Thanks for inviting me over to come hang out! Had a great time hanging out with ya!

"Take a full 20 off my landing speed" reminds of Dan Gryder repeatedly stating that low air speed on final is one of the top killers of small plane pilots. Not trying to nit pick or anything like that. Just think maybe give a second thought to low air speed. Always enjoy the vids, thanks for posting.

Yeah, What Paul Arc said. I have been my own mechanic for many years now. My dad was a diesel mechanic. He told me the importance pre lubing the gasket on the filter so it doesn't gall up and will slide on gracefully when tightened. Not so much the plug but the filter.

As an A&P mechanic and pilot , you did everything perfect +, I just love your channel and flying with you and Jamie and your family ❤️👍👍👍

10:55 Oil Filters : Trick I learned from sailing channel Gone with the Wynns, wrap a plastic bag around the filter when taking if off. It catches most of the oil (if not all) and you can just drop the filter in the bag.

Unsolicited SW tip from a Jet mech: I've always used a general ROT for cutting SW as the length of my forearm. When you pull the pliers to twist the wire, keep the wire wrapped around the pliers so the ends don't flail out and cut up your pretty heat wrap, electrical, or scat tubing. Really appreciate the quality content here and hope the aviation TY community will follow suit; showcasing some of the aircraft DIY and maintenance pilots/owners can do themselves. This content is really opening the eyes to those intimidated or uneducated about general aviation. Great stuff!

Love that you change your own oil. Way to stay up close and personal with it.

Well done. Need more of this.

Fantastic how to video, from one aviation nerd to another. Your bird is my dream plane ever since I was boy some 65 years ago, watching Sky King on Saturday mornings on TV. My Dad and I used to like working on planes as much as flying them...almost.

LOVE the intro song! :) Thank you for bringing it back!

I had been wanting to see your engines. Nice and clean as expected!

It's a lovely looking aeroplane!

Just a little thing to add. I was taught and always put a very light film of oil on the filter gasket with my finger before installing. It’s suppose to give you a better seal, keep the gasket from bunching or tearing and gives you a more accurate torque. Just something I learned years ago and hear quite often so thought I would mention it. To each his own and everyone has their own way of which there are many. You’re right....only pure aviation geeks and mechanically minded people love this stuff. Good news is, I think there are plenty of us out there. As the owner of many different piston turbocharged aircraft before switching to turbines, I can say oil changes and being very meticulous with them are even more important (yes, all aircraft maintenance very important). Many aircraft turbo wastegates and pressure regulating devices are controlled by the oil. Many of the orifices and passages the oil runs through are small and machines to precise tolerances so any fod can really give you some trouble. Not to mention turbo health in general is extremely reliant on clean and proper oil. Thanks for sharing, keep up the great vids. Fun to see some videos for us engine gurus from time to time, even if it just an oil change.

Thanks for taking the time to film that I enjoyed it!

Thanks for that. Enjoyed seeing the entire engine and the procedure.

Wow this brings back old memories, nice job!!!

Gr8 vid Kevin! Having worked on planes years ago, it was great to see again!

thanks for the informative video, safe flying.

Yeeessss! A work video! Finally! Thanks for this!

Hey Kevin... That was quite the tutorial well filmed, documented and spoken! THANKS ';-)

The Videos are Awesome and You and the Family Are Great!

Good to see the guts of the operation!

Good stuff y’all keep keeping on living the life stay safe y’all

Congrats on the awesome landing. I’m glad you figured it out and nailed it.

This was a great video. Thanks for supporting the aviation community!

Love watching your adventures

Thank you for the behind the scene video. For someone wanting to get into flying this was neat to see.

Very informative and glad you took the time to video the process 👍👍

Great video Kevin glad you pay close attention to detail, safety first. Good job.

Beautiful plane and love the sound of those engines. 👍

Of course I had to watch every bit of your video Kevin! I enjoy seeing everything about planes and especially 1BC!

Really liked this video of you performing maintenance on your plane with technical commentary.

Thanks Kevin, interesting and informative video. All the best.

Enjoyed the video as always, thanks for sharing some of the maint. side of flying. Love watching you fly and interact with ATC, I'm still learning and it's awesome to get to watch a pro. Your channel is one of my favorites, love then there is a new video!

Thanks for sharing Kevin!

Nice narrative Kevin, thanks!

Thank you . Brought back lots of memories. I worked on the whole range of Cessna,s from 150s to 421C loved them all.

