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VE3LVO(at)rac.ca
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: A cry from the wilderness

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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hdwysong(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject: A cry from the wilderness

Know any fishermen, Ferg?



http://tinyurl.com/b9gad



.. or ...



http://tinyurl.com/bzk73



Good luck!



D



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Fergus Kyle wrote:

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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

 engine hanging nearby

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beecho(at)beecho.org
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: A cry from the wilderness

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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N914VA(at)starband.net
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: A Cry From The Wilderness

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

N914VA

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VE3LVO(at)rac.ca
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject: A cry from the wilderness

D,

        What a great idea! Thanks for the reply.......

Ferg



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ptag.dev(at)tiscali.co.uk
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: A cry from the wilderness

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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VE3LVO(at)rac.ca
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: A cry from the wilderness

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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