SERVICE BULLETINS and
SERVICE NEWS
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2
Carburetor finger
screen
3
Emergency Keel
Landing
4
Servicing Shock Absorber Strut
5
Replenishing
Hydraulic Fluid
6
Fuel Cells
7
Replacement of Fuel
Strainer Drain Cock
8
Types of Service News and Bulletins
9
Seabee Spares Policy (parts)
11
Loose
hardware will cause propeller damage
12
Check
your Elevator Trim Tabs
13 Firewall Terminal Block
14
Operation with one
wing float
15 Identification Plates
16 Engine, Propeller and Radio Spares
17 Seabee Lubricants and Materials
18 Check Fan Assembly Cap Screws for Tightness
19
Freezing Brakes
20
Filling,
Bleeding and Adjusting SeaBee hydraulic brakes
21 Distribution of Service Bulletins and Compliance Kits
21A Distribution of Service Bulletins and Compliance Kits
27 Installation Tail Wheel Light Switch
28 Installation Improved Fuel Strainer Drain
34 Change in Cabin Floor Mats
42
Salvage Operation
in
Water
43 Pilot's Checklist for Landing
Service
Bulletin No. Subject
3
(Hartzell)
Waterproof greases
recommended for model HC-12x20 prop
1
Modification Firewall
Terminal Block
2
Replacement of Induction
System Backfire Screen
3
Installation of NO
SMOKING placard
4
Replacement
of Aft Engine
Lord Mounts
5
Installation
New Type Elevator Pulley Guard
6
Inspection of
rivets---elevator control column
7
Installation improved
fuel strainer drain
8
Installation
tail wheel signal light switch
9
Rework
of starter terminal junction cover assembly
10
Addition of release
instruction on Air Associates safety belt
11
Inspection and
reinforcement of mixture control support flange on air filter housing
12
Inspection and addition
of relief holes at float strut safety slots
13
Installation of
restrictor fitting on engine for oil pressure gauge line
14
Installation Elevator
Cable Guide
15
Check of Radio Filter
16
Heater Installation on
all model SeaBees
17
Installation Steerable
tail wheel, Cable Tension (8 lbs.), Tailwheel Horns (with supplement 1 and 2)
18
Installation of
anti-swirl vanes on carburetor air duct
19
Installation Wing Float
Strut braces
20
Inspection of Trim Tab
Horn and Rod Attachment with Supplement No. 1
21
Installation of
Propeller
safety spring
22
Modification of the
Electrol, inc. hydraulic power-pak actuating handle and fulcrum
fasteners
23
Check your fuel
24
Cable corrosion
25
Inspection for corrosion
also Supplement
No. 1 and Supplement
No. 2
(Updated!)
54 Correction to Service Bulletin No. 42
Service
News No.
Subject
1
Propellers, Wing Platform
2
SeaBee
spares program announced with lubrication instructions, Close Doors,
Lube Chart
3
Hydraulic
service, servicing the gear struts, Hull Stands, Jacking (Caution: The hull stands in this SN will NOT allow gear retraction as they are too short. Use "Tips and Tricks" hull stands)
4
Storm protection for SeaBees,
Bridge Stand (over boom)
5
Amphibious operation
6
Check wing float struts
7A
Water
Towing
8
Hartzell propeller
9
Inflation of oleo strut
10
Inspection of flexible
controls
11
Exhaust fumes
12
Fuel pump operation in cold
weather
13
Hartzell
Hydro-selective propeller
14
Brake Compensator (Franklin
Engine Airplane)
15
Special engine fan inspection
at first 5 hours
16
Warning light system
17
Improved means for servicing
elevator trim tab gear box
18
Carburetor heat operation
19
Tail wheel shock absorber
adjustable link tube (Updated!)
20
Full reverse thrust
21
Split ignition system
23A
Power
settings
24
SeaBee wiring diagrams
25
Main Landing Gear Clevis
Fitting
26
Inspection of elevator and
rudder fairleads in tail boom
27
Propeller blade inspection,
Taxi with Flaps down on the water
28
Touching-up SeaBee paint,
Drain tail boom
29
SeaBee performance at high
altitudes
30A
Window
installation tool
31
Check tail wheel hydraulic
lines, New clamps and grommets
32
Procedure
for jacking SeaBee after keel landing
33
Pilots
checklist
34
Throttle control clamp on
prop
fuel pump
35
Addition of Stiffener and
Gusset for Hull Bottom
36
Blade
erosion, Prop maintenance tips
37
SeaBee Hoist sling
38
Patching SeaBee Seat bladders
39
Installation of louvers in
baggage compartment to provide additional cooling
40
Taping of fuel line
41
Airspeed calibration, Pitot
tube on roof
42 Revised Grease Recomendations for Hartzell Hydro-Selective Propeller
43
Propeller counterweights
44
Check fuel, oil and hydraulic
lines under baggage compartment
45
Wing float strut braces
46
Do not over inflate seat back
bladders
47
Heater kit announcement-item
1492
48
Reinforcement of aft cabin
skins
49
CAA
manual placard revision, Reverse limit, Baggage compartment, Stall
speeds
50
SeaBee approved for use on
skis
51
Corrosion prevention
treatment
for cabin doors (all three)
52
Detective fire extinguishers
53
Life
preserver seat cushions
54
Landing gear clevis fitting
inspection, Prop-Flap operation, Oil leaks, Correction to SN #42
Supplement #1 to Service News #54 (STOL Amphibian Corporation, March 5, 1973)
55
Seam
welded wing floats
56
Hydraulic and fuel line
inspection
57
Propeller
control cable lubrication and adjustment
58
Landing
Gear Torque tube Assembly
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Updatd November 16, 2022 (Added Service Bulletin No. 20 Supplement No. 1, Added caution on Service News #3)