those old LV motors are built for abuse. You aren't going to hurt its feelings by dry starting it. Snowflake motors these days cry at you if you leave them outside over night without a little blankie
Very late to the party I know but, I've only recently found you and become mildly addicted to following your adventures. I just wanted to make sure of something you said at about 12 minutes into this about the battery. You stated to"always disconnect the positive first". I admit I may well be wrong since I'm not certain with old light aircraft but, unless that thing is positive earth (I remember some older cars I've worked on were) then it should be NEGATIVE first since if negative earth (as all modern cars and bikes I know of are) then one touch of that tool you're undoing it with and watch your eyes and even prepare for a possible hydrogen explosion (assuming the battery had power) so ALWAYS negative first. Unless I am completely wrong and it is positive earth.
It Wasn’t Merle Haggard. The Big Bopper was sick and asked Bass Player and friend of Buddy, “Waylon Jennings” if he could have Waylons seat on the plane and Waylon said sure. He’d ride the freezing cold bus to help him out. The rest is history.
It was the absolute worst example of aeronautical decision making that they found a pilot to take the flight with four adult males and baggage on board, and take off into darkness with snow actively falling. The Bonanza was not the airplane to tackle icing conditions with; they were most likely over weight at take-off, and the pilot had failed his initial instrument check ride. What possibly could have gone wrong - sadly DID!
@@ZetaByteMe also I believe the 1960’s attitude indicator might have been still caged, not that VFR pilot was rated to utilize it, but didn’t help in a black sky and landscape, little to no points of reference to show a climb/decent/level flight. CFIT
I don't recall anything in the accident report mentioning it being caged, only that it was a different or non-standard presentation. An instrument qualified pilot would have immediately noticed it being caged when their natural cross-check noted the turn coordinator indicating a turn, while the ADI showed wings level. A caged ADI should be almost as obvious as a tachometer reading zero.
What a great video! I was totally on the edge of my seat rootin' for Vanessa. The second I first looked at the Bonanza in the other video, I had the name La Bamba picked in my mind, out of respect to Misters Holly, Richardson and Valens. Looking forward to more content!
The coin flip was with Waylon Jennings, and jokingly Ritchie said to Waylon, I hope your bus brakes down and Waylon jokingly said to Ritchie, I hope your plane goes down and unfortunately it did. Waylon sunk into a deep depression for 20 years blaming himself for saying that.
I didn't watch the full video but I did see the engine running on spray then dying out. I heard him mention faulty key switch. I'd go through the fuel system before calling it quits..It don't matter how much money someone has, no airplane will sit 20 years outside , then just end up adding air to tires and a jump pack and start up.
Precisely, why junk the entire plane when all it needs is some plumbing. Its got spark, it got air, it’s turning with starter fluid, all it needs is the fuel making it.
@@ak_jam It's likely well over the time for a rebuild which has to be done by a certified mechanic and costs a lot of money. Not sure what qualifications Jimmy has but if he has an A&P certification, he could do it.
Jimmy, I don't know what you did to achieve this level of success which allows you to blow thousands of dollars on "projects" but I hope to achieve the same level so I can have the freedom to do the same one day. Congrats!
how do u know he didn't give the guy $50? you gotta have fiddy bucks, doncha? shit, he might have given the guy a six pack for the sheer entertainment value of trying to get that thing started!
Congrats on getting it started! Your perseverance is remarkable!... * From flying and maintaining a '52 "C" model years ago, IIRC the engine has a Bendix PS5C pressure carb that requires fuel pressure to start, which could have been the initial problem... There should be a hand pump to the left of the pilot's leg that can be used to get fuel into the carb for starting. Some airplanes may also have an aftermarket electrical aux fuel pump. * If you intend to get the airplane airworthy, there are a number of Airworthiness Directives on early Bonanzas which can be pretty spendy. * The bladders leaking fuel is to be expected given the airplane's overall condition... Agree that having liquid fuel dripping off the belly onto the ground was a bit of a game of Russian Roulette... * The wing lower skin to spar attachment rivets should be closely inspected. On the first Be-35s, to save weight, Beech used lighter skins and rivets to attach the wing's leading edge "D" section to the spar caps. The "D" section was designed to replace the shear web between the upper and lower spar caps, with the leading edge carrying the shear loads from the spar caps. The design was clever and adequately strong as long as the structure remained intact, and the airplane was flown within limits. A failure mode for early Bonanzas was that the wing would be highly stressed and loose inboard lower wing skin to spar cap rivets would fail, "uzipping" the D section from the lower spar cap, pressurizing the wing interior causing the wing to fail. If the rivets holding the lower skin to the spar cap start to loosen (usually at the root) they will show black aluminum oxide streaks from the rivet heads and a close inspection is called for. With an accumulation of oil and dirt on the belly, those streaks can be difficult to see and interpret properly. Good luck with the project!! * PS series carb manual - www.csobeech.com/files/PS-CarbManual.pdf * American Bonanza Society link: www.bonanza.org/
From an earlier video Jimmy did, the magnesium ruddervator skins were corroded all the way through. New skins to replace these are virtually unavailable at any price. The only option is to try to find airworthy used ones - which has become almost as impossible. This particular model - if it still has the center carry-through truss, originally constructed with welded steel tubing, is IMHO NOT worth owning. There are just too many inspections and ugly failure modes associated with such a critical part. Move on to at least a C35 through G35 if you want to own an early Bonanza. When airworthy, they are a dream to fly; about 170 mph TAS burning average of 10GPH in the 8,500 to 10,500 altitude regime. The price for going faster in the later models, was a heavier, less natural control feel; plus higher fuel flow of course.
Hey Jimmy, the other star was Waylen Jennings. I'm a Country singer and I've just followed it since I heard the my first song by Jim Reeves one early winter morning and instantly fell hopelessy in love with Country Music and discovered I coould carry a tune in the second grade. :) Been a fun adventure. :)
The Hoovies Garage of aviation! Love it!! Ps: I had the closed captions on, and every time the engine spun, the translation was no no no no no no no no lol
You remind me of will Forte. Having your son travel around and help work on planes is a wonderful adventure for him! Just found you. Love the channel already!
I ways always under the impression, that the other person on the other end of that coin flip was Waylon Jennings. Jennings wouldn't talk about it for 40 years because of what he said to Buddy Holly after he lost the flip. "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes". Just the kind of things we men say to each other...without really meaning it.
It was indeed Waylon Jennings. He and Buddy had been friends for years, and he was touring with Buddy, playing bass. Buddy Holly said "I hope your bus gets stuck in a snow bank", and Waylon replied "well, I hope your plane crashes", or words to that effect. Buddy had been the person who had gotten Waylon Jennings into performing in the first place, and he stopped playing music for several years after the crash. There was a pretty good interview floating around on UA-cam for awhile with Waylon opening up about the crash for the first time. Wish they'd both taken the bus. :(
@@johngelnaw1243 The musician that lost the coin flip was Tommy Allsup. Jennings gave his plane seat up to the Big Bopper because the Big Bopper had the flu.
The buddy Holly Story is close. Who didnt get on the plane with Buddy Holly? Buddy Holly is remembered with a statue in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas. Waylon Jennings wasn't the only scheduled passenger on that ill-fated flight who escaped death. Another band member, Tommy Allsup, and the 17 year old Richie Valens tossed a coin to see who would get to fly that night. Just keeping it accuate....
That’s an E80 starter. You should tick it once to just barely move the prop. That engages the teeth on the starter. Then hit it to turn the engine over. Otherwise you can break teeth off the starter or the flywheel. That starter is a $2000 core!
