My cowl now fits well. Looks pretty good, too, with nice gaps and all. Just have some filling to do around the front and seal and paint the inside.
Here's my problem. I had one minor blunder. The plans have you position the side piano hinge on the bottom cowl first and the eyes stick up over the edge. Then on the top cowl the eyes are fully hidden by the top cowl edge. I reversed this (just a dumb oversight).
The affect is that it makes installing/removal of the top cowl tricky. This is because with the bottom cowl installed, in my case, the eyes are below the edge (not sticking up above the edge). From the top the eyes stick down below the top cowl edge. It requires a little pressure to flex the top cowl sides in to get the eyes in behind the bottom cowl edge while the rear portion interlocks with the firewall hinge. Getting it back out I have to reverse the process, which as stated, is tricky.
I'm debating on whether to bite the bullet and redo these side hinges. I hesitate because it fits really good right now and I hate to risk screwing that up. And although it does require some slight-of-hand to get the cowl on and off, it does, in fact, come on and off.
Should I just leave well enough alone or redo these hinges? Thoughts?
Here's my problem. I had one minor blunder. The plans have you position the side piano hinge on the bottom cowl first and the eyes stick up over the edge. Then on the top cowl the eyes are fully hidden by the top cowl edge. I reversed this (just a dumb oversight).
The affect is that it makes installing/removal of the top cowl tricky. This is because with the bottom cowl installed, in my case, the eyes are below the edge (not sticking up above the edge). From the top the eyes stick down below the top cowl edge. It requires a little pressure to flex the top cowl sides in to get the eyes in behind the bottom cowl edge while the rear portion interlocks with the firewall hinge. Getting it back out I have to reverse the process, which as stated, is tricky.
I'm debating on whether to bite the bullet and redo these side hinges. I hesitate because it fits really good right now and I hate to risk screwing that up. And although it does require some slight-of-hand to get the cowl on and off, it does, in fact, come on and off.
Should I just leave well enough alone or redo these hinges? Thoughts?