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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:19 pm    Post subject: A cry from the wilderness Reply with quote

Cheers,
I come to you again with another desparate moan. You
mustn't think my build is all frantic patching and hole-filling, but
occasionally a 'blip' occurs and in these moments of abject blackness I turn
to you, fellow buiilders - of the Classic persuasion.
Cast your mind back to the fabrication of the flap actuating
pushrod. Recall if you will the front end comprises a clevis fork which
connects with a pair of odd-shaped plates atop the starboard retracting arm.
It s does this with a cleis pin up in the musty recesses of the forward
tunnel area. The clevis pin is held in by a cotter pin. So is mine.
I inserted it, gave the cotter pin tails a perfunctory bend each
and marked the page with a red dot - to confirm that there was more to be
done before one could move on forever. This has been my practice from the
first in order to prove to my giggling inspector what a serious and
introspective little botherer I am.
Yes, you guessed it - the whole thing went together deliciously
months ago to my great personal pleasure. Ah, but lurking inside was the
missed red dot - the half assembled (at)#$%?& cotter pin. As you may imagine,
it now sits about 8 inches into the tunnel mouth, in the upper starboard
corner, with about one inch of free space around it.
We all know my inspector is going to discover this anomaly
within the first few moments of his scrutiny. Uncorrected, this travesty
will set a precedent for the remaining Search for Error routine and all my
mistakes will come tumbling into the sunshine. I am undone............
UNLESS of course I can bend the ends of this little (at)#$%?& into
the benign smile all cotter pins should display. Here's where you come in!
Out there in aeroplane-land lives a quiet contemplative genius with the
answer to my quandary. You have only to release his name - and my day is
made ( tel. number a bonus). OR if you are that person, I beg you to reveal
the secret that will free my ravaged soul.
I won't tell Inspector Grinch I cheated either.
Really,
Ferg
engine hanging nearby


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:43 pm    Post subject: A cry from the wilderness Reply with quote

Know any fishermen, Ferg?

http://tinyurl.com/b9gad

.. or ...

http://tinyurl.com/bzk73

Good luck!

D

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Cheers,
I come to you again with another desparate moan. You
mustn't think my build is all frantic patching and hole-filling, but
occasionally a 'blip' occurs and in these moments of abject blackness I turn
to you, fellow buiilders - of the Classic persuasion.
Cast your mind back to the fabrication of the flap actuating
pushrod. Recall if you will the front end comprises a clevis fork which
connects with a pair of odd-shaped plates atop the starboard retracting arm.
It s does this with a cleis pin up in the musty recesses of the forward
tunnel area. The clevis pin is held in by a cotter pin. So is mine.
I inserted it, gave the cotter pin tails a perfunctory bend each
and marked the page with a red dot - to confirm that there was more to be
done before one could move on forever. This has been my practice from the
first in order to prove to my giggling inspector what a serious and
introspective little botherer I am.
Yes, you guessed it - the whole thing went together deliciously
months ago to my great personal pleasure. Ah, but lurking inside was the
missed red dot - the half assembled (at)#$%?& cotter pin. As you may imagine,
it now sits about 8 inches into the tunnel mouth, in the upper starboard
corner, with about one inch of free space around it.
We all know my inspector is going to discover this anomaly
within the first few moments of his scrutiny. Uncorrected, this travesty
will set a precedent for the remaining Search for Error routine and all my
mistakes will come tumbling into the sunshine. I am undone............
UNLESS of course I can bend the ends of this little (at)#$%?& into
the benign smile all cotter pins should display. Here's where you come in!
Out there in aeroplane-land lives a quiet contemplative genius with the
answer to my quandary. You have only to release his name - and my day is
made ( tel. number a bonus). OR if you are that person, I beg you to reveal
the secret that will free my ravaged soul.
I won't tell Inspector Grinch I cheated either.
Really,
Ferg
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:58 pm    Post subject: A cry from the wilderness Reply with quote

Hi Ferg (or should I say Desperate Moan?)
I have a looong forceps maybe 10 to 11inches long that I can mail you that
might do the job. I can hear your moaning here 3000 miles away and it is
keeping up nights.

Tom Friedland N96V
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:39 pm    Post subject: A Cry From The Wilderness Reply with quote

If you have a straight shot at it, a small rod with a hole drilled in one end just big enough to slip over the end of the cotter pin and vise grip pliers on the other end might do the deed. Cheap anyway.

Vaughn
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:44 pm    Post subject: A cry from the wilderness Reply with quote

D,
What a great idea! Thanks for the reply.......
Ferg

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:44 am    Post subject: A cry from the wilderness Reply with quote

Hi! Ferg
Sounds like a pair of 12" long pliers. I have three pairs here each with
a different offset to the pointed business end.
However I guess mine wouldn't be any good being so far away !
Cheer up Pal think about how you bend the little bastards behind the
stabilator torque tube with one hand and being unable to see them !
They always told me that "where there's a will there's a way".

Regards and commiserations
Bob Harrison G-PTAG Europa MKI ?Jabiru 3300

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:25 pm    Post subject: A cry from the wilderness Reply with quote

Thanks! I finally managed by dint of reaching into the depths with a
narrow-beaked locking pliers (Mole in UK) and fixing the head of the clevis
pin so I could rotate it and poke the tails of the cotter pin around it.
Took about 45 minutes and the frustration promotes a shower to rid the
sweat.........
Cheers, Ferg
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