Brief Description: Trimmed Front of Cowl to Close up Gaps
Tim Conway came over and looked at my problem with the cowling gaps. We put the cowling back in place and took off half of the clecoes on the sides, We forced the top cowl under or over the bottom cowl and then squeezed the cowlings together. We then measured the cowl inlets and squeezed until the diameter was approximately 5 1/4" on each inlet. The top cowl was marked for trimming in the spinner area on both sides and at the sides. The top cowl was removed and lines were drawn all around the top cowl. The right side was marked on an angle from 0 degrees at the aft end to a mark toward the front of the right side. The left side was marked as well. A cutoff wheel in the Dremel was used to do the trimming. The Mouser sander was then used to finish sanding the edges. We placed the top cowl back in place and found that, except for the side brackets which needed more bending, the cowl inlets were set at the right diameter and the cowling looked like it was going together the way it should.
We found a few areas on the sides that needed a little more sanding, so the cowl was taken off and sanded. The cowl was replaced and the short tabs were redrilled at the inside edge by the spinner opening to pull the cowlings together.
