Phil is great! Had to get slot in bottom of emergency tiller modified to fit over rudder post. He said “drop it off at my house”. Next day and $40 later it was sitting in my cockpit and phil had already test fitted it
Another time had an engine issue. The retaining nut that holds governor flyweight assembly in place had come off. While waiting for replacement part I showed the old (bent one) to Phil. He had it back the next day and we used it to test the engine to ensure this was the cause of our issue. Engine worked perfectly. Plane was to take the end back off the engine to replace with new part when it arrived in 2 weeks. Phil said not to bother since the repaired one would outlast the engine. I still have the new part on a shelf at home …. Mike From: CnC-List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert Abbott via CnC-List Sent: July 9, 2020 11:23 AM To: cnc-list <[email protected]> Cc: Robert Abbott <[email protected]> Subject: Stus-List Seized SS Screws Graham, Phil Wash....he has a J120 called Philharmonic about 7 slips to the east of mine at the club. Phil is a retired machinist who has a complete machine shop in his basement at home. I was trying for some time to remove the two seized SS stanchion screws/bolts with a Mastercraft Impact Driver..... I was even hitting the outside one with a 5 lb. mall....no luck. Phil was walking from his boat, stopped, asked what was going on. He looked at the Mastercraft tool, said it was a piece of junk...said he would bring me one the next day that would do the job with a regular hammer......it was his Snap On Impact Driver.....he was right....got both the inside and outside seized screws/bolts loose. He said even though I got the screws/bolts out of the stanchion, I would have a hard time separating the stanchion from its base. So he said take the stanchion base/stanchion off the boat and give it to him. Three days later the repaired unit was waiting for me in my cockpit. He also replaced the two SS screws/bolts, one that holds the stanchion in the base and the inside one that holds the base to the toerail. He gave me back the bottom 8 inches of the bent old stanchion where you could easy see the corrosion where it was also seized in the base. Nice to have dock neighbours that have this kind of expertise, Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - #277 Halifax, N.S. On 7/8/2020 10:24 PM, Graham Collins wrote: You have a friend who does free machine shop work for you and replaces stanchions for nothing? I'd love to meet this person! Graham Collins Secret Plans C&C 35-III #11
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