Well, at least you got the model number correct. As for the process on these starters, the E80 has no 'teeth'. The starter has a sprag clutch with a spring for plate tension, and there is no 'flywheel' on the E series engine. The sprag clutch engages the starter pad on the accessory housing. Do NOT 'tick' it once and then turn the engine over. Use it just like a starter on a car. Turn the key, push the button(or key start on some models), and crank until the engine catches, then release the button or key. Ticking the starter once is a good way to damage the sprag assembly, and yes - rebuilding the whole thing is $2500 or so.
@@docmirror8009 Doc, not sure if you are aware of Lew Gage, but he literally wrote the book on e series bonanzas. He is the one who recommends the tick. The plate on the accessory case side is attached to planetary gears, the tick trick is to engage the plate and just start the moving of the gears vs putting the entire load on at once, there are many examples of sheared gears on the accessory case side to look at on beechtalk from starting an e series bonanza as you described...Rebuilding an accessory case on a bonanza will cost 4 times what a new starter would..not to mention there are plenty of usable ones on the market.... 1700 from aircraft accessories in Oklahoma, but an e-80 should last a while.
It literally makes me sad to see this beautiful (eventually with enough care and a LOT of money) plane be only used for parts. I'd love to see it restored to like new condition and flying thru the air like it did on its very first flight.
@Sgt Brown More than just rivets, after sitting there the wing spars could have corroded. All of the 'innards' are hidden under the sheet metal--you pretty much have to pull the entire aircraft apart, inspect everything carefully... and if any of it is salvageable, then you look for all the replacement parts you need, and voila--you have a really, really old kit-plane ready for assembly :)
@@imd1b4u Huh? Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson who was given Waylon's seat as an act of compassion, and Richie Valens who won his seat in a coin toss with Tommy Allsup. Then the pilot whose name escapes me. So I count four. What number did YOU come up with?
Jimmy - 1.1M views...What?!! Being with you from the very beginning - you are certainly bringing me on an adventure. I just buckled up and pulled the straps tight, because you are about to takeoff off my man. Clear prop
If the zombie apocalypse comes I would take Jimmy's advices and skill sharing videos with me when looking for suitable aircraft to fly out to the safe hideout.
Hahaha when he called tower for clearance to take off on runway 19 I about died🤣 Can you imagine rolling out on the taxiway on a moss covered airplane🤣😂😅
Abandoned 20 years, so "out of annual" and not airworthy. Whether the engine can run is moot - The airplane MIGHT be a candidate for rebuilding, but for what purpose ? Particular historical interest ? Family heirloom ? It' may be more valuable as a monument on the roof of an airport restaurant at a small airfield somewhere - Paint it and haul it up there - proclaiming "Pie in the Sky" meals or whatever.
@@walterbrown8694 yup, disregarding its actual technical condition, getting it into "the system" of certified and "on annual" aircraft will be the hardest part. I think you can start with a full corrosion revision, full repaint, full engine and avionics overhaul. It's probably going to cost more than buying the same vintage model on annual, so you'd be losing money even if the plane had been for free. I'd still like to see him do it 😃
@@daszieher he’s an A&P and I assume the plane was free or almost free. It could be worth it for some planes. But Bonaza parts are insanely hard to find and expensive. So I doubt this one makes it back in the air.
@@Mrcaffinebean He's an A&P? Yikes, that's pretty hard to digest. What he did to that starter and engine are horrible. Plenty of parts on that engine, or the whole thing could have been saved for other E series.
@@docmirror8009 yeah I believe so, you can check out the other buying and fixing cheap plane vids he has. The reality is the motor requires a full overhaul anyways. And nothing I saw him did damage that an overhaul wouldn’t fix. The starter on the other hand, yeah that was cringe lol
Jimmy, Good to see you again. I'm glad you're still alive! The whole time I was on the edge of my seat wondering when Vanessa would "catch" and you would need those worn out brakes to keep you from buying another motorhome! p.s. The day the music died, are you sure it wasn't Waylon Jennings that gave up his seat? He told me that when Buddy left for the airport, he jokingly said to Waylon, "I hope that you catch a cold." and Waylon said to Buddy, "Well I hope your plane crashes." That messed up Waylon for a long time. Take care.
Watched this episode with my step son. Couldn't understand for the life of me why you were cycling the prop during start attempt. Then I realized you thought it was a primer. I was both amused and concerned at the same time.
That prop is electrically controlled by a toggle switch. The two knobs are throttle and mixture. The primer is on the floor under the pilots left leg. 🤙🏻
@@joshd4002 you are correct sir, it is indeed called a wobble pump. Where’s the third knob if the prop has been converted to hyd? Maybe on the panel somewhere?
@@russellhacklerjr8689 No sir. Note the stickers on the prop blades. That's a Hartzell bladder prop. If it were electric you would see the pitch motor inside the left air cooling intake. It does still have the elec prop switch, but it's not an electric prop. There is also no nose cone on the Beech electric, just a large gland nut.
Thats funny! I literally found an abandoned plane as well in a barn we purchased for the lumber. The lady let me have it but when I got it home and went over it. I found that there really wasn't much at all wrong with it. Other then the normal stuff from sitting so long. I went back and gave her money because I need as much good karma as I can get. Haha. I hope to have it running and in the air in 3 weeks hopefully. Not everyday you find working planes like this..haha
New subscriber here! Your colab with Cleetus McFarland was awesome I’m so stoked I found your channel cuz of it! I’m a private pilot, love your channel so far 🤙
I just found your channels and I subscribed and I love the videos as im now binge watching them. I usually watch car restoration from the dead but I now love airplanes. Im also a Veteran and its great to see another vet using their military training to do good
I so hate youtubes algorithm. I watch a bunch of aviation content, and a bunch of people reviving old machines. But I never heard of this channel until the collab with cleetus. With what I watch I clearly should have seen this channel as a recommendation a LONG time ago. Awesome channel BTW, new subscriber and loving it so far.
Absolutely on the time and effort but i doubt it’s Jimmy. I suspect he’s a junker who’s interest is for recovery and parts value. If he marries up with the right individual, it’ll fly again.
Just gonna say it, mag switches should be turned all the way to the right to the so-called 'both' position. I've never seen a mag switch that goes to the left to start.
@@31terikennedy Much better bring the power washer to the plane. Let's be honest, that thing may not make it to the car wash ;-) Plus I'd lay a tarp under the plane before he sprays it, to catch all the pieces that fall off!
Just love your enthusiasm and well done for getting her running. I was 10 when I made the Keil Kraft rubber powered model of the Beechcraft Bonanza. I bet you want to keep her now, give her a good clean up and tlc and then just play with it. I would hate to see her just left to rot. Save her. She'll never fly again but that doesnt matter. Start a museum. Peter
Rebuild the fuel system, plus replace most of the control surfaces due to corrosion, probably rebuild the landing gear, realistically you are looking at tearing it down and doing a near total rebuild. And he doesn't really want to keep that airplane.
@@metatechnologist well not quite so simple, the thompson fuel pump would likely need a rebuild as well, all new hoses, new fuel bladders, and prop overhaul and the big elephant in the room, ruddervators, they are not being produced anymore and a used set will set you back an easy 10k.... this is a parts plane unless someone has super deep pockets and some time to do some serious work, and the knowledge to not mess it up, the e series are peculiar birds....
You should try to withdraw some old fuel to test if there's any to see if it would burn readily. If it does not, you'll have to pour fresh fuel in the tank or use some type of enhancer. I thought there would be a problem with ignition. Plus I believe he checked the oil viscosity already. Thanks for sharing.
