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Re: 62mm Throttle Body installed
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Re: 62mm Throttle Body installed -
07-01-2003
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"DougW" <post.replies (AT) invalid (DOT) address> wrote in message news:NfOLa.346204$3n5.223799 (AT) news2 (DOT) central.cox.net... Eric Bailey wrote: I actually snapped a screw off inside the 2.5L TB. Don't know why.. it wasn't tight. The thing just snapped in half. So one of my sensors is only being held on by three screws. Should be fine. Extracting that screw isn't going to be easy unless you have a drill press and vice. Going by hand is just asking to drill extra holes in the TB. Reminds me of when I was an aircraft machinist @ Beale AFB. Was supposed to be married in May & was informed on a Tuesday in February that I was to go to Okinawa the following Friday. I was extremely displeased & was even more displeased when they sent me out on a "line job" late Thursday afternoon. My flight was leaving @ 3:00AM & I wanted to pack, get some sleep, etc - rather than actually do any work. I was a bitter man. So.....someone had broken off a #4 screw on the engine somewhere & needed a machinist to come drill & tap it for him.......trying to drill a straight hole while still very angry & cussing rather loudly, lead to an off center hole - "screw it - just go another size larger". Well I think I finally finished with a 1/4-28 & stomped down the flight line, back to the shop & then to the barracks. The next AM - got up in the air & when it was ok to unbuckle, I jumped up on top of the baggage to take a nap. All of a sudden, it dawned on me - I jumped out of a sound sleep, hitting my head on the upper bulkhead & screamed out for someone to tell me the tail number of the aircraft........ "Son of a Bitch!!!!!!! This is the one I worked on yesterday" Never saw so many brave men panic all at once before. I became a better machinist after that day - & I must say that I believe that I have a pretty good reputation as a pharmacist. Every bolt I turn & every prescription I fill is as if I may have to use that product (like, maybe the next AM) |
I went out to test hop a/c. Maintainance improved markedly when it
became known that I frequently required the crew chief to ride along
when testing his fixes...
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Will Honea <whonea (AT) codenet (DOT) net>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 06:02:12 UTC "Carlo Jr." <carlojr (AT) attbi (DOT) com wrote: "DougW" <post.replies (AT) invalid (DOT) address> wrote in message news:NfOLa.346204$3n5.223799 (AT) news2 (DOT) central.cox.net... Eric Bailey wrote: I actually snapped a screw off inside the 2.5L TB. Don't know why.. it wasn't tight. The thing just snapped in half. So one of my sensors is only being held on by three screws. Should be fine. Extracting that screw isn't going to be easy unless you have a drill press and vice. Going by hand is just asking to drill extra holes in the TB. Reminds me of when I was an aircraft machinist @ Beale AFB. Was supposed to be married in May & was informed on a Tuesday in February that I was to go to Okinawa the following Friday. I was extremely displeased & was even more displeased when they sent me out on a "line job" late Thursday afternoon. My flight was leaving @ 3:00AM & I wanted to pack, get some sleep, etc - rather than actually do any work. I was a bitter man. So.....someone had broken off a #4 screw on the engine somewhere & needed a machinist to come drill & tap it for him.......trying to drill a straight hole while still very angry & cussing rather loudly, lead to an off center hole - "screw it - just go another size larger". Well I think I finally finished with a 1/4-28 & stomped down the flight line, back to the shop & then to the barracks. The next AM - got up in the air & when it was ok to unbuckle, I jumped up on top of the baggage to take a nap. All of a sudden, it dawned on me - I jumped out of a sound sleep, hitting my head on the upper bulkhead & screamed out for someone to tell me the tail number of the aircraft........ "Son of a Bitch!!!!!!! This is the one I worked on yesterday" Never saw so many brave men panic all at once before. I became a better machinist after that day - & I must say that I believe that I have a pretty good reputation as a pharmacist. Every bolt I turn & every prescription I fill is as if I may have to use that product (like, maybe the next AM) Guys like you were the reason I frequently carried an extra chute when I went out to test hop a/c. Maintainance improved markedly when it became known that I frequently required the crew chief to ride along when testing his fixes... -- Will Honea <whonea (AT) codenet (DOT) net |