Great video. Did a good job laying out the whole process as well as the ending explaining the filter inspection and oil analysis.

Love the pride you demonstrate for your bird! I enjoy the channel.

WOW Kevin that was so interesting to see. I remember when I was 16 years old, now 67 years old I use to watch my father work on his Cessna 310 and change the oil and other things. I really miss him. Thank you so much for sharing this. You and Jamie take care and I will see you on your next video.

Awesome video Kevin.

As an A&P/IA and pilot of over thirty-years, I also applaud your attention to detail. The cheapest form of maintenance is always an oil change and visual inspection. Bravo Kevin!

Great video as ever so interesting for the ones as me, who are just aviation enthusiasts. Regards from México !

Nice change of pace...thanks for sharing!

Thank you, it was very informative and interesting. That adds more safety by understanding how to prevent danger and keep an engine in very good condition. Great job !

Awesome Kevin. Learning something new everyday!

Kevin , you performed that oil change from memory but like you were following the check list! Awesome - thanks for sharing.

I love the fact that you are as meticulous in your maintenance as you are in your preflight and takeoff roll. Great video!

Always loved the Cessna 310. Beautiful aircraft.

Great video on oil change. Very interesting to watch. Great that you are able to do this yourself!

Thanks I love it from begin to end. Peace and love from the Netherlands. ✌

Kevin, I will offer a suggestion for removing the oil filter. On my marine engines the filters are less accessible than yours, but similar. I found that a large zip lock bag over the filter, once it is broken lose, traps almost all oil and helps keep clean up to a minimum.

Way cool vid. Hope to see the plane out when Im driving by the airport some day.

Hey Kev! I love these techical videos!!! Thanks for doing this one! I am helping my uncle get his '61 skylark back in the air after 5yrs of collecting dust and I am having a blast getting my hands dirty. I should have a video up tonight maybe.

Excellent DIY video Kevin, in addition to my pilot ratings I also have my A&P certificates and you did that oil change exactly by the book ... good job!

Excellent video! Very interesting to see the similarities - and differences - between changing oil in a car/truck vs these Continentals in your 310. Thanks for the great content and sharing your wonderful family and airplane with us fans!

I for one, enjoy your technical videos.

Kevin, as a PP/A&P and Lockheed Field & Service mechanic on F-16s for 35 years, I couldn't have done better. Your safety wire was neat and well done. The drain plug is what it is and is a bitch to safety wire. I would suggest on the oil filter to start from the filter and go to the adapter boss. This has you pulling toward yourself at both ends. And as someone else said, if the wire is long, let it wrap around the pliers and sort it out when you go for the other hole. Point being, only cut it after you've finished the pigtail so you don't have any more pieces flying around to cause damage/FOD. All in all, very nice presentation. I've enjoyed following y'all on all your adventures. Stay safe and enjoy yourselves. Oh, and wear your gloves when you're handling the filter element after cutting it open. As a young man I never worried about getting oil on my hands, but as you get older , you WILL develop an allergy to it.

Thank you for a good video! We aviation guys like seeing someone else doing a maintenance task because I always like to see how someone else does it. Always learn something. Plus, for non-pilots, it shows what terms like “run up” means and what is involved in good aircraft maintenance.

Really enjoyed this video. Just found your channel a few weeks ago. Really like the technical info on the plane and its components. Sure looks like a great time being able to fly around the country. I'll keep watching!

Very cool Kevin. Really good explinaiton and demonstration. You are taking good care of the airplane, yourself Jamie and the kids as well as those below you who have not chosen to fly. GOOD JOB ! and thanks for taking us along !!

Kevin, great video on oil changes. It brought back my days of doing them on my planes. Watching the video made me feel lucky that I only had single engine planes. Half the work. Yes, as noted in some of the comments, I always wiped a little oil on the filter gasket with my finger prior to installing the filter. It worked for me. The filter cutting tool was new to me. Sure beats using a hack saw.

It ain't much but, I love my Cessna 150! ~Oil change due today!

I'm no gear head, but I enjoyed it! I even learned a thing or 2. Thanks Kevin!

Hi Kevin Excellent video I look forward to all your videos Keep up the good work 👍 Jim

Being mechanical minded I enjoyed that. You certainly are a brave man doing that in a white tee shirt.

Kevin, from flying to changing the oil, you explain everything in a simple and educational fashion. The after change checks and analysis are just as important as the new oil.Be well and safe flying.