I know it probably won't be financially feasible to get it flying again. But is sure has some amazing history would be really cool for someone to restore it!
Seeing those old valve covers sure brought back some nasty memories. I've got burn scars over a large part of my body from die caste machines that made these for Continental aircraft engines. The company has long since been out of business and many of us former employees of that plant sure aren't shedding any tears.
@@winfriedwilcke1705, I was referring to the plant that made the components for the engines. I don't know where they moved to or if they are even still in business. For the sake of the unsuspecting employees I hope some entirely new company is making their parts now.
You remind me of ME... In 2022 we restored a 1984 Renault Fuego Turbo Coupe. That had been in a garage in upstate New York for 38 YEARS! Sold it and drove it to a Collector in New York City, from West Texas to New York City..
Sure you can get this engine running again, by using the universal credit card wrench. That miraculous wrench can fix anything...so.....what's in your wallet ;}>
never would have thought that old bird would have cranked without changing at least one mag. Pretty awesome. "Go Juice not getting to the Noise Converter".....absolutely hilarious. However, you missed a big joke opportunity when you opened the glove compartment door. A big old rubber snake should have fallen out of there lol. Is Vanessa going back to the graveyard or did you change your mind after she converted Go Juice to Noise?
It was Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup, not Merle Haggard. After Holly discovered Allsup and Jennings had agreed to go on with the tour bus, he jokingly remarked to the latter, “Well, I hope your ol’ bus freezes up!” It was then that Jennings replied, “Well, I hope your ol’ plane crashes!”-a remark that would haunt him for decades.
You’re living the dream my friend! Stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and I think I’ve watched almost all your videos. I’m a Florida boy myself born and raised over in St Pete now live over near St Augustine. My son and I are working on out PPL together right now and I am currently looking for a plane. Keep up the great content!!!
Many airplanes with gas leaks have caught fire and burned when the engine backfired or perhaps when sparks from jumper cables sparking in a fume filled fuselage caused an explosion. Please remember airplanes don't have to be in the air to be dangerous. It's only funny until someone gets hurt!
There's always a killjoy in any discussion. If there wern't people like Jimmy around nothing would get done. Taking risks with intelligence is what leads to discovery and achievement. Go Jimmy.
@@1425race Actually I love what Jimmy is doing and I am not against taking risks. Unnecessary risks I have a problem with. Perhaps if I hadn't known someone who was burned alive in a helicopter and took 3 days to die from his horrific injuries I might share your definition of intelligent.
I would definitely be ready to depart that cockpit if I even smelled a hint of smoke!! Maybe have the local fire department standing by just in case. Looked like a lot of dead weeds and grass around there.
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I sincerely hope you did not put regular automobile gasoline into an airplane lol the maximum octane rating for a car is on 92 but AvGas starts at 100 octane that is why most AvGas contains lead If you had tried fueling an airplane with a car gasoline the knocking would destroy the engine
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Next episode: Abandoned Nuclear Plant will it still activate after 65 years.
Hahahahaha 😂😆👍
That dude is gonna be able to start Chernobyl's 4th reactor, at least it seems like it
@@Gentlemen_london_ ahahah
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@@rederos8079 I think Chernobyl's 4th reactor is still running - because most of control rods are still outside reactor... Thats why whole building is covered by shield built many years after 1986 - thats only thing we can do. Modern reactors are build within safety housing - PWR/WWER reactors are almost impossible to overheat, but when it happens - everything stays in that housing. Chernobyl RBMK reactors wasnt have safety housing at all.
Waylon Jennings lost the coin toss with Buddy Holly. Waylon was his bass player. Buddy told Waylon "I hope you freeze on the bus" (heater was broken) and Waylon told Buddy "I hope your old plane crashes". Waylon felt badly about that statement for years.
This man's perseverance is incredible.
Jimmy! Your kid will be forever grateful for these adventures with you. Keep up the awesome work ✈️
I've got an old '48 V-Tail...
The mag switch is also a battery switch. In order to get power, it has to be turned to "battery" position, AND have the rocker switch marked "battery" (on lower right side of panel with other rocker switches and circuit breakers)
Im an aircraft maintenance engineer apprentice, still starting off, young days, but this content makes me happy. So thank you!
Engineer?
A&P license?
I think it will run, but I don't think it should be flown without a complete go over on everything.
Apprentice, and Europe. Got all A licence modules tho! Currently working on C-17's 😄
Canadian/British system, called AME's, Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, equal to A&P, IA.
That engine has a Bendix pressure carburetor, the rebuild cost for which was over $3000 about 10 years ago. The chances of one remaining functional, stored outdoors for years, with no avgas in it to keep the diaphragms soft are close to zero; so to see this one work at all was amazing. Also, one can not gravity feed a pressure carb, but apparently you tapped into the suction side of the engine driven pump. Once primed, the gas can could have been placed on the ground. Usually, the wobble pump is used for starting, until the engine driven fuel pump comes on line to provide fuel pressure. More fuel is pumped to the carb, than is actually needed, so there's a small fuel line that returns the extra; always to the LEFT MAIN tank. Thus, if you start with the left tank full, you either select the left tank, or you will over-fill the tank and the excess will be dumped over-board from the tank vent. If the engine pump fails in flight, one can use the wobble pump to "pump" their way to a suitable landing site. When airworthy, these early Bonanzas are a pure joy to fly!
I take it u know a little bit about planes then
A little. Owned & maintained a D35 Bonanza for 30+ years.
@@ZetaByteMe sorry if this is rude, but what job do you have or did have to be able to afford the plane?
@@djpollo2474 pilot i guess
@@ZetaByteMe only small plane I have ever been in is a bonanza a buddy of mine owns. Was supposed to take my first flying lesson today but it started snowing really hard. That's Alaska!
well Jimmy, i have been watching lots of youtube channels for the longest of time, and you are the first person to step up buying up old planes and repairing them and getting back up in the air, and suddenly everyone is now trying to copy you, well your inspiring people around the world to not be scared of planes as a result more and more youth are getting interested in aircraft industry...
Is that the old grass strip at Seagoville, TX? My mom and pop lived about 1 mile from there. I used to fly my 1951 C35 bonanza into it when I went for a visit.
Ok Jimmy! You got me!!!! Jammin Jimmy got it started!!!! Woot!!!! I’m a retired corporate pilot. I also am a former instructor for the ABS. Looks like a little bondo here and there and some bailing wire and she will be good again. Don’t forget the duct tape!!! Keep on whispering!!! Great video sir!!!
I bought my luscombe after it sat for 12 years and I spent a summer going through it and rebuilding the engine with a power upgrade and it is now a fantastic plane that flies weekly, it is a 1946 built plane
Awesome!!
Hi
Nice
@@rylanstrains2224 thank you, it is currently going through another upgrade of lights and radios, been planning on it for a while but I’m just a garbage truck driver so money is the issue lol. Just about done now so I will be able to fly to larger places. Plan is to fly it to Oshkosh next year from where I live near mt rainier Washington
@@AlanpittsS2a That's sweet.
i cannot express how calming this is to me. i have waited for a good plane revival channel and you have delivered my friend. congratulations you got your self a subscriber who really enjoy what you do.
For those who want to know. The small can of spray in the air intake is EASY START in UK . Best to have a can handy when trying to start MOST ENGINES. but don't use to much else you'll have piston around your head if it fires.up.
waylon.
