chimbu,
Sorry to sound argumentative, but the TAA shut-down procedure was Feather, Mixture, Throttle, Pitch. It reminds me of the 'flukiest' event of my flying career, and also a merge of two nostalgic themes running here, New Guinea DC3s and Larry (Greasy) Blackman. On a Base Check out over the Huon Gulf, the 'Shag' instructs me to shut down the #2 engine. With my finger in mid flight, still 6 inches from the Feathering button, the engine stopped dead. It seemed logical and appropriate to continue, so pressed the Feathering Button, cut the Mixture, closed the Throttle, and pulled the Pitch to full coarse. Turning to each other, we simultaneously said "How the f***k did you do that?". After lots of "I did nuthin" between us, it was decided to re-start #2. It started perfectly and continued to run perfectly.
Another Greasy recollection - My line check, on cruise in Auto Lean, #2 CHT approaching the 232° limit. On suggesting that Auto Rich might be a good idea, says "Nah, wastes too much fuel", and proceeds to shuffle through the sauce bottles and newspapers in his nav bag and produces a set of small screw drivers. Leans over, gives the CHT calibrating screw a tweak down to 200° CHT, and triumphantly announces "See shag, nothing wrong, you worry too much!".
chimbu, our friend with a passion for small boobs may be able to adjudicate upon our recollections of the feathering drills, he claims to still possess un-returned TAA DC3 manuals. Shame on you LLS, why didn't I think of that?
These ARE the good old days (but the old days were better).
Tiger (Ken) Maynard