Great video Kevin. Glad the oil drain plug is easier to get to in your 310 than in my Bonanza. Makes changing the oil a whole lot simpler.

Love the sound of those sixes firing up!

Even though I do not own my own airplane, I learned to and still fly Cessna's 172's, they are fun to fly but the video was very informative with all the tricks to keep filters and nut's in place. Great video brother and keep the video's coming.......

That was a very detailed video. But then again, each little thing has a proper way of being done, especially on a airplane. Stay safe.

I’ve been meaning to ask for maintenance and inspection videos. I do all my boat work but understand how much more critical aircraft work has to be. Good show.

Nice to see you doing your maintenance Kevin.

Awesome video! It's good to see the 'real' side of aircraft ownership from time to time.. Kevin, you do a great job of showing and explaining everything your doing... Very logical, step by step.. Perfect, clean and simple... 1BC is in very good hands indeed...

Enjoyed this video!

Always looking to improve, I love that about you Kevin. I'm not a pilot and trying to keep up with everything and loving your videos. Again, N771BC looks great.

It’s crazy,,,, I didn’t know you existed, and now I find myself binge watching you. Greetings from Henderson, NV.

Awesome job doing the oil change, brings back memories of working on the 310R we had at the one company I worked for. I used to use cardboard or pieces of aluminum to make drain shoots for the oil, then I found the form a funnel you can get at some auto parts stores. Another tip that I learned from a old mechanic was when you cut the filter media out of the housing, if you keep it corrugated and squeeze it in your bench vice it will get rid of most of the oil and then you can more easily see any metal or dirt in the pleats. I usually wrap it in a rag to catch the remaining oil as it is squeezed out. Keep up the good work and enjoy all the flying videos as you give us great scenery shots of the country, and love the nerdy instrument tech you have in the plane also

I loved this video. Never done it myself but always good to see how the sausage is made, so to speak. Would love to see your entire pre-flight sometime as well.

Awesome job, Kevin!

Really enjoyed this. Great video!

Oil change in a white T-shirt, that's confidence for ya.

Enjoyed this as a car guy. The actual work part is the same as a race car. The testing part is also similar. That report is a handy maintenance tool.

Thanks for the info video always good to learn about how to maintain a plane. I really enjoyed it

I always used to enjoy getting my hands dirty on minor maint. things but now that I am older things are not as easy as they once were. But it was nice to see you in action Kevin. Thanks for this video.

Excellent video

That was really interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.

Great video and good to see how safe the regulations are

Thanks for doing this Kevin! Always cool to see how other people do it. When I first learned how to do it with an A&P, he had me use a hole punch on the filter(at the top) while draining the oil. That means the oil filter empties more completely(lets air into the draining path) while draining, and ultimately means less mess when the filter comes off. I also use the time while the oil is draining to wipe down the plane and listen to music. It's definitely one of the best ways to spend time with your plane, if it's not going to be in the air!

Great video, best part was when I saw myself when you were taxing back to you hanger.

Well done, Kevin. Having seen how good your flight management skills are, I'm not surprised. But still, interesting to watch you do it. Have fun!

Extreemly informative Kevin, Thanks bud 👌

The safety wires are something I would never have thought of. Makes sense on an airplane for obvious reasons! Interesting video, Thanks Kevin!👍

Not gonna lie I enjoyed this video reminded me of my engine mechanic days in the Navy

Good video. I agree with Dawn Lovell’s comment. Definitely glad you commented about the logbook entry.....as A&Ps, we definitely have to do it and want to see it documented by owners, who, are supposed to do it, too when they do preventive maintenance.

Good job Kevin, enjoyed the video.

Another great video Kevin. Brought back a lot of memories working fixed wing maint in the Army. Save yourself some time and wrist ache and get yourself a speed wrench for them screws. Blue Sky's Brother

Awesome video!

As a corporate jet A&P at midway, I always have in the back of my mind the best way and easiest way to safety wire because a lot of the time you don’t always have good access to safety wire and make it look good. Awesome video, I live in the southwest suburbs.

Hey thanks for that Kevin, I am always interested in maintenance type vids. I have just been following your channel for a short time now and am really enjoying your flying trips. When I was in my 30s I thought about getting my licence, when I lived in Perth Western Australia, but unfortunatly my situation changed so never went through with it. Its great that you and your wife enjoy similar interests and can do all these trips together. Thanks once again for sharing these vids with us. cheers for now, Trevor Cozens, Picton NZ.