bmoran4 posted:Since I have the tools and experience, I'll "properly" replace the collector assembly and not take kludgy shortcuts. I take pride in and try my hardest to make my work indistinguishable from factory new.
Fair enough. For those of us who are a bit less of a purist (and that's just being descriptive, not judgemental in any way - heck, I admire "purists", I'm just usually too lazy/inept to be one most of the time! 
), it strikes me as a pretty reasonable fix (assuming fishing that wire isn't too difficult). It certainly looks a bit better than the fixes with a wire soldered on the exposed side (though I also think that's reasonable for someone who just wants the thing to run).
For me, the key is that this would be reversible. If I were to leave my 262 to you in my will, you'd be no worse off, you'd just replace the collector plate with insulator the "proper" way, which you'd need to do anyhow had I not used an alternate method. I personally would not be offended by seeing two small screws where the factory put rivets, that seems pretty minor to me, but to each their own. I feel a bit stronger about fixes that are not reversible, those can be cringe worthy, depending.