I was thinking of several things as you were working your way into this project. 1.) A good fire extinguisher would have gave you some piece of mind . 2.) After one or two attempts you should have stopped and added your external fuel supply. 3.) All those leaks underneath, if there are "bladder" fuel tanks in the wings looks like they will need to be replaced. Are those parts available anywhere? 4. ) How much time and money are you willing to spend on this ? 5.) What is your goal? Make it fly? Or run the engine once in a while? You know maybe if you were not looking to make it fly you could run it around the ground . That might be fun. But watch out for that prop. Keep your pets "dogs, cats, horses ect... away from it when it is running. They don't know the danger. Good luck! I look forward to watching your next video on this.
I was excited from the beginning to the end of the video to see the result, and man, at the time I got it and was slow I celebrated with you, my congratulations for your insistence and patience! I look forward to seeing what you do with this bonanza!
Berit
First time watcher. I’ll definitely be back. You’re just authentic and fun!
Same here
Same here i love airplanes
Great history lesson Jimmy BUT ya got it wrong - the Buddy Holly band member who declined the flight and gave up his seat was Waylon Jennings.
Waylon was buddy Holly's bass player.and gave up his seat to the big bopper.
He carried that guilt for years until he met the big boppers son at a concert and finally gained peace.
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Hello,
I don't look at my phone during the day as I'm building a new house and leave in the charger.
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Just discovered this channel. It's amazing. So much humor. You are an incredible dad.
How to make a million dollars in aviation? Start with five million.
Full marks for tenacity Sir. 👍🏻
An airplane is a flying machine propelled through the air by the rapid combustion of money!!!
Your channel has absolutely exploded since the PA-32 build! This is excellent, it shows the more humorous, human side of aviation!
Thanks so much! you are an O.G. at this point! lol. It's still weird that this tubeface thing is a thing...
Never understood why aviation has to be pretty niche, flying or owning a plane is just like owning a car
@@therealjimmysworld I'll be following for a while yet. I'm enjoying Hoovies Hangar 😅
@@fernando13e It is nothing like owning a car. An oil change is a couple hundred bucks, A battery is $275 or more, and even simple tasks have to be run through an aviation certified mechanic and signed off on at $100 or more per hour. An annual inspection can start at $700 (if the owner helps) and climb to the moon if parts need to be replaced.
@@jamesbergman4917 auto shops charge over $100 an hour, some oil changes at a shop are a couple hundred bucks if you buy full synthetic and a good filter, if a car is properly maintained its very comparable...just nobody properly maintains their cars, and as you pointed out these have to be properly maintained and signed off on, and everything HAS to be done or supervised by a certified aviation mechanic.
It wasn't Merle Haggard it was Waylon Jennings that traded his seat .Waylon was filling in on bass for the Buddy Holly tour and was a close friend of Buddy. The Bopper was sick with fever from riding on the cold bus that kept breaking down and traded seats with the Waylon. Tommy Allsup flipped the coin with Valens and ended up on the bus too. Said day for music and they only made it a few miles from the airport when they crashed.
You beat me to the Correction and are 100% correct!
I’m glad you made the correction. I had a good friend that was a backup musician for Waylon!
Yup, and the pilot was Roger Peterson
I kid you not; in 2009, the little 14 passenger Saab I was in nearly crashed at Mason City during an ice storm. The fact that Buddy Holly died outside the same airport in poor conditions is not lost on me.
Some referred to the crash as the Big Flopper lol 😂
"Will it run again?" Well. Given enough time and money, im sure anything can be made to run again. The real question is, 'Is it worth fixing/restoring?' Chances are, probably not as it would likely take far more money to fix than it would be worth.
The only real value gained from fixing it, is the experience & knowledge gained while fixing it.
It was my understanding that It was Waylon Jennings, not Merle haggard, that “won/lost” the coin flip.
Actually, Jennings refused to go on the plane; Tommy Allsup lost the coin toss.
Waylon Jennings is correct.
No it was John Denver
It was Waylon jennings
Correct
I knew it was a fuel delivery issue when it fired up the first time, it had compression and spark to run, the only thing missing was a constant supply of fuel. I don't know airplanes, but I do know engines.
uh huh.
no way
Always got to be a problem with 1 of the 4 stages for the engine.
Suck (fuel in)
Squeeze (compressing the gas)
Bang (igniting the gas)
Blow (exhaust out)
@@IIBLANKII And that last one usually handles itself, since exhausts tend to get more open and leaky as time passes XD
But yeah, sound advice for those who are getting started learning engines, its like _"The 4 Tenets Of Engine Revival"_ :P
Nothing gets past you 😭
Would love to see a full resto on this plane. Love the V tail.
Yes me too, I had a "Dinky Toy" metal model of this plane when I was about 10.
You wouldn't want to see the price tag of a full restoration of that thing. Engine and airframe are bound to have corrosion and that all needs to be checked. You could buy a flying vintage Bonanza in annual for less than what it would end up costing just to get this POS legally airworthy again and that doesn't include paint, interior, and avionics updates. I see corrosion all over the control yoke. That means corrosion will be everywhere. Old Bonanzas like this are pretty cheap because they're so expensive to maintain and repair. Parts for those old E-Series Continental engines are getting real pricey, too.
Every airport has at least a few derelict airplanes like this sitting around. Yes, they can be made to run but you wouldn't want to fly one. If they've been sitting out for 10 years or more in most climate conditions a buyer is better off parting them out.
Restoration would be easily north of 150K.
haha, i love to see you work man. Specially the way you talk to the plane as a human being. Treating her with real respect and love.. love it !
Way to go doctor Jimmy! 'It's ALIVE!' Thanks for the information about the previous owner and his many accomplishments! Great Channel!
The Beechcraft V-tail Bonanza is my favorite single-engine personal aircraft of all time! I loved flying them, even the early models. In my experience, I found that if you treat it right, it will more than treat you right. It still deserves the respect and considerations you'd give ANY high-performance, retractable aircraft. I find the Bonanza's "forked tailed doctor killer" reputation completely unjustified. Those dead doctors and many others who met their fate in a Bonanza weren't really ready to fly ANY high-performance aircraft without further training and experience!
@You Tube You can rip ANY airplane apart if it's flown outside of its design envelope, especially by allowing it to get away.
I like older Mk. 20 Mooneys too, even though they can be a bit cramped. I particularly liked the old style manually operated landing gear. It's hard to forget to lower it and it always works, no matter what. It's amazing what they can do performance-wise with just a 180 hp four-banger up front, while not burning a whole lot of gas!
The later Mooneys like the 201, 231,
252 TSE, Bravo and Ovation are awesome and of course require a lot bigger budget to own and operate.
@@maverickdallas1004 "Especially" when you try to go through that line of t'storms! At night. Thirty-eight years in my H35 and the tail is still on it!
@You Tube Service bulletins and AD's are usually the result of issues presenting themselves out in the field. The ultimate test for ANY product is the end user. Testing in a facility rarely tells all the details as to how a product will hold up over time while it's in the public's hands.
Aircraft are some of the most carefully designed, manufactured and rigorously tested machines that are built by humans. Yet in spite of all that, manufacturers get hit with outrageous lawsuits, even though pilot error is the cause of an accident. Although it is our right to expect an aircraft that is safe to operate and manufacturers do their best to achieve that goal, a lot of excesses find their way into the regulations which only serve to drive up costs and effectively shut an ever increasing number of us out of what used to be a great and affordable American pastime just two generations ago, becoming what is nowadays a "rich man's hobby"!
My instructor and I had a conversation about that and agreed that Doctors and Lawyers should be called V-tailed Bonanza killers.
