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bagarre wrote:I did the same thing when I replaced my fuel valve to simplify installation.

That's a good idea.


The cylinder bracket nuts weren't hard to start, but as I've said before, it helps to have skinny arms. In this picture I'm tightening a nut on the elevator bellcrank.

looks like a vet palpating a cow...

Luckily, I don't know what that means.

Just in case somebody in the future is trying to figure out how to do this job... I was able to get it done solo on my '48. I pulled the carpet back from the sides of the tunnel to expose the holes in the sides. I went in from the right (copilot) side with a 10" wobble extension and was able to thread it between the rudder return springs and scat tube to get to the nuts. While doing that I put my left hand through the left side under the rudder return spring to guide the socket on to the nut. Reassembly with the new bracket was pretty much just the reverse. I did use AN970 washers under the nuts to distribute the forces a bit. A wadded-up ball of masking tape in the socket keeps the nut from falling out while getting everything in position.