GE OMs;
I got the parts to fix the broken LTRS/FIGS shift-selector.
I'm looking at the IPB SECTION 573-115-800TC and it looks like
all I have to do to get at it is remove the platen, which is disconnect
the bracket that holds in in place on the R/H side, remove the screw
that holds the outside gear on the L/H side, and it will come out.
Is it really that easy - or is their something sinister waiting?
Humorous Story:
I lived up in the mountains, on a ranch.
It turns out my driveway (dirt road) crosses the "Apocalypse Flood Plain"
which floods every 600 years.
I moved in in year 599.
Well, it flooded - and I couldn't get to my house using my driveway
for 6 months.
When things dried out I erected a 60-foot Naval Construction Battalion
bridge that would support 60,000 pounds.
The county found out and came by to yell at me. They told me that I
needed "a permit". I asked: "How do I get a permit?". The inspector
answered: "You ONLY need three things:
1. an environmental impact study.
2. a hydrological survey.
3. a structural analysis of the bridge and support structure."
I said: "is THAT ALL???" - and he said: "Yeah - that's it". I said: "and
then I get my permit?" He said: "yeah."
Well - all I can say about "those three things" is:
It would be like calling up NASA and telling them that: "I think it would be
really cool to go to the moon and walk around - what do I need to do that?"
And the guy from NASA answers: "You ONLY need three things:"
1. a Mission Control Center.
2. a SATURN rocket w/boosters.
3. a Lunar lander with optional Lunar Excursion Module."
"IS THAT ALL???" - and he said: "Yeah, - that's it".
I can't tell you about the difference in the cost of the two projects,
but guess which one is easier to do - and to do quicker? :-/
ANYWAY,
So: how tough is it to R/R the platen?
Oh - one last note;
So one day the permit arrives in the mail. I read over it and the bridge
is OK'd for 4 tons. I call up the inspector:
Me: Hey! - I got my permit and there's a BIG MISTAKE on it!
Inspector: What would that be?
M: It says "approved for 4 tons".
I: That's correct.
M: Whaddah yah mean "that's correct" - this is a Naval Construction
Battalion bridge, rated at 30 tons! I even gave you guys the
original spec-sheets".
I: We're only permitting it for 4 tons.
M: (cranked-off) you're only permitting it for 4 tons? LISTEN: I think
the Navy who USES these things FOR REAL knows a lot more that a bunch
of fat pencil-pushing marshmallows sitting behind a desk in some
county office!
I: Well, their bridges are installed by Naval Engineers - and not some
idiot home-owner who PROBABLY won't maintain it and will drive over
it until he fall through...
When I finally stopped laughing, I said: "OK - you win: I'll put up
the "Maximum Load Limit: 4 TONS" sign - like you want.
A few years later some well-drilling guys needed to cross my property to
do some work. Their rig weighed-in at 15 tons. They called me
over to talk to me. The guy gets out of the truck, takes a look at the
bridge and says: "4 TONS? - this is a SEA-BEE's bridge and it'll take
30-T's easy - and on a good day, one or two crosses at 50T's.
I told him: "I ain't looking - but if'n you cross it an wind up in
the river, alls I know is there is a sign right there that says
MAXIMUM LOAD LIMIT 4 TONS"..." He gave me a "harrumph!", got in the
rig, and blasted across the bridge. It didn't make a creak.
UE,
W6ESE - tony
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--
Tony J. Podrasky | When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always
| one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to
| take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
| -Dave Barry