@You Tube The AD on the 737 Max was certainly a BIG one! Compared to most GA aircraft, the AD's are usually much stricter on commercial aircraft and require corrective action to be taken almost immediately. That's a GOOD thing because they haul the public around in large numbers. We deserve to step onto a safe aircraft for what we pay for a ticket!
On many personal light aircraft, a lot of things are often overdone, over regulated and unless the aircraft was abused, neglected or damaged, in so many cases have too little merit to justify the costs involved. Oftentimes, rules and regulations are made to somehow provide an added margin of safety to the lowest common denominator, the DUMBEST among us! And of course, the money hungry "ambulance chaser" lawyers don't help matters much, either!
I’m started to understand how Han Solo struggled with the Millennium Falcon
You’ve identified various problems but seem to bypass them rather than repair them … certainly a great commercial for starters … 😹
I'd fly it as is...
@@haraldblakeslee2102 He's not trying to repair the plain He's just trying to get it started to see if it's even worth repairing. Or for salvage.
Han had Chewy.
Do not judge someone else’s past; you don’t know your future
What could possibly go wrong? Open fuel tank sitting on the wing. The underside of the airplane soaked with leaking fuel. No brakes . No chocks. RV parked 20 ft in front of the whirling prop. A throttle linkage that hasn't been used or maintained in 30 years. Jump starting an engine with no oil. running the starter until it burns up. Your child in the cabin holding the go-pro. Gee.... I dunno!
I don't fly, have no interest in planes whatsoever but stumbled across this video and have been watching your videos for the last hour or so lol. Thanks for making this an interesting topic for a man who literally has no interest in it whatsoever. Peace. Keep safe and I hope you and all of your family have a wonderful New Year. I'll be watching more.
I keep expecting Derek from Vice Grips Garage to come round and lend a feller a hand or three.
His disclaimer at the beginning of the show is about the same. Derek is a funnier feller.
@@randallksparks1 Vice Grip Garage also knows how to work on engines. This guy clearly should not be touching stuff he knows nothing about
@@blowinkk9396 first time watching this guy..and the first thing I thought is how Derek would've had the auxiliary fuel tank hooked up once there was fuel delivery issues.
My father despised vice grips and always insisted I use the proper wrench.
He called vice grips "the Tiajauna socket set".
Might want to get checked out in bonanza to know how systems work, wobble pump then engine driven fuel pump keeps it going
But do need to seal the system before it becomes a big fireball
one thing i learn from u today is NEVER GIVE UP
THANKS FOR TEACHING ME A SUCH A LESSON
Great plane! My father in law had a 1960 Beechcraft Bonanza and it was a fantastic plane that I loved flying in. Miss both him and the plane.
I'm detecting a hint of Vice Grip Garage here :D Love both channels!
This dude is a complete idiot. No one should ever demonstrate cranking the starter like that. No one should have anything to do with aviation with this guy.
Yeah, but in Vice Grip Garage when something goes wrong with a 50-60 year old vehicle that he's driving home you can call a tow truck if need be. At 20,000 feet in a 50-60 year old airplane, not so much...
I like it. He just needs a boat tank, so he can taxi it around the field.
@@smithjones3548
1: that bonanza would never make 20,000 feet in its best day it's an unpasteurized aircraft even if could climb that high the crew would be dead (from hypoxia) before 15,000ft.
Getting the engine started is a long way from flying it. You sir are a moron with no sense of humor. Watch he spends tons of money getting some of aircraft air worthy again. Way more than they are worth. He would probably more accurately compared the Hoovies Garage. Another very popular car channel. Chillax or go away.
Awesome! Thank you!
I love watching to see if abandoned things will still work!
Mutch fake click bites, make money with this video's, i am a tech so i know
@@marcmercedes2707 what???
This has quickly become my favorite YT channel
That little boy will one day be aviation master!! Hope I'll see him work for Boeing or Airbus some day
cesna
Nice pfp
This video took me back. Jimmy, you became James Steward from "Flight Of The Phoenix". You put your last start cartridge in Vanessa and yelled Clear Prop!.
I'm yelling at the monitor saying, "Come on Vanessa, you can do it!". Her engine comes to life with a powerful force, knocking the gas tank off the wing. I jumped
out of my seat shouting, "WOO HOO" as Vanessa continues to run until she runs out of gas. Crazy? maybe, but I enjoyed this video and your Happy dance.
Put Vanessa's picture on as T-shirt as she sit now and I'll be the first to buy one. Love the video, thanks for sharing. :-)
I believe it's spelled Stewart.
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Well Joseph, with all the excitement going on with Vanessa and all, I guess my spell check didn't catch it but I got my point across. That's all that matters. Thanks.
@ I have to agree with you on that fact. 100% :-)
I was doing the finger count as well. Enjoying this in 🇬🇧
Should have named it Karen or Hoss
Here's another observation. Please - anyone wanting to spin and start a long ignored engine, do some prep work on it FIRST! Try mixing some Marvel Mystery oil with a little engine oil, and dump a decent amount in each cylinder. Then slowly pull the prop through to force this mixture down beside the pistons, into the ring groves, and on into the crank case. If it's an engine you want to fly behind, it would be even better to pull a cylinder so you can get your eyes on the cam and lifters to check their condition. Simply going for it, is a good way to turn a salvageable engine into a candidate for immediate rebuild which really sends the $$ numbers into the stratosphere.
The FAA airworthiness regs are going to require this engine to be rebuilt anyway if it's ever going to get its airworthiness certificate back. He was really just checking to make sure it wasnt seized and didn't have a knock.
@@sportaholic4482 FAA doesn't care about old planes like. Don't need no stinking airworthiness badge.
@@sportaholic4482 What regs are those? I don’t recall anything like that for part 91. Annual inspection signed off by an A&P with an IA and should be good though probably needs the registration. With that said there is about zero chance of it getting a successful inspection without 2x - 3x more $$$ than it’s worth.
Yep looks like a good way to screw up an engine.
@@thurgogopro5338 those old LV motors are built for abuse. You aren't going to hurt its feelings by dry starting it. Snowflake motors these days cry at you if you leave them outside over night without a little blankie
Very late to the party I know but, I've only recently found you and become mildly addicted to following your adventures.
I just wanted to make sure of something you said at about 12 minutes into this about the battery. You stated to"always disconnect the positive first". I admit I may well be wrong since I'm not certain with old light aircraft but, unless that thing is positive earth (I remember some older cars I've worked on were) then it should be NEGATIVE first since if negative earth (as all modern cars and bikes I know of are) then one touch of that tool you're undoing it with and watch your eyes and even prepare for a possible hydrogen explosion (assuming the battery had power) so ALWAYS negative first. Unless I am completely wrong and it is positive earth.
I'm amazed to see how much of a hard work you put into these things!
It Wasn’t Merle Haggard.
The Big Bopper was sick and asked Bass Player and friend of Buddy, “Waylon Jennings” if he could have Waylons seat on the plane and Waylon said sure. He’d ride the freezing cold bus to help him out.
The rest is history.
It was the absolute worst example of aeronautical decision making that they found a pilot to take the flight with four adult males and baggage on board, and take off into darkness with snow actively falling. The Bonanza was not the airplane to tackle icing conditions with; they were most likely over weight at take-off, and the pilot had failed his initial instrument check ride. What possibly could have gone wrong - sadly DID!
@@ZetaByteMe also I believe the 1960’s attitude indicator might have been still caged, not that VFR pilot was rated to utilize it, but didn’t help in a black sky and landscape, little to no points of reference to show a climb/decent/level flight. CFIT
I don't recall anything in the accident report mentioning it being caged, only that it was a different or non-standard presentation. An instrument qualified pilot would have immediately noticed it being caged when their natural cross-check noted the turn coordinator indicating a turn, while the ADI showed wings level. A caged ADI should be almost as obvious as a tachometer reading zero.
