Eduard 1/32 tamiya phantom cockpit pe help

Mel I was one of the "other" kids in the class. Glad you could figure it out as I was lost. Between your explanation and the picture from Phil it made complete sense. Now I need to make some stretched sprue for the 1mm rod and I will be set. Here's my progress so far.

This thead is a great example of why I love this place and the folks.

Being fairly familiar with Eduard PE instructions and wanting to help, I studied the pic for a long time and couldn't figure it out.

What a great and concise answer, Phil.

Oh, and I studied what was then called drafting and design in college and still interpreted the drawing wrong, just as Mel mentioned above.

A one aspect drawing can have more than one interpretation.  I took a mechanical drawing class and the instructor told us one of the objects we had to make a 3 plan view of could be drawn a second way.  Usually only one or two people in the class sees the "other" way.  I was the one that saw it different! 

Ahhhh! Perfect, now i see what it is. Window crank really helped the visual. Off to finish this up now 

I believe this part represents the rudder pedal adjustment crank. The diagram showing part 22 as round is actually incorrect. It's elongated, with the plastic rod forming a knob on one end (think of a manual car window crank) and the other end attached to the centre of part 23.

Check the photo here: http://aviation.watergeek.eu/images/f-4cde/f-4e_rear_maverick.jpg

EDIT: Looking again at the diagram, it makes a little more sense. At first it looks like a representation of the part with the plastic rod attached. It isn't. It's actually a flat keyhole shaped piece where the plastic rod attaches to the "long" end of the keyhole.

The illustration for part 22 shows it with the 1mm dowel already attached. That in turn goes on part 23. Part 22 is flat. Eduard's instructions could be vastly improved by adding a photo or two of completed assemblies or at least a better drawing.