Brief Description: Swap Nutplates, Rivet Stiffeners to Fire
I was able to swap the nutplates for the aux fuel pump bracket to the front side of the firewall. I thought about drilling out all of the rivets for the bracket as well to place the flush manufactured heads on the bracket rather than on the front side of the firewall but based on the plans it looks like the fuel pump will fit in between the rivet pattern that is layed out. Whew. I didn't want to have to drill these out, flatten the dimples, create a new bracket with the countersinks on the aft side, etc. It turned out well just moving the nutplates. We'll see if the fuel pump will actually fit in between the shop heads. I think it will. I also riveted the side stiffeners with the attach angles to the firewall. This needed to be done now rather than after the firewall is installed since now that the side skins are in place there wouldn't be anyway to set these rivets. Easy to do now. It'll jus be awkward sliding this contraption into place on the fuselage.