Waylon, Old Friend: ua-cam.com/video/Pa-ZJlO2-7U/v-deo.html
See how people can get wrong info and mess everything up.. better they keep shut if they dont know..
What a great video! I was totally on the edge of my seat rootin' for Vanessa. The second I first looked at the Bonanza in the other video, I had the name La Bamba picked in my mind, out of respect to Misters Holly, Richardson and Valens. Looking forward to more content!
I think Donna would be better. That's what Ritchie would have wanted.
@@lancomedic That's a great point!
The coin flip was with Waylon Jennings, and jokingly Ritchie said to Waylon, I hope your bus brakes down and Waylon jokingly said to Ritchie, I hope your plane goes down and unfortunately it did. Waylon sunk into a deep depression for 20 years blaming himself for saying that.
Please don't let the V-tail become a parts bird. She is showing signs of life. Love the videos.
I didn't watch the full video but I did see the engine running on spray then dying out. I heard him mention faulty key switch. I'd go through the fuel system before calling it quits..It don't matter how much money someone has, no airplane will sit 20 years outside , then just end up adding air to tires and a jump pack and start up.
Precisely, why junk the entire plane when all it needs is some plumbing. Its got spark, it got air, it’s turning with starter fluid, all it needs is the fuel making it.
@@ak_jam and control surfaces to work, and the electrical system rebuilt, and the brakes, and fixing oil leaks, ect..
probably 100 ad’s to comply with and a corroded wing and tail spars
@@ak_jam It's likely well over the time for a rebuild which has to be done by a certified mechanic and costs a lot of money. Not sure what qualifications Jimmy has but if he has an A&P certification, he could do it.
Jimmy, I don't know what you did to achieve this level of success which allows you to blow thousands of dollars on "projects" but I hope to achieve the same level so I can have the freedom to do the same one day. Congrats!
Me too.
how do u know he didn't give the guy $50? you gotta have fiddy bucks, doncha? shit, he might have given the guy a six pack for the sheer entertainment value of trying to get that thing started!
I hope he didn’t give him more than a 12 pack because he will have more into it than what it sells for. Or he just bought BTC at $1
@@h2oski1200 entertainment value love it! 😂🤣😂🤣
Someone out there is getting paid by Jimmy to have Jimmy figure out how to get the plane off his land.
Congrats on getting it started! Your perseverance is remarkable!...
* From flying and maintaining a '52 "C" model years ago, IIRC the engine has a Bendix PS5C pressure carb that requires fuel pressure to start, which could have been the initial problem... There should be a hand pump to the left of the pilot's leg that can be used to get fuel into the carb for starting. Some airplanes may also have an aftermarket electrical aux fuel pump.
* If you intend to get the airplane airworthy, there are a number of Airworthiness Directives on early Bonanzas which can be pretty spendy.
* The bladders leaking fuel is to be expected given the airplane's overall condition... Agree that having liquid fuel dripping off the belly onto the ground was a bit of a game of Russian Roulette...
* The wing lower skin to spar attachment rivets should be closely inspected. On the first Be-35s, to save weight, Beech used lighter skins and rivets to attach the wing's leading edge "D" section to the spar caps. The "D" section was designed to replace the shear web between the upper and lower spar caps, with the leading edge carrying the shear loads from the spar caps. The design was clever and adequately strong as long as the structure remained intact, and the airplane was flown within limits.
A failure mode for early Bonanzas was that the wing would be highly stressed and loose inboard lower wing skin to spar cap rivets would fail, "uzipping" the D section from the lower spar cap, pressurizing the wing interior causing the wing to fail.
If the rivets holding the lower skin to the spar cap start to loosen (usually at the root) they will show black aluminum oxide streaks from the rivet heads and a close inspection is called for. With an accumulation of oil and dirt on the belly, those streaks can be difficult to see and interpret properly.
Good luck with the project!!
* PS series carb manual - www.csobeech.com/files/PS-CarbManual.pdf
* American Bonanza Society link: www.bonanza.org/
The amount of time, work and money to get this plane airworthy will make those ADs look cheap!
Safety didn't show up this weekend...
From an earlier video Jimmy did, the magnesium ruddervator skins were corroded all the way through. New skins to replace these are virtually unavailable at any price. The only option is to try to find airworthy used ones - which has become almost as impossible. This particular model - if it still has the center carry-through truss, originally constructed with welded steel tubing, is IMHO NOT worth owning. There are just too many inspections and ugly failure modes associated with such a critical part. Move on to at least a C35 through G35 if you want to own an early Bonanza. When airworthy, they are a dream to fly; about 170 mph TAS burning average of 10GPH in the 8,500 to 10,500 altitude regime. The price for going faster in the later models, was a heavier, less natural control feel; plus higher fuel flow of course.
Hey Jimmy, the other star was Waylen Jennings. I'm a Country singer and I've just followed it since I heard the my first song by Jim Reeves one early winter morning and instantly fell hopelessy in love with Country Music and discovered I coould carry a tune in the second grade. :) Been a fun adventure. :)
The Hoovies Garage of aviation! Love it!! Ps: I had the closed captions on, and every time the engine spun, the translation was no no no no no no no no lol
You remind me of will Forte. Having your son travel around and help work on planes is a wonderful adventure for him! Just found you. Love the channel already!
I ways always under the impression, that the other person on the other end of that coin flip was Waylon Jennings. Jennings wouldn't talk about it for 40 years because of what he said to Buddy Holly after he lost the flip. "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes". Just the kind of things we men say to each other...without really meaning it.
It was indeed Waylon Jennings. He and Buddy had been friends for years, and he was touring with Buddy, playing bass. Buddy Holly said "I hope your bus gets stuck in a snow bank", and Waylon replied "well, I hope your plane crashes", or words to that effect. Buddy had been the person who had gotten Waylon Jennings into performing in the first place, and he stopped playing music for several years after the crash. There was a pretty good interview floating around on UA-cam for awhile with Waylon opening up about the crash for the first time.
Wish they'd both taken the bus. :(
@@johngelnaw1243 The musician that lost the coin flip was Tommy Allsup. Jennings gave his plane seat up to the Big Bopper because the Big Bopper had the flu.
The buddy Holly Story is close.
Who didnt get on the plane with Buddy Holly?
Buddy Holly is remembered with a statue in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas. Waylon Jennings wasn't the only scheduled passenger on that ill-fated flight who escaped death. Another band member, Tommy Allsup, and the 17 year old Richie Valens tossed a coin to see who would get to fly that night. Just keeping it accuate....
I have a whole lot of time in Bonanzas. Love em. Wish I had that plane here in Chile. Jim
That’s an E80 starter. You should tick it once to just barely move the prop. That engages the teeth on the starter. Then hit it to turn the engine over. Otherwise you can break teeth off the starter or the flywheel. That starter is a $2000 core!
same starter used on a p&w 450 :)
There's alot of very spendy parts on that one. Start with magnesium control surfaces.
Well, at least you got the model number correct. As for the process on these starters, the E80 has no 'teeth'. The starter has a sprag clutch with a spring for plate tension, and there is no 'flywheel' on the E series engine. The sprag clutch engages the starter pad on the accessory housing. Do NOT 'tick' it once and then turn the engine over. Use it just like a starter on a car. Turn the key, push the button(or key start on some models), and crank until the engine catches, then release the button or key. Ticking the starter once is a good way to damage the sprag assembly, and yes - rebuilding the whole thing is $2500 or so.
