Fabricated Oil Door Hinge Pin

I have been giving some thought to how to secure the hinge pin for the oil door.  Many builders just insert the pin and bend both ends, but then you can never remove the pin without destroying it.  I decided to bend only one end and use some safety wire to prevent the pin from sliding out.  I filed a groove in the end of the pin that goes about 3/4 of the way around the circumference.

This allows me to wrap a piece of safety wire around the pin to lock it in place.

Here’s what the pin looks like installed in the cowl.  The bend is on the left and the safety wire is on the right.

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