Other Restoration Photos

Other Photos

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Two different wing tank caps (from two different aircraft) both show a tiny hole drilled in the back of the copper tube.
The only logic for this is in case the tube gets blocked (say by an insect) then air can still flow into the tank, se preventing the tank crushing, under atmospheric pressure as the fuel level drops.

The difference between Taylorcraft wire & Martin wire. Note the different barb shape.

Tool used for removing nails

One of the four brass shims that provide a bearing surface at the H-frame attachment. Thickness 0.016" approx. The two upper shims have a hole that aligns with the lubrication hole in the upper clamp.

Detail of door catch. This is brazed upon assembly.

The cast aluminium tube that goes inside the Shinn wheel assembly.

Tacho oil seal housing and replacement seal.

	Views of installation of windscreen. New half-made bootcowl in position.

	Joggles at (on left) front of original bootcowl adjacent to firewall and (at right) below windscreen lower edge.

	Brake pedal set-up, with dimension details of "bug" clamp.
Alternative type clamp. Bolted up with nut & bolt.

Old brake back plate (try Skybound for new replacements)
	Brake linings
Brake return spring on lower end of gear.
	Slot on tapered axle for washer which has a location key to prevent rotation.
	Hubcaps and wheel through-bolt with long castellated nut, showing 1/4 dia screws which are short so that they don't interfere with the cotter pins through the long nut. Hubcaps are recessed to accept the screw.

		Views of harness wire frame below canvas sling.


		Rudder & elevator cable links (note: my rudder cable has no link; the turnbuckle connects directly.


		Spark plug socket with slot for ignition lead.
	Here is the Spark Plug Gauge (for "massive" electrode plugs) that Champion make. The gauging hole is 1/4" dia.
		The photo on the left shows a used M41E plug, gapped to the correct 0.016". On the right is the plug gauge which determines (after correct gapping) whether the plug is serviceable. If the plug fits through the gap, it is unserviceable. As you can see, this one has many hours left on it.

	Showing where diagonal rods go through fuselage fuel tank.

Device for torquing up tapered crankshaft hub.

	Scott tailwheel set-up

Blocked	Unblocked	Elevator trim lube hole. As you can see, this was blocked up (by paint, not fabric; a piece of wire un-blocked it). The hole is on the top of the left-hand elevator about 1/2" from the horn.
	With trim screw in approximately the neutral position, here are co-ordinates of the trim screw edge from known points...in this picture, the yellow dimension is 2" from the lubrication hole and the red dimension is 1 3/8" from the forward of the front elevator tube.
		New trim screw, phosphor bronze. Sleeve is stainless.

A gob of grease on a pipe cleaner...for lubing the trim jack screw through a lower inspection hatch.
An extract from TOC Newsletter #86 (June 1994) describing the tailbrace wire attachment and the washers required for the correct fit. I make no apologies to a purported copyright holder; as a Club member, under international law, I inherently own the copyright.

	Views of cowl channels, inverted view...	...and three views of new steel cowl clips.