Take photos BEFORE you disasmantle

[BlackPig]

Lesson for this evening. I had a problem with my Sea Feather self steering, one of the brackets had split. I contacted them and they asked me to return the part. I photoed the system then set about dismantling it and sending the offending part to them. They decided it was corrosion that caused the damage and got new bits made up and sent back. No charge for the new bits, well done to the new owners of Sea Feather. I started to reassemble and all went well, except one nut and bolt was left over. Ahhhh. I could not find a hole to stick it in. So booted up the computer and looked at the photos I had taken. The new part had been changed, I did not need the bolt that I was left with. Job done.

 

[Seajet]

+1 for taking photo's before doing anything even slightly complicated - like fitting a new lift keel wire for instance.

So much easier now with digital kit, one often just has to look at the camera screen, not even plug it into the computer.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Agree, take pictures of everything before disassembly, especially carburators, linkages, gearboxes and fusebox connections

 

[oldbilbo]

Agree, take pictures of everything before disassembly, especially carburators, linkages, gearboxes and fusebox connections

NOW you tell me!!

 

[Seajet]

NOW you tell me!!

oldbilbo, wasn't so simple on Vulcans, might have taken more than one camera cards / films; could we at least see the ' before & after ' pics ?

 

[capnsensible]

oldbilbo, wasn't so simple on Sopwiths, might have taken more than one camera cards / films; could we at least see the ' before & after ' pics ?

 

[Seajet]

capn,

I get the joke but please don't change my words, I can make my own cock-ups !

 

[capnsensible]

It was.. irresistible...

(your turn!)

 

[oldbilbo]

C'mon, you guys!

Is it true that if you refitted torque tubes 'arris about face', you got control reversal and had to fly upside down?

 

[Lakesailor]

Agree, take pictures of everything before disassembly, especially carburators, linkages, gearboxes and fusebox connections

Especially electrical items. Alternators, if they don't have a dedicated plug, can be baffling. You end up tracing all the wires to make sure you aren't going to blow anything.

 

[Hadenough]

My memory is so bad that I've just taken a photo of the position transit from our anchorage when I realised I'd forgotten the one I committed to "memory" half an hour ago!

 

[KellysEye]

I didn't take pictures but did lay out every part taken off in a line so I knew how to put it back together.

 

[Lakesailor]

So 20th Century...

 

[Seajet]

I didn't take pictures but did lay out every part taken off in a line so I knew how to put it back together.

Which is spiffing until a big mobo or ferry goes past !

 

[septiclecky]

I didn't take pictures but did lay out every part taken off in a line so I knew how to put it back together.

Or someone comes along picks up pieces to have a look at them then puts them back in the wrong position.

 

[KellysEye]

>Which is spiffing until a big mobo or ferry goes past !

I put the parts on a towel on a carpet under a table so they don't move when at sea, even in swells and big waves. To do that turn the edges of the towel up.

>Or someone comes along picks up pieces to have a look at them then puts them back in the wrong position.

I don't think someone would come along our cabin floor.

 

[fisherman]

My friend the IT guy when dismantling computer thingies starts with an empty cup cake tray.

 

[Lakesailor]

I don't think someone would come along our cabin floor.

Or you stand up and accidentally kick them whilst doing so.

 

[Seajet]

My friend the IT guy when dismantling computer thingies starts with an empty cup cake tray.

You may joke, but I had a girlfriend who was a computer salesperson; she once got a damaged PC returned, ' cup holder broken '.

 

[fisherman]

You may joke, but I had a girlfriend who was a computer salesperson; she once got a damaged PC returned, ' cup holder broken '.

No joke, as he dismantles he puts all the screws and tiny bits in the compartments in order.