On 25 Mar 2004 18:25:29 GMT,
(Wright1902Glider) wrote:

Roger,

Going back to the idea of hiring a guy to schlep everything for you... I will
work for food and passes. E-mail me if you're interested.

Thanks for the offer Harry.
After all the work, getting an OK from Lakeland, and now it looks like
they may not have my annual done in time for me to go. Actually he
isn't going to be able to start till the 18th unless an opening pops
up. It's due the end of this month and I'd normally have it already
finished. My regular mechanic is pretty sick so I have to get it done
elsewhere and the local FBO is inundated, as is the local freelance.

To top it off, I'm changing the throttle cable (got a mechanic to
inspect and sign off - offered local FBO first shot, but he doesn't
fit under the panel in the Deb G)

It should be about a two hour job. Pretty simple. Cut 45 year old
ty-wraps and tape holding everything together under the panel, measure
distance from cable mount on engine to end. Measure position of gear
warning switch, and count turns required to remove ball end from
cable. loosen friction lock, then reach behind panel and unscrew 1"
nut on vernier control. (bout 2" of threads") and slide whole works
out front. Slide in new cable (don't forget nut), clamp to bracket on
engine, install gear warning horn switch, screw nut and ball end back
on (same number of turns, and take knobs off old cable to put on new).

Nice, straight forward.... well except for the part where you lay on
your side and slip through about a 10" space between the seats and
yoke... ending up on your shoulders with your feet over the back of
the seats and working about 4" in front of your eyes which is a tad
too close for bifocals. Oh, yah... There is a bracket directly
under the throttle control that holds the Mixture and cowl flap
controls which are directly in the way of getting at the throttle
cable. Simple though, it's held on with 4, bolts that have 3/8ths
hex heads, *except* the other ends have nuts on them instead of the
bolts being threaded into the panel. I don't think it's humanly
possible to reach those nuts with anything left in the panel.

Course, none of that has been a problem yet as that one inch nut? It's
frozen on the threads. I'm headed out to the shop to make a small
1/8" thick wrench to fit. It shouldn't take a lot of torque to move
it.

Ohhhh... Yahhhh... The hide will grow back on top of my head in a
couple of weeks. Course if I need it, it's still hanging on the GPS
mount which is *now* in the back seat.

And I wondered why it took the FBO 11 hours to replace one for
somebody else. :-))

I think they put them in first (hang the throttle cable in space) and
then build the airplane up around them.

Roger (I'm taking my cut-off saw to the airport with me tomorrow)
Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Harry