Ferg,
I plead membership of the 'stupid club' then. I tried to cut the fuel filler
boss of my fuel tank using my 1.75" holesaw (I didn't have a 1.5" one, and
the manual said 1.5"-1.75"). Needless to say I didn't get the holesaw dead
centre and ended up with a boss wall barely 1/16" thick down one side. I was
so set on getting the job done I didn't stop to say: "This is a stupid thing
to do!"
Given the fuel tank is not easy to change, I've taken the safe option and
got another one and put the original in the 'props for Boy Scout troop
talks' bucket...
Maybe we should have a bit of fun with an "I've made the most stupid
mistake" section on the Europa Club Web Site??? :-) Only those prepared to
laugh at themselves should enter!
Cheers,
Jeremy
Jeremy Davey
Europa XS Monowheel 537M G-EZZA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
Subject: Europa-List: Confessions of a doorlatch hacker
Cheers,
I am so far behind in building, I have taken to making ancillary
pieces out of sequence whenever I cannot follow the manual for environmental
or other reasons. This applies to those who also must deviate where possible
---From the manual sequence when necessary.
DOOR LATCHES
This applies to hacking the hardware in
Classic manual, Door Latches, Chap 35, p.35-2, fabricating DL08R&F both port
& starboard bolt arms, and,
XS manual, Door Latches, Chap.33, p. 33-2, same process.
I made a habit of cutting each 10mm arm 'slightly' oversize so
that I could later reduce it to exactly the prescribed dimension. HOWEVER,
in one case I forgot to do that and verrry carefully drilled the requisite
hole so that it ended up more than the required 7mm from the end (and didn't
notice). When it came to assemble, the handle would not happily traverse to
full forward (it jambed somewhere). Finding the source of the hesitation was
time-consuming and frustrating. It was not easy to see where the jamb
occurred. While the pivots were the proper distance from each other - one
was 8mm from its end, because I had forgotten to reduce the rod to the
proper length. It therefore jambed against the axle barrel when extended to
full forward action with the internal handle. Taking it out and reducing the
dimension to the required 7mm solved the time-consuming problem.
Neville and Ivan would smile.
So if you come across the same problem as you assemble, remember
their words. Measure twice. Or, in my case, write yourself memos to
re-measure before later assembly.
I did not pen this solely for self-purification. It's just on
the offchance that there is someone as stupid as I.
Ferg
Europa A064
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