Two questions:
1. I have a gap of about 1/16 inch between my lower cowl and the side skin. The story as to how this happened is long and boring, but at this point all is well except for this gap. All the hinges are drilled and things are quite secure. I'd like some suggestions on the best way to fill this gap.
2. The upper half of my cowl seems to have a slightly tighter radius than the upper portion of my firewall and this means I have to force the cowl down onto the hinge in order to cleco things together. Obviously, I'd rather not have this preload on things. I notice that there is some sort of reinforcement beam that runs side to side across the top of the cowl just forward of the firewall. I'm thinking that I could saw through this reinforcement from the inside, maybe every inch or so, cleco the cowl to the plane and then layup glass patches over the cuts. I'd like opinions on this or other possible fixes.
Thanks.
1. I have a gap of about 1/16 inch between my lower cowl and the side skin. The story as to how this happened is long and boring, but at this point all is well except for this gap. All the hinges are drilled and things are quite secure. I'd like some suggestions on the best way to fill this gap.
2. The upper half of my cowl seems to have a slightly tighter radius than the upper portion of my firewall and this means I have to force the cowl down onto the hinge in order to cleco things together. Obviously, I'd rather not have this preload on things. I notice that there is some sort of reinforcement beam that runs side to side across the top of the cowl just forward of the firewall. I'm thinking that I could saw through this reinforcement from the inside, maybe every inch or so, cleco the cowl to the plane and then layup glass patches over the cuts. I'd like opinions on this or other possible fixes.
Thanks.