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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Richard
Lamprey
Sent: 02 December 2007 08:51
Subject: Europa-List: Mod 74
Message for those attempting Mod 74, and things they dont tell you.
Perhaps others have found this easy, mine was quite tricky..
You are going to have to spend many hours hanging like a monkey in the
baggage bay, in a confined space, wondering which hand to use to
drill/turn
nuts etc... unless you are 18 years old and supple, your muscles and
joints
will ache. In this confined space, you will have to precision drill
through
interlocking spring steel fittings, eg through tie bar/W35 end fittings,
and
W34 plates. Ordinary drill bits will not suffice, and on occasion
everything
had to come out for finishing with a pillar drill..
The holes are close against the rear of the cockpit module, where
ordinary
electric drills have no space for a vertical alignment. If you try with
an
ordinary electric drill - unless it has a 45 or 90 degree end fitting
(
very costly type of drill) - you will fail and make a mess of parts like
I
did. Equals long delay and cost as you order new parts through DHL (I
am
based in Kenya with Europa 5Y-LRY).
I did my work in a maintenance/repair hangar in Nairobi facility for
Cessna
Citations and Beech King Airs, so no shortage of tools/expertise. But
still
this was challenging. I used a pneumatic 45 degree drill, with cobalt
bit,
and eventually got things straight. But the message is.. dont rush, get
the
right tools, or you will find it impossible to do this mod correctly...
some
42 separate holes have to line up precisely. You will need a 45 or 90
degree angled drill, which is not a common tool.
Afterwards you may need some physiotherapy.
Regards to all.
Richard
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