X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:47:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from global.delionsden.com ([66.150.29.112] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.10) with ESMTPS id 2195197 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:37:19 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.150.29.112; envelope-from=n103md@yahoo.com Received: from bmackey by global.delionsden.com with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1ID7SB-0004rQ-H2 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:36:39 -0400 Received: from 12.146.139.19 ([12.146.139.19]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user bmackey) by www.bmackey.com with HTTP; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:36:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <19709.12.146.139.19.1185233799.squirrel@www.bmackey.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [LML] VH-LPD-nasty hangar accident From: "bob mackey" X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - global.delionsden.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32015 2012] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - yahoo.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Gerard: I'm sorry to hear about your jack accident. The area visibly damaged is behind the firewall. I would guess that the damage is confined to the impact area, but my guess isn't important. You'll have to cut away the damaged fiberglass as part of the repair, so you might as well just cut a hole there to make the rest of the damage inspection easier. A router or die-grinder with a carbide burr will quickly remove a rounded hole just outside the edges of the visible damage. When you can see into the damage area better, you may find that it will not be necessary to remove the engine. You may want to at least drain the oil and gasoline so that you can turn the aircraft on its side to work on it more easily. Before you finish the work on the plane you may need some stable jack stands. I like this one: http://lancaironline.net/archives/jensjack.jpg -bob