or perhaps Lower Cargo Bay Door (LCBD)?  Do I actually have an upper cargo
bay??
ed- sent from my electronic government department of redundancy department
acronym generator (DRDAG)

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Aha... Let's write in 'Dokanese' (you read it here first, methinks) so
> others may more easily understand. By "tool panel" do you mean the 'lower
> cargo door" (aka the treasure chest door)?
>
>
> BenT S. Pine
>
> sent from my electronic surprise
>
> On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:39 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  OH yeah, the nut plates are cradled in the body arch opening for the tool
> panel door hinge.  If you get really uncomfortable and bend in backwards
> into the tool panel opening far enough, being careful to run your spine
> along the lower door lock thingy (technical term) you can see them, or at
> least the rust that was them.
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:25 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Where, pray tell, are these magical floating plates?
>>
>>
>> BenT
>>
>> sent from my floating plates
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2011, at 9:07 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > SO here I am, working on the tool panel door frame when a nut plate
>> fallls
>> > out due to rust.  "Oh Poo," I say
>> > (I actually said Poo).  Then I think about all the clever ways I can
>> > weld/epoxy it back in place.  But now, as
>> > I look further into the matter, the nut plate itself does not appear to
>> be
>> > locked into one place.  Could it be these are "floating" nut plates
>> within a
>> > spot welded frame to the frame member?  I would rather not cut a big
>> piece
>> > out and fabricate a replacement part out and then try to allign the nut
>> > plates into position with the tool panel door.
>> > My thought is to scrape rust as best I can, convert remaining rust back
>> to
>> > metal, then do something to let the nut plates remain in place but
>> "float."
>> > Does this sound reasonable?  Any thoughts on containing the nut plates
>> when
>> > the original "Frame" is gone?
>> > ed- from my electronic ball and chain (I have a stand alone server.)
>> [that's
>> > for you BenT]
>>
>
>