Fergus, That widget holding the cable in the wheel on top
of the turbo control unit has a disc under the screw. Make
sure it didn't lose any bits while it went round the
cockpit. You can take the spring off at the turbo end and
then simply pull the cable back and fix it. If you have
fired up the electrics you will know that the waste gate
cycles when you first switch on. The right position for it
is with the master switch on, the throttle at closed and
the wastegate closed ( ie with the cable pulled right
back). You can do minor adjustments at the other end of
the cable.I have reassembled / readjusted/ fiddled around
with that fixing a number of times and never had a problem
yet. Best of luck! It WILL BE WORTH IT! David, G-XSDJ
<f.kyle@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The Grand Design is slowly unfolding at an
>infuriatingly slow
> pace. MY purpose initially was to be able to disassemble
>the Main Instrument
> Panel. First of all I hate lying on my back with bits of
>solder sticking to
> my sweater and my head between myriad rudder pedals at
>the museum. Secondly
> the advance of digital instruments may have meant many
>mods to stay current.
>
> So the main panel mounts with bolts backwards
>and affixed to the
> panel. The brilliant scheme to include face-to-face
>fawcet washers isolated
> if from some fuselage vibrations. I have also arranged a
>Flight sub-panel
> portside and a systems sub-panel in the starboard half.
>The later inclusion
> of digital arrays made it several pounds lighter but
>wiring got complex.
>
> It was chasing a wiring fault that prompted
>removing the panels
> for clarity whereupon it was found the Turbo Motor
>mounting bolts were loose
> - I dunno. Any way in the course of this complication
>the clamp holding the
> spring-loaded control cable let go. It was clamped to a
>fitting in the
> pulley which moves it to adjust the turbo gate - and,
>was set correctly at
> the factory, not to be touched. I dunno, I never touched
>it. However, when
> the fitting let go, the cable naturally sprang back into
>the firewall
> (leaving a short tail), and the entry ferrule danced
>merrily into a cranny,
> celebrating its new-found freedom. Are you still with
>me?
>
> The fuselage sits under a temporary 'tent' on
>the lawn, begging
> to be re-assembled and I sit forlornly contemplating how
>to (a) extend the
> cable tail against the spring (and clamp it at its exact
>previous point),
> (b) manoeuvre the cable end back into its locking
>fitting - at arm's length,
> and then (c) replace the three panels with their 25 or
>so
> connections.....all this before the weather deteriorates
>further. I smell
> snow.
>
> If you've got this far, you probably have
>contemplated this tiny
> setback and more likely know how to conquer it. If so, I
>beg your knowledge.
>
> In the meantime give that cable lock one more
>gronch.....
>
>Ferg
>
> C-FFGG
>
> 914 mono CS prop
>
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