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3d ago
inBlew $1,800 on new windows last fall, and my furnace bill finally made me admit I was wrong
What did your attic look like when you checked it, like could you see the joists or was it already buried? My place is a 62 build and the attic had maybe 4 inches of old stuff, so blowing in another foot made a bigger dent than the windows did. If yours is thin up there, that is where the real money is.
9d ago
inBoss said skip the connector pin test on the CRJ, and cost us 9 hours in Boise
Nine hours in Boise sounds about right for a backing out pin, but the wiggle test alone won't catch it. A pin can feel tight and still be walking out of the back of the plug where you can't feel it, so you have to pull the boot back and look at the wire side, not just push on the front. The real save is a connector mate check after any work in that zone, even a quick one, because a pin that backs out on its own usually means the retainer clip is bent or the crimp is sitting too far back in the shell. Also grab the wire about two inches behind the plug and give it a gentle tug, that's the one that catches the ones that pass the wiggle.
11d ago
inWarning: a loose cannon plug on a King Air cost us a whole day of troubleshooting
Grab every connector you can reach and give it a little tug" sounds good on paper but what about the ones buried behind the avionics rack where you can't even get a finger in there? @barbaraw16 do you pull the tray out first or just work blind with a mirror and a pick? I've had cannon plugs that felt tight but the pin wasn't clipped into the shell, so a wiggle did nothing until I pulled the whole plug apart. Curious how you handle that without tearing half the panel down.