[AT] 430V update
Ron Cook
ron at lakeport-1.com
Fri Oct 13 09:42:34 PDT 2017
This didn't get to the list like I had intended.
> Spencer,
>
> Those Airloc fasteners are a WWII era sheet metal fastener used on
> aircraft. I have not run across an aircraft maintenance person that
> likes them. Two many slipped screwdrivers of the wrong size and style
> leaving big scratches and gouges in the sheet metal. The surplus
> inventory has apparently been used up. You can check with a
> cropduster that might have some on a used up early AgCat fuselage that
> might have a decent one left on it. Or a tractor salvage yard. I
> don't have any anymore. There are or were a couple new ones on eBay,
> but the cost was way too high at 14 bucks plus 8 shipping. Davenport
> Tractor has a replacement bolt that is a much better fastener, but of
> course is not original equipment.
>
> Ron Cook, Salix, IA
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