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My mistake, work aid.

It is a tool that a work mate came up with, and although I would not say it works perfectly every time it certainly has helped out way more often than not. It's a collar that slips down into the cup above the servo ladder. It has four bolts that you turn in to secure the servo in place while torquing. I you are interested please PM me and I will give you more on a less public form.

Oooops, I see that this thread is more about light and less about medium, so please disregard any of my ideas that are off topic. I don't want to be accused of taking the thread off topic.

Quit dragging around a 1 9/16th crows foot for medium T/R nuts and buy a spanner wrench from Granco Industries Corporation, P.O. Box 171, 4009 E.138th ST, Grandview, Missouri 64030 tel 816-966-9400 P/N 6272. The kit will make Elvis happy as it is the actual BHT approved tool for the job. It weighs nothing and will do so many more jobs such as seals etc. When you are installing, say a quill, lubricate the o-ring with assembly fluid. Then after heating the case, lubricate the assembly fluid coated o-ring with corrosion x before installation. Makes it slippery as, well, you get the idea. I am told corrosion x is compatible with BHT approved gearbox oils although I have not checked myself. Often a piece of 3/8 inch fine threaded rod is handy for seal replacement, when a vice or press is not available. I made a special wide set of jaws that fit into a small puller (for 206 T/R crosshead removal). I use this to hold the coupling caps in place when being re-greased. I carry a brass brushes for cleaning gun bores, very handy for removing uglyness. I carry a couple of sheared st/gen shafts welded on to 1/4 drive extensions for doing turbine installs or anything else associated with N1. I prefer my homemade PT6T-3***** P.S. wrench over the Kell-Strom wrench. BHT suggests taking two allen keys and notching them to remove worn swashplate trunion bearings. You can also spend several hundred $ and buy a variation from Redbarn distributed by Dart or directly from BHT. I bruise the casting less with a piece of twin otter seat track. I love my servo alignment work aid. Helps greatly when doing medium servo alignments by helping to hold the servo in place while torquing. I also yearn for the day P&WC will approve star washes for bleed valves and slot the head of the hard to reach bolt on oil/fuel heaters of PT6T-3****. I better stop before Elvis rolls over in his grave. Remember, everything mentioned in this thread is a work aid not a tool.

Any body know anything about type training and taxes? About 10 years ago I did a couple of Bell courses and did my A&P in same tax year. Tax man kicked it back when I claimed it. After a couple years of arguing back and forth. They said it wasn't on their approved list. The issue was finally resolved, I printed everything from the act right down to the standard. That is to say I traced why I needed these courses to do my job from the Queen on down to the list of approved courses from the TC web sight. I highlighted the relevant areas and submitted it. They accepted the type training but I had to eat the A&P. I had changed employers and it would have been to wierd to get a letter stating how I required the training. I mention this story in case any like minded apprentices are thinking of doing some of there own training.

I like to ship my tools as baggage not as cargo. The empty weight of the pelican 1650 25.77 lb with foam. That only leaves 24.33 lb of tools. I prefer to use a smaller case without wheels. The 1450 or 1550. The idea is to find the lightest case possible. This is AC after all. I sacrifice the convenience of the wheels again because they add weight. I buy 2 dollar plastic tool boxes from Canadian tire, and use them as organizers. This plus my ready bag (medics bag) of most used tools in my duffle bag of personal cloths keeps me pretty close to the 2 x 50lb. If I this is not enough I have a rubber maid action packer (86L?), very light and reasonably strong for rain gear and tools that are to big. The whole idea for me is the most tools for the weight, organization comes second. I look at kato's great job and I just see wasted space and weight. Underwater Knietics is another option. They have military style latches that cannot be beat and typically are less expensive than pelican. I have one and have been shipping it overseas for 6 years. So far so good.

I don't know why operators would want to cut rates other than to take advantage of the current situation. Here in Canada most of us are paid on production, so much a flight hour. The more the company makes the more we make. How will cutting rates benefit the operator except to increase their profit?