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yeah......& this was actually AFTER I learned how to be a "close tolerance aircraft machinist" on the SR-71 for a year. This was at a time when + or - .002" was really tight & the smallest finish cut we could take was.010" (or the cutting tool would just flex) & we had to be + or - .0001 We live & we learn - yet it seems that the more we learn - the more we realize how ignorant we are -- Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh carlo.jr (AT) comcast (DOT) net '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II O|||||||O '92 Explorer '65 Mustang "Will Honea" <whonea (AT) codenet (DOT) net> wrote in message news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-gbw0MdYZ27qc (AT) anon (DOT) none.net... On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 06:02:12 UTC "Carlo Jr." <carlojr (AT) attbi (DOT) com wrote: "DougW" <post.replies (AT) invalid (DOT) address> wrote in message news:NfOLa.346204$3n5.223799 (AT) news2 (DOT) central.cox.net... Eric Bailey wrote: I actually snapped a screw off inside the 2.5L TB. Don't know why.. it wasn't tight. The thing just snapped in half. So one of my sensors is only being held on by three screws. Should be fine. Extracting that screw isn't going to be easy unless you have a drill press and vice. Going by hand is just asking to drill extra holes in the TB. Reminds me of when I was an aircraft machinist @ Beale AFB. Was supposed to be married in May & was informed on a Tuesday in February that I was to go to Okinawa the following Friday. I was extremely displeased & was even more displeased when they sent me out on a "line job" late Thursday afternoon. My flight was leaving @ 3:00AM & I wanted to pack, get some sleep, etc - rather than actually do any work. I was a bitter man. So.....someone had broken off a #4 screw on the engine somewhere & needed a machinist to come drill & tap it for him.......trying to drill a straight hole while still very angry & cussing rather loudly, lead to an off center hole - "screw it - just go another size larger". Well I think I finally finished with a 1/4-28 & stomped down the flight line, back to the shop & then to the barracks. The next AM - got up in the air & when it was ok to unbuckle, I jumped up on top of the baggage to take a nap. All of a sudden, it dawned on me - I jumped out of a sound sleep, hitting my head on the upper bulkhead & screamed out for someone to tell me the tail number of the aircraft........ "Son of a Bitch!!!!!!! This is the one I worked on yesterday" Never saw so many brave men panic all at once before. I became a better machinist after that day - & I must say that I believe that I have a pretty good reputation as a pharmacist. Every bolt I turn & every prescription I fill is as if I may have to use that product (like, maybe the next AM) Guys like you were the reason I frequently carried an extra chute when I went out to test hop a/c. Maintainance improved markedly when it became known that I frequently required the crew chief to ride along when testing his fixes... -- Will Honea <whonea (AT) codenet (DOT) net |
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 06:02:12 UTC "Carlo Jr." <carlojr (AT) attbi (DOT) com wrote: "DougW" <post.replies (AT) invalid (DOT) address> wrote in message news:NfOLa.346204$3n5.223799 (AT) news2 (DOT) central.cox.net... Eric Bailey wrote: I actually snapped a screw off inside the 2.5L TB. Don't know why.. it wasn't tight. The thing just snapped in half. So one of my sensors is only being held on by three screws. Should be fine. Extracting that screw isn't going to be easy unless you have a drill press and vice. Going by hand is just asking to drill extra holes in the TB. Reminds me of when I was an aircraft machinist @ Beale AFB. Was supposed to be married in May & was informed on a Tuesday in February that I was to go to Okinawa the following Friday. I was extremely displeased & was even more displeased when they sent me out on a "line job" late Thursday afternoon. My flight was leaving @ 3:00AM & I wanted to pack, get some sleep, etc - rather than actually do any work. I was a bitter man. So.....someone had broken off a #4 screw on the engine somewhere & needed a machinist to come drill & tap it for him.......trying to drill a straight hole while still very angry & cussing rather loudly, lead to an off center hole - "screw it - just go another size larger". Well I think I finally finished with a 1/4-28 & stomped down the flight line, back to the shop & then to the barracks. The next AM - got up in the air & when it was ok to unbuckle, I jumped up on top of the baggage to take a nap. All of a sudden, it dawned on me - I jumped out of a sound sleep, hitting my head on the upper bulkhead & screamed out for someone to tell me the tail number of the aircraft........ "Son of a Bitch!!!!!!! This is the one I worked on yesterday" Never saw so many brave men panic all at once before. I became a better machinist after that day - & I must say that I believe that I have a pretty good reputation as a pharmacist. Every bolt I turn & every prescription I fill is as if I may have to use that product (like, maybe the next AM) Guys like you were the reason I frequently carried an extra chute when I went out to test hop a/c. Maintainance improved markedly when it became known that I frequently required the crew chief to ride along when testing his fixes... -- Will Honea <whonea (AT) codenet (DOT) net |
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