Hoorah Ferg! I did the same - and I am not a mechanic either. Just a driver
like yourself. To boost the morale through all the bloomen mistakes I've
made - the solving of this hex problem is at least something I'm proud of.
What I should have done of course was to call it out load to the whole
group. My deepest apologies to all!!
My plane will be named "King Sysophyte". Guess why!
Cheers to all,
Hans
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Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 9:59 PM
>
> Go ahead, laugh if you will..........
> I never claimed to be a builder so the 'old hands' will be snickering, so
> I
> address my self to my peers - both of them:
>
> The bolts which attach the 'intermediate' frame to the mounting ring on
> the 914 Rotax are hex-heads (not a slur) in that the heads must be held by
> an 8mm hex (Allen) wrench. So I up and bought a kit with one in it.
> Naturally, it is the only one in town and the 8mm is too long on one
> side to insert and ditto for the short side because the long is now
> interfering with the structure [except for maybe a 15deg twist, making it
> a
> 240-twist operation per attachment - or disassembly for that matter). We
> are
> not counting little bits of skin on the floor.
> I put up with this for a couple of on-off operations while measuring
> truly vital stats for later on, but was running out of bandages - and
> patience.
> As the old oberst once said, "Too zoon oldt, and too late schmart", I
> suddenly had a vision. The hacksaw delivered an inch off the long side,
> which was quickly emeried to Passing Standard, and the item inserted in
> the
> head, while my locking wrench with the 8mm socket made it all the more
> efficient. I am now 'on-ing' and 'off-ing' just for the satisfaction.
>
> If this is an original idea, where are the accolades? And if not, why
> didn't you mention this earlier?
> Ferg Kyle
> Europa A064 914 Classic
> PS: Never heard of Binx before, but can we use them twice if they are
> altered in order to lock on? If not where does one get the spares (hate to
> bother John or Roger for this).
>
>
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