@@docmirror8009 Doc, not sure if you are aware of Lew Gage, but he literally wrote the book on e series bonanzas. He is the one who recommends the tick. The plate on the accessory case side is attached to planetary gears, the tick trick is to engage the plate and just start the moving of the gears vs putting the entire load on at once, there are many examples of sheared gears on the accessory case side to look at on beechtalk from starting an e series bonanza as you described...Rebuilding an accessory case on a bonanza will cost 4 times what a new starter would..not to mention there are plenty of usable ones on the market.... 1700 from aircraft accessories in Oklahoma, but an e-80 should last a while.
@@benjigault9043 YEAH! What you said!
Jimmy, you are MY kind of crazy!!! LOVE it!!! SOOOO glad I subbed! Keep 'em flyin', brother.
It literally makes me sad to see this beautiful (eventually with enough care and a LOT of money) plane be only used for parts. I'd love to see it restored to like new condition and flying thru the air like it did on its very first flight.
This plane deserves a chance to fly again.
Would take about 80 to 150 grand. Can buy a flying one for $65K
This is the most epic engine start I've seen
I would like to see a series of videos of this plane being restored.
After a certain point it's cheaper to replace it with another. The entire aircraft will probably have to be completely dismantled and inspected.
@Sgt Brown More than just rivets, after sitting there the wing spars could have corroded. All of the 'innards' are hidden under the sheet metal--you pretty much have to pull the entire aircraft apart, inspect everything carefully... and if any of it is salvageable, then you look for all the replacement parts you need, and voila--you have a really, really old kit-plane ready for assembly :)
This is not like taking some old car down the road that has been sitting for 25 years. like on Vise-Grip garage. That's a manageable risk.
@@devilsoffspring5519 Aren't wing spars Aluminium? Do they corrode?
@Lucho RR I can assure you that the engine need whole rebuild and inspection too. Starting it may actually have ruined it completely.
“Free haircuts” is my go to prop clearing speech lol
Hahaha. With all that fuel leaking everywhere, he should have been yelling "clear the field!"
Love watching you, what you bring is light to a lot of bad casualties in flying due to a variety of situations!
That was Waylon Jennings who gave up his seat (not Merle Haggard. Jennings was in Buddy Holly’s band.
Yup. Gave it up to the Big Bopper, who had the flu. Haggard was incarcerated at San Quentin in 1959.
Yup. Waylon.
@@imd1b4u Huh?
Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson who was given Waylon's seat as an act of compassion, and Richie Valens who won his seat in a coin toss with Tommy Allsup. Then the pilot whose name escapes me.
So I count four. What number did YOU come up with?
@@joshuafuller9898 * Roger Peterson, pilot.See my above comment.
Jimmy - 1.1M views...What?!! Being with you from the very beginning - you are certainly bringing me on an adventure. I just buckled up and pulled the straps tight, because you are about to takeoff off my man. Clear prop
2.1M views...I wish I could figure out this FaceTube thing! Way to go Captain Jimmy.
If the zombie apocalypse comes I would take Jimmy's advices and skill sharing videos with me when looking for suitable aircraft to fly out to the safe hideout.
You wouldn't even make it off the ground then
@@blowinkk9396 🤣🤣🤣
@@blowinkk9396 100% that airframe go booom
Only in movies zombies can't fly airplanes when in reality they can
You must download all these videos before it's too late!!!! there is not gonna be internet by then
Hahaha when he called tower for clearance to take off on runway 19 I about died🤣 Can you imagine rolling out on the taxiway on a moss covered airplane🤣😂😅
This plane is like a time capsule hahaha. It looks in pretty good condition considering, but corrosion must be pretty bad at this point.
Abandoned 20 years, so "out of annual" and not airworthy. Whether the engine can run is moot - The airplane MIGHT be a candidate for rebuilding, but for what purpose ? Particular historical interest ? Family heirloom ? It' may be more valuable as a monument on the roof of an airport restaurant at a small airfield somewhere - Paint it and haul it up there - proclaiming "Pie in the Sky" meals or whatever.
@@walterbrown8694 yup, disregarding its actual technical condition, getting it into "the system" of certified and "on annual" aircraft will be the hardest part.
I think you can start with a full corrosion revision, full repaint, full engine and avionics overhaul.
It's probably going to cost more than buying the same vintage model on annual, so you'd be losing money even if the plane had been for free.
I'd still like to see him do it 😃
@@daszieher he’s an A&P and I assume the plane was free or almost free. It could be worth it for some planes. But Bonaza parts are insanely hard to find and expensive.
So I doubt this one makes it back in the air.
@@Mrcaffinebean He's an A&P? Yikes, that's pretty hard to digest. What he did to that starter and engine are horrible. Plenty of parts on that engine, or the whole thing could have been saved for other E series.
@@docmirror8009 yeah I believe so, you can check out the other buying and fixing cheap plane vids he has.
The reality is the motor requires a full overhaul anyways. And nothing I saw him did damage that an overhaul wouldn’t fix.
The starter on the other hand, yeah that was cringe lol
I was so disappointed when I thought you were going to walk away from the plane. Glad you didn't give up. I hate to see planes left to die too.
Same here Rick! I thought Jimmy was to “ Throw the towel” on the Bonanza! I almost walked away from the TV! But he did not!
Jimmy is the neighbor we all wish we had. So glad I found this channel. 🙏🏻👊🏻
Always bring a can of insect repellent, ie Ridsect or Bygon with you when you go to look at old and neglected airplanes.
The funny thing here is that the checklist was in his hands....one of the steps is to use the wobble pump to prime the fuel system.
Damn I was expecting you to make it run and fly it for 600 miles home like Derek
Jimmy, Good to see you again. I'm glad you're still alive! The whole time I was on the edge of my seat wondering when Vanessa would "catch" and you would need those worn out brakes to keep you from buying another motorhome! p.s. The day the music died, are you sure it wasn't Waylon Jennings that gave up his seat? He told me that when Buddy left for the airport, he jokingly said to Waylon, "I hope that you catch a cold." and Waylon said to Buddy, "Well I hope your plane crashes." That messed up Waylon for a long time. Take care.
Howling mad Murdock..... loving the channel dude!!!!
Almost anything can be made to run if you put enough money into it.
Watched this episode with my step son. Couldn't understand for the life of me why you were cycling the prop during start attempt. Then I realized you thought it was a primer. I was both amused and concerned at the same time.
That prop is electrically controlled by a toggle switch. The two knobs are throttle and mixture. The primer is on the floor under the pilots left leg. 🤙🏻
@@russellhacklerjr8689 No primer on this plane. It has a wobble pump. And I think that is a hartzell logo on the prop..and if so it's hydraulic.
@@joshd4002 you are correct sir, it is indeed called a wobble pump. Where’s the third knob if the prop has been converted to hyd? Maybe on the panel somewhere?
@@russellhacklerjr8689 No sir. Note the stickers on the prop blades. That's a Hartzell bladder prop. If it were electric you would see the pitch motor inside the left air cooling intake. It does still have the elec prop switch, but it's not an electric prop. There is also no nose cone on the Beech electric, just a large gland nut.
@@docmirror8009 thanks for the knowledge! I’m used to my S35. I haven’t been in a straight 35 since 1991.
