Removing oil galley plug

I had to pull the forward metal baffle (2 screws plus 2 bolts) This gave us
approximately 4 inches of space between the plug and the back of the ring
gear. If we had a fixed pitch prop, I wouldn't have hesitated pulling it
and the ring gear, but with the adjustable prop I would have had to replace
the O ring and there's always a risk of creating an oil leak.

I've got another plug to pull when I get the other engine wired, hopefully
it will come out just as easy. We'll see.
Jim

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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A follow-up question... Looking back, would it have been easier to pull
the
prop and ring gear in the first place? One thing that I hate is working
in
awkward and/or confined areas. That kind of thing seems to lead to
stripped
heads, busted knuckles, etc.

I have a fixed pitch prop and with the cowl off, I can have the spinner,
prop, and ring gear sitting on the hangar floor in 20 minutes or less.

That's an understatement!
Friday 6:30pm My A&P and I both arrive at the hanger at the same time. I
had plans to fly down to Jay H's Saturday afternoon after work, so to meet
my self imposed deadline, everything had to be completed and buttoned up
before I left the hanger that night.

We had the plug out in under an hour. My A&P looked everything over and
gave me a thumbs up then left for another job.
By 9pm I had everything recowled, tools accounted for, and every nut, bolt,
and screw double and triple checked. Plugged in the engine heaters,
preflighted the airplane, and was home by 10pm.

Some times things just work out.

Jim


"zatatime" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:12:56 -0600, "Jim Burns"
wrote:

GOT IT!


You must've felt like you won the lottery after it came out for you!

Glad it worked out.
z

In this location, I can see no reason in the world that it has to be an
internal hex plug. I think it could just as easily be an external square
headed plug.
Jim

"David Lesher" wrote in message
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"Jim Burns" writes:

GOT IT!
Well, thanks to all of you for your great advice, here's how we
approached
it.


Bravo.

[Too bad no one makes Torx head pipe plugs.]
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"Jim Burns" writes:

In this location, I can see no reason in the world that it has to be an
internal hex plug. I think it could just as easily be an external square
headed plug.
Jim

They are no better! I've rounded off those even with a 8-point socket.

I'd love to test JBwelding the key in vs the rubbing compound etc.
approach, just to know which is "better"..

BUT every plug is different. How do you run a fair test?

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Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433