Now you tell us. I have been trying to think of a pulling tool but couldn't
come up with a solution.
Anyway, the final outcome was the same.
Karl
>From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mod 73 alternative
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:17:21 +0100
>
><grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>
>Colin Smallwood has an easier way. He made an oval washer, long axis just
>more than OD of TP5, on a length of screwed rod, which would pass down the
>inside of the TP5 tilted then lock onto the inner end when straightened. A
>piece of tube just larger than TP5 rests on the root rib with a washer and
>nut on the outer end. Tighten the nut and the TP5 is pulled out. No heat
>required.
>Graham
>Karl Heindl wrote:
>
>>
>>Using the same tube, and with the inside opening sealed with a
>>heatresistent material (felt chair glides), I applied a good dose of heat
>>with a blowtorch. The tailplane is in an upright position, so that no heat
>>finds its way into the foam area. Using a narrow kitchen knife I probed
>>the adhesive on the outside of the TP5. When the redux had softened
>>enough I removed the heat and cut around the TP5 with the same knife,
>>which had a serrated edge and I was using it like a saw.
>>For the removal of the tube you need a locking pair of longnose pliers.
>>Lock it onto the edge and slowly remove the thing with a turning motion.
>>You may have to cut away a tiny bit of the plywood rib (2 x 5mm) to make
>>room for the pliers.
>
>
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