I thought of a way to increase the clearance between the Ram control arm and the cowl. Instead of using a AN 3 bolt, I picked up some short clevis pins today. I also cut off another 3/32" from the control arm rod, remounted the arm, applied locktite to the set screw, then safetied the set screw. This shouldl give me another 1/8" clearance between the arm and the cowl. I sanded a bit more of the recess, and checked the thickenss again using the home-made calipers, then applied 3 layers of 6 oz bid to the 'recess' area. Hopefully it will cure over night. looking at the punch list. I have an item to 'fix' the adel clamps holding the exhaust hangers. Because of the Faux firewall there isn't enough room for the rubber cushion on the back side of the adel clamp that wraps around the lower engine mount rod. The front is cushioned, but the back sits directly on the engine mount cross tube. I'm sure that with the exhaust vibration that in time that will cause wear on the engine mount. So Today I finally figured out how to fabricate some alternate exhaust hangers. I 'borrowed' a 4" piece of 2" x 1 1/4" alum angle, and cut two 1 3/4" pieces from it. I then cut matching 1/2" c 1/2" pieces of angle and riveted them together. I'll mount these to the firewall above the engine mount cross tube. I'll have to get a hold of John Forsling and purchase a couple of new hanger straps from him as the old ones are now too short.
Shortened Ram air flap control rod and unstalled clevis pin instead of bolt
