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hill.margaret
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14h ago
DAE keep a scrap bin for oddball spares, or am I the only one? I almost tossed a relay last month and now I'm glad I didn't
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taylor.reese
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17h ago
Hot take: the lead on my last C-check was right about my wire bundle lacing and I hate that she was
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wilson.joseph
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1d ago
TIL having the shop pull the old wiring harness and give me the whole run on a bench is worth the $400
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phoenixw11
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3d ago
Line guy at DFW asked why I torque cannon plugs cold, then showed me his gauge
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valpalmer
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3d ago
Is a $40 adapter worth it or should we just re-pin the whole connector?
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miles_hall
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3d ago
Shoutout to the old guy at the Dallas hangar who showed me the light gun trick
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nathan901
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8d ago
PSA: check your cannon plug torque before you chase a wiring ghost
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iris927
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11d ago
We used to ring out a whole harness run with a multimeter one pin at a time, now it's a $180 gadget in 10 minutes
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thomas_torres
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12d ago
An old timer at the Tulsa hangar showed me a trick with cannon plugs that I still think about
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rowan_thomas84
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14d ago
That Tuesday I chased a ghost fault through three LRUs and found a chafed wire behind the aft galley panel
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wren638
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15d ago
Serious question, a new guy at the hangar in Wichita asked why I torque to spec instead of just snugging it, and I have not stopped thinking about how he got signed off
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max_torres44
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15d ago
Spent 9 hours chasing a ghost in a King Air and it turned out to be a loose cannon plug behind the MFD
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emerym36
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16d ago
DAE have an old head bench guy explain why he never rushes a pitot static leak check?
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joel_jones
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17d ago
Thought the $4k price tag on a used NAV-401L test set was hype, then I ate my words in Tulsa
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cora518
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18d ago
Dropped $210 on a used pitot static test set at a swap meet in Dallas, lasted 3 jobs
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