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    Once again....... In the real world we would just polish or polish out the small gouge and re-use the plunger. This gouge is caused by the use of a Mk2 backsight leaf* and in any case, the gouge will have no bearing - if you'll excuse the pun - on the operation of a Mk1 backsight. Just polish that surface and get on with the bloody job..........

    * just in case a cleverarse is about to jump in, remember that on the No5, the fabricated backsight is a Mk2

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    The back sight plunger and spring assy's are as cheap as dog sh*t you can get the plunger and spring for @10-15 bucks

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    We appreciate that Cinders but all through our apprenticeships were were taught how to repair what we had before we just replaced with new. We sometimes learned the hard way, especially on active service, that sometimes you just had to make do and mend as the spares we wanted were hundreds of miles away and at the bottom of the blanket stackers food chain! The VM's had it the hardest with this repair before you replace thing but luckily, with the Bedfords, Whites and LandRovers of the era, with no electronic circuitry and magic they could work wonders with vehicles. Strangely, it was the NZicon VM's that were masters at get-you-home-repairs in all conditions.

    Old fashioned I know....... But I used to look into the classified scrap bin (all weapon parts are now deemed to be classified scrap) and see parts that could easily be repaired by straightening or de-burring or assemblies that could be stripped and rebuilt, just tossed in the bin as scrap........ Not me I'm afraid!

    This No5 saga - all over the technicalities of a backsight fix has driven me to distraction already............

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Once again....... In the real world we would just polish or polish out the small gouge and re-use the plunger. ... Just polish that surface and get on with the bloody job..........all through our apprenticeships were were taught how to repair what we had before we just replaced with new. We sometimes learned the hard way, especially on active service, that sometimes you just had to make do and mend as the spares we wanted were hundreds of miles away and at the bottom of the blanket stackers food chain! The VM's had it the hardest with this repair before you replace thing......Old fashioned I know....... But I used to look into the classified scrap bin (all weapon parts are now deemed to be classified scrap) and see parts that could easily be repaired by straightening or de-burring or assemblies that could be stripped and rebuilt, just tossed in the bin as scrap........ Not me I'm afraid!
    Captain, thank you for saying this so eloquently. I'm sure in Britainicon you have an expression for this; in America we call it "Yankee Ingenuity." The idea of repairing something before replacing it is economically sound and the hallmark of a craftsman. It's why I spend money getting new soles on old shoes -- the uppers are still good, and the shoe comfortable -- I don't need new shoes if just the soles are worn.

    My father and grandfather taught me: "don't throw it out until it's used up." During the Great Depression, my grandfather, who was ably employed at the time, went to the dump every Saturday to scrounge parts to rebuild everything from radios to washing machines. He'd work the weekend making repairable scrap whole again. Then he'd sell or give what he fixed to people who were up against hard times. Your "make do" and "improvise" is the spirit of a true artisan. Thanks for keeping this philosophy alive.
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    Well, I just mailed out the replacement No5 sight to the OP, so (hopefully) we can put this thread to bed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Strangely, it was the NZicon VM's that were masters at get-you-home-repairs in all conditions.
    Kiwi ingenuity has long been considered one of the country's great traits and there's a long history in NZ of effecting improbable repairs with "some 2x4 and No. 8 fencing wire" (ie whatever was lying around at the time). Legendarily, during the Pacific Theatre of WWII, RNZAF mechanics and engineers were able to take the discarded parts of three or four other F4U Corsairs (allegedly cast away by the Americans, so the story goes) and rebuild them into another flying Corsair which saw combat service and performed exactly as well as a factory-built plane.

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    Gads Australiaicon taught the lot of you how to make a silk purse out of a pigs ear, cripes a mighty.
    I know what your saying Peter, I remember cars that were made of steel and ran forever - my wifes VB (yes it was a model and not a beer)commodore ran a distance of @14klm home after dropping No.5 piston at 110kmh I heard it coming home and thought WTF well amongst the smoke when she killed the ignition that was it never to start again.
    Try that with your hi tech cars not on your nelly I look at the V 6 now and just shut the lid as I aint got no degree how to work on it, sadly society has gone that way a throw away place I remember working on the land where all you needed was a bit of wire and wood and did not mind chewing on the occasional fly.

    Even if the repair is done you always need a spare as do not worry I have been out without a spare extractor for my 303 and ping oh well look at that no more shooting, trust me it does not hurt to have a spare. And I am not saying do not try your hand at stuff just make sure you have a spare before you start in your words "Naffing" at it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel Enfield View Post
    some 2x4 and No. 8 fencing wire" (ie whatever was lying around at the time)
    We refer to this as the "bubble gum and bailing wire" (or clothes hanger) approach. I remember my grandmother using this technique (showed to her by her father) on a 1952 Oldsmobile that had a pin-hole leak in the gas tank. She took chewing gum and mashed it into the hole. Lo and behold dried and sealed the tank for a couple of years until she sold the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel Enfield View Post
    "some 2x4 and No. 8 fencing wire"
    Don't you mean some 4x2 and No. 8 next you'll be telling me the color of my car is green when the colour of my car is green

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    It was always called 2x4 when I was growing up (which wasn't in the US)

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