Thats funny! I literally found an abandoned plane as well in a barn we purchased for the lumber. The lady let me have it but when I got it home and went over it. I found that there really wasn't much at all wrong with it. Other then the normal stuff from sitting so long. I went back and gave her money because I need as much good karma as I can get. Haha. I hope to have it running and in the air in 3 weeks hopefully. Not everyday you find working planes like this..haha
“really wasn’t that much wrong with it”
That is up there with “It flew in, it’ll fly out”. Good luck, buy insurance.
Please post some content on it!
@Repent oh go away please we are not interested
Good man for being considerate, you have a conscience, good luck.
Post a video please
I love this guy, he cracks me up!!!
New subscriber here! Your colab with Cleetus McFarland was awesome I’m so stoked I found your channel cuz of it! I’m a private pilot, love your channel so far 🤙
I just found your channels and I subscribed and I love the videos as im now binge watching them. I usually watch car restoration from the dead but I now love airplanes. Im also a Veteran and its great to see another vet using their military training to do good
It's incredible that this machine is 74 years old! Imagine flying this thing around in 1947!
Pretty futuristic in fact.
I so hate youtubes algorithm. I watch a bunch of aviation content, and a bunch of people reviving old machines. But I never heard of this channel until the collab with cleetus. With what I watch I clearly should have seen this channel as a recommendation a LONG time ago. Awesome channel BTW, new subscriber and loving it so far.
You know you can get this one flying again . It takes time and effort, and yes,, money. Also dedication!
Mostly MONEY $$$$$$$$$$$$...
Absolutely on the time and effort but i doubt it’s Jimmy. I suspect he’s a junker who’s interest is for recovery and parts value. If he marries up with the right individual, it’ll fly again.
Just gonna say it, mag switches should be turned all the way to the right to the so-called 'both' position. I've never seen a mag switch that goes to the left to start.
When it finally starts you should fly it to the car wash quickly while its still running.
I tried that once, still waiting for spare nav lights!!!
Much better to taxi it :D
@@31terikennedy Much better bring the power washer to the plane. Let's be honest, that thing may not make it to the car wash ;-) Plus I'd lay a tarp under the plane before he sprays it, to catch all the pieces that fall off!
@@drewt3210 Interesting to see him get it started but after that, run away, run away!
@S A K
I heard "RUNWAY, WHERE'S THE RUNWAY"
Crazy nice, you are something else and I love you to bits!!
Just love your enthusiasm and well done for getting her running.
I was 10 when I made the Keil Kraft rubber powered model of the Beechcraft Bonanza.
I bet you want to keep her now, give her a good clean up and tlc and then just play with it.
I would hate to see her just left to rot.
Save her. She'll never fly again but that doesnt matter.
Start a museum.
Peter
Jimmy: Don’t give up on the Bonanza! It fired; next is to figure out how to get fuel to the cylinders.
He needed to change out and regap spark plugs. And rebuild the carb and it would be an airplane again.
Rebuild the fuel system, plus replace most of the control surfaces due to corrosion, probably rebuild the landing gear, realistically you are looking at tearing it down and doing a near total rebuild. And he doesn't really want to keep that airplane.
@@starrionx1 And the interior is pretty worn. It is a complete rebuild. They are a common airplane. This was destined to be a parts airplane.
@@metatechnologist well not quite so simple, the thompson fuel pump would likely need a rebuild as well, all new hoses, new fuel bladders, and prop overhaul and the big elephant in the room, ruddervators, they are not being produced anymore and a used set will set you back an easy 10k.... this is a parts plane unless someone has super deep pockets and some time to do some serious work, and the knowledge to not mess it up, the e series are peculiar birds....
@@benjigault9043 Yup it's a parts plane. I wonder how much he sold it for. Maybe we'll learn that when he cuts the wings off!!
You should try to withdraw some old fuel to test if there's any to see if it would burn readily. If it does not, you'll have to pour fresh fuel in the tank or use some type of enhancer.
I thought there would be a problem with ignition. Plus I believe he checked the oil viscosity already.
Thanks for sharing.
Maybe a little fuel poured directly into the intake, might give it a chance to run a few revolutions and get the fuel through the system.
Yeah, I think Jimmy knows that. Just a hunch.
Jimmy, found your channel and is addicted to it now. Can’t wait to see the finished Elvis plane/bus. Thank you for the entertainment
I know it probably won't be financially feasible to get it flying again. But is sure has some amazing history would be really cool for someone to restore it!
That was what I was thinking. It would look great in a museum. GA aircraft are under represented in many museums..
Here here!
Seeing those old valve covers sure brought back some nasty memories. I've got burn scars over a large part of my body from die caste machines that made these for Continental aircraft engines. The company has long since been out of business and many of us former employees of that plant sure aren't shedding any tears.
Continental is going strong (2021), one of the three major aircraft engine builders.
@@winfriedwilcke1705, I was referring to the plant that made the components for the engines. I don't know where they moved to or if they are even still in business. For the sake of the unsuspecting employees I hope some entirely new company is making their parts now.
I just came here from Water's world to Jimmy's world and hands down Jimmy's world is way more fun.
You remind me of ME... In 2022 we restored a 1984 Renault Fuego Turbo Coupe. That had been in a garage in upstate New York for 38 YEARS! Sold it and drove it to a Collector in New York City, from West Texas to New York City..
Sure you can get this engine running again, by using the universal credit card wrench. That miraculous wrench can fix anything...so.....what's in your wallet ;}>
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😄Hahaha Oh Yeah!!! Baby!!!
never would have thought that old bird would have cranked without changing at least one mag. Pretty awesome. "Go Juice not getting to the Noise Converter".....absolutely hilarious. However, you missed a big joke opportunity when you opened the glove compartment door. A big old rubber snake should have fallen out of there lol. Is Vanessa going back to the graveyard or did you change your mind after she converted Go Juice to Noise?
Lol, but he gave it a woman’s name because she is lactating 😳 Fuel
I hate this this word
@@JohnOsburn me too
I would have used a gas can hooked up directly to the fuel pump.
@@ConvairDart106 Agreed. First thing I thought. Figured was a bad idea since he didn't do it first.... 🤔
Ya know, a guy with REAL cajones, would give it full throttle and fly it! I'm sure all the systems work just fine lol :)
It was Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup, not Merle Haggard. After Holly discovered Allsup and Jennings had agreed to go on with the tour bus, he jokingly remarked to the latter, “Well, I hope your ol’ bus freezes up!” It was then that Jennings replied, “Well, I hope your ol’ plane crashes!”-a remark that would haunt him for decades.
You’re living the dream my friend! Stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and I think I’ve watched almost all your videos. I’m a Florida boy myself born and raised over in St Pete now live over near St Augustine. My son and I are working on out PPL together right now and I am currently looking for a plane. Keep up the great content!!!
This was fun to watch you are living my dream Jimmy
Many airplanes with gas leaks have caught fire and burned when the engine backfired or perhaps when sparks from jumper cables sparking in a fume filled fuselage caused an explosion. Please remember airplanes don't have to be in the air to be dangerous. It's only funny until someone gets hurt!
There's always a killjoy in any discussion. If there wern't people like Jimmy around nothing would get done. Taking risks with intelligence is what leads to discovery and achievement. Go Jimmy.
@@1425race Actually I love what Jimmy is doing and I am not against taking risks. Unnecessary risks I have a problem with. Perhaps if I hadn't known someone who was burned alive in a helicopter and took 3 days to die from his horrific injuries I might share your definition of intelligent.
The Polish cannon came to mind when fuel was dumping into the belly. How far would Jimmy fly?
I would definitely be ready to depart that cockpit if I even smelled a hint of smoke!! Maybe have the local fire department standing by just in case. Looked like a lot of dead weeds and grass around there.