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Kirk, that’s exactly why I was suspect of the eBay seller. I mean, who the heck has a whole bag of them? Plus there was no original Cessna tags, parts bags or boxes/ packaging. A Sharpie pen is hardly legit.
I have noticed a trend on eBay where sellers are “ parting out” C-150’s and you know they have figured out how to look up prices on the Cessna parts websites.
I just found two S1880-2 lighting rheostats in original boxes (NOS) and I got them for $125 ea. Cessna price is about $350 each. That’s why I will buy parts that are rare and squirrel them away in case I need them in the future- window latches, door handles, fuel valves, and more.

I honestly hadn’t considered that. Fabbing “look-alike” parts on a milling machine wouldn’t be too difficult (for that price). But, using the right aluminum, with the right heat-treatment, and the exact dimensions? Well....

How soon before 3D printers really muck up the supply chain?

Back about 10 years ago (or so) when I restored Sierra, I bought these (and other pieces) new from Cessna.

I don't honestly remember what they cost back then and I'm too lazy to dig through the files but I'm positive they were not at the flight level these are now.

Right or wrong, it was important to me to have news parts (here and other places) that I could clean, treat and apply a corrosion barrier coating on prior to installation.

After my experience with Queenie (the 152 Queen of corrosion for the newbies), I never wanted to deal with corrosion again if I could do something on the front end to give me a fighting chance to accomplish that.




Jim