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Heard a lead tech in Denver say he tests every connector pin twice, and I stole it
Was standing near the hangar coffee pot at Centennial when a lead tech mentioned he checks each pin on a connector with a bent paperclip before he ever plugs in a meter. Sounded like extra work at first. Then he said it caught a pushed-back pin on a 737 fuel quantity harness that looked clean from the outside. Now I keep a paperclip in my shirt pocket, and it already saved me a return trip. Anybody else got a cheap trick like that?
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blairc904d ago
Respectfully disagree on the paperclip, that bare metal can widen a socket if you get a little ham-fisted with it, especially the tiny ones in a cannon plug. I watched a guy do that and turn a two minute pin check into a whole harness swap. Prefer a pin gauge or a proper test lead with a spring tip, same idea but it won't stretch the contact. Cheap trick I do use is a sharpie dot on every pin I've checked, then wipe it with iso when I'm done, so I know for sure I didn't skip one. Or just do the pull test light and trust the click. Paperclip works till it doesn't.
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