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Michaels Web Site
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Date: 4-6-2013
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Number of Hours: 2.00
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Manual Reference:
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Brief Description: Cut baffles to fit cowl
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- With the baffles in place on the engine, I laid over the right cowl and pinned it in place. The instructions say to leave about 1/2" between the baffles and the cowl. My forefinger is about 1/2" thick, so I ran my finger along the top of the baffle. Where my finger fit, the baffle was the correct height. Where my finger would not fit, I made a mark on the baffle to start cutting there.
- Using the drawings that come with the baffle, I noted what needed to be cut, where (photo 2). It's better to cut too little than too much, so I always noted about 1/8" less than I thought.
- Then I took the cowl off, marked the baffles per my markups, and drew rough Sharpie lines along which to cut.
- I was going to take the baffles off to do the cutting, but that would have taken a LOT of time to remove, cut, reinstall and re-test the fit. So I decided to see if I could leave the baffles in place and cut them. Turns out, I could! There was enough room to get my Andy snips in there to do the job.
- Photo 3 shows one side of the baffle cut. You can see the other side has not yet been measured and cut.
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View of uncut baffles under cowl
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Noting on the baffle drawings, what needed to be trimmed where.
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I cut the baffles in-place.
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