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That would make the morning...

I actually fixed a microwave from an unnamed section at an unnamed base. They had put a juicy fruit gum wrapper around the fuse and it had burned through. Installed a mil spec circuit breaker, Op Ck OK. I told those guys that they needed to pay attention to the current ratings of the gum wrappers that they use.

Augusta National was FRIKKIN' awesome!!

All I know is, we were all helping to do everything we could to load up our Khorat aircraft so their bite was worse than their bark.

The AYW-1A (E4 replacement) uses its own digital altimeter encoder for ALT Hold.

For those who haven't seen this... DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Oh, shit!"... See More SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short. PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters. BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.. TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge. TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.. Son of a bitch TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "Son of a bitch" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Did this problem get fixed? If so, what did it?

1 cu in = .00433 gallons. measure it out, subtract a little for the rounded corners, and that will give you a rough guess.

Here you go.

You better make that the only day.

OK, I am standing next to myself with faces on my eggs. Seems like it would be best to see what the depots actually do for shoring during this procedure.

I know there is one, and I had a copy of it at one time that I got from Mike Bischoff. It wasn't really that great either. Maybe he will chime in.

1299 was pretty high in EBH time. That last flight probably had a profile multiplication factor of >500. It's certainly in restricted status now. I'm not sure if I'd stand under he wings during a jack. I'm sure it will end up being their air park aircraft, or a cann bird. My vote is on the latter.

I'm no structures engineer, I'm just a pointy-head old RADAR tech. But, given the sloping longerons are the primary structure on the aft fuselage, and there aren't any beefy pieces up on the top section of the fuselage that come close to the longeron, I would have to utilize very few Risk Assessment principles and say not only no, but... There is nothing in the 130A-3 as a caution, but I seriously doubt an engineer would suggest that both can be done at the same time.

I have a few suggestions for the ACC patch, but I'll keep 'em to myself.

I am fortunate enough to have been given a ticket to attend the Masters golf tournament practice round on Monday. I have officially scratched it off of my bucket list! I am stoked.

If the igniters are coming on, then something is definitely amiss in the wiring. Unless someone used the little engine junction box as a FOD or tool holder and forgot to empty it, I would have to agree to R2 the engine. I always like to go back and find out what was done before the problem initially started. Any corrosion on the Misc connectors? Was it in for ISO or HSC?

If the igniters are coming on, then something is definiteluy amiss in the wiring. Unless someone used the little engine junction box as a FOD or tool holder and forgot to empty it, I would have to agree and R2 the engine. I always like to go back and find out what was done before the problem initially started. Any corrosion on the Misc connectors? Was it in for ISO or HSC?

Here is a list of firwall connectors for the aircraft side. These connectors match the connectors used in the QEC, and have a self locking feature. Misc #1 P185 FH3406KT-32-6S-30 5935-01-373-3933 Misc #2 P127 FH3406KT-32-7S-30 5935-01-232-3360 Misc #3 P171 FH3406KT-28-16S30 5935-01-385-5945 Misc #4 P325 FH3406KT-32-8S-30 5935-01-373-3932 AC Gen Power 40/50KVA P121 MS3456KT28-22P30 5935-01-347-6417 AC Gen Power 60/90KVA P750 FH3406KT36-5P-30 5935-01-349-5939 AC Gen Control P408 FH3406KT18-11P-30 5935-01-374-9290

Quoted from the TCTO: "The purpose of this TCTO is to inspect the lower surface of the center wing for generalized fatigue cracking on aircraft with high Center Wing Equivalent Baseline Hours (EBH). Upon completion of these inspections, and any required repairs, the effected aircraft will be returned to service with flight restrictions removed for a minimum of 3500 EBH from the completion of the TCTO inspection. The final length of unrestricted service will vary depending on evaluation of inspection effectiveness and statistical analysis of initial inspection results. The length of unrestricted service shall not extend unrestricted service beyond the 45000 EBH threshold." This is a depot level TCTO requiring over 2000 man hours to accomplish. This TCTO came about as a result of the findings from the fire fighting C130 that crashed in California. I don't have any idea about any Lockheed bulletins.

Yea, I can see the toilet lids popping up now.

Yea, I loved the APX-64. After I started working it on the bench, I decided to take the back cover off and found the filter circuit card back there under it. I thought it just housed the connector. Well, it was plug in, so I decided to pul it out and found a lot of corrosion on the flat pins (same connection type as the other modules). I opened them up on every RT I worked after that, and about every one had corrosion on it. It seemed like we had less RTs coming thought the shop after that. You gotta love adjusting the bell curve.

Sorry to hear of the loss. My heartfelt condolences. I didn't know you were with the Raiders. A very good friend of mine, Mike Frioli, was a NATEC rep for your outfit for many years at El Toro and Mirimar.

Steve, I posted the front page of the TCTO a couple days ago.

From the "For What it's worth department", and I have no idea what this crap actually means, but as said, there is always a +/- tolerence for the indicators.