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| Zebidee:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 15, 2023, 11:02:10 pm ---I also need to finish off the electrical, which is quite funny I dragged my feet on that seeing as how I used to be an auto electrician 😂 --- End quote --- I think I understand this reluctance. It is a funny thing, but if I've ever done something professionally I hate doing it on my own time. Feels too much like work. Like, I spent many years until my mid-30's in all kinds of accounting roles, I'm good at it, but hate tasks like tracking costing for my own projects. I won't even do my own tax returns though they are simple enough. |
| danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on June 16, 2023, 01:35:44 am --- --- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 15, 2023, 11:02:10 pm ---I also need to finish off the electrical, which is quite funny I dragged my feet on that seeing as how I used to be an auto electrician 😂 --- End quote --- I think I understand this reluctance. It is a funny thing, but if I've ever done something professionally I hate doing it on my own time. Feels too much like work. Like, I spent many years until my mid-30's in all kinds of accounting roles, I'm good at it, but hate tasks like tracking costing for my own projects. I won't even do my own tax returns though they are simple enough. --- End quote --- We call it 'plumbers tap' 😄 |
| bobbyb13:
"The cobblers children have no shoes..." :lol |
| danny_galaga:
So there's been a difference of opinion on what comes with the second hand engine I bought. There are some parts s missing off the carbies. Would cost over $300 landed for a few bits of metal that aren't even made for aircraft. Well one piece is but it's just a flat bit of steel. So I got some scrap metal for that piece, and AliExpress and a Go kart spare parts shop for the other bits. More like $50 and the satisfaction of not paying the Ro-tax 😄 |
| Zebidee:
Love how dodgy it seems at first glance: used motors with missing parts, bit n pieces from Aliexpress and go-karts. Yet I am optimistically confident you are doing it right (interpret as: I have no idea :dunno ). Work a little WD40 or similar into that throttle cable sheath and check it occasionally for corrosion - I got my 1975 Holden HZ ute airborne thanks to a stuck throttle, somehow survived, hate to think what it'd be like for someone airborne already. |
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