----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 6:02 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine run - Good news/bad news


> "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> """ Heck, see if the inlet fitting even has a hole in it.  I've found AN
bolts
>   with no threads, platenuts with no threads, Aeroquip type hose fittings
>   without threads, and even washers without the center punched out.  AN
>   hardware ain't perfect :-) """
>
> Excellent point, one I wish I'd thought to mention sometime earlier
myself.
>  I, too, have seen the various defects Rusty describes (and others), but I
> just never thought to bring it to anyone's attention.  The most
aggravating is
> the thread-less plate nuts... who thinks to try them out before installing
> them? I know I sure didn't  8-(
>
>     <Marv>
>
I'm sure glad to hear that someone else has also installed thread-less nut
plates. Of course only the ones that are in the most difficult to replace
areas are thread-less. Thank some guy named Murphy.    Paul Murphy Conner
>
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