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Update: a 20 minute talk with a Delta mechanic in Atlanta fixed my connector pin problem
I was stuck on a pesky intermittent fault in a radio rack for two days at the hangar, swapping pins and getting nowhere. While waiting for a part in Atlanta, an old Delta guy watched me fight the same cannon plug and said the trick is to back the pin out a hair before you crimp. I tried it on the next three pins and every single one seated clean with no wiggle. Honestly saved me probably four hours of rework that week. Has anyone else picked up a small trick like this just from chatting with someone in passing?
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karent7510d ago
Have you noticed this kind of thing happens way more when you are not even looking for help? Same deal at a hardware store when a guy told me to rub a candle on a sticky drawer rail, or the time a waitress told me to put a dry paper towel in with salad greens to keep them fresh. It seems like the best tips come from people who just happen to see your problem and have been there a hundred times before. The internet is full of long write-ups but nothing beats a person standing next to you who has done the job for twenty years. There is something about the random timing of it too, like your brain is stuck in one track and a stranger resets it in ten seconds. I try to pass stuff like that along now whenever I catch someone fighting the same battle.
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