Return-Path: Received: from spiro.isd.net ([208.159.192.26]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:59:51 -0500 Received: from laptop (usr-401-15-3.isd.net [206.156.250.3]) by spiro.isd.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA22013 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:08:03 -0600 Message-ID: <000b01c0799d$6ad2cc40$03fa9cce@laptop> From: "Bob and Patti Foxwell" To: "Marv @ Lancair List" Subject: ES Firewall Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:03:08 -0600 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I have an older fuselage in which the firewall is not pre-cored in areas where the vacuum reg, gacolator, brake resevoir, electric connectors etc, etc are mounted. My options are to core out the same areas as the newer firewalls and as outlined on the blueprint or make chincy hardpoints per the book by coreing the edges of the mounting hole and stuffing a little flox in, redrill and use area washers. Is this adequate? It seems easier than coring large areas and doing a layup. If any of you did the layup to simulate the new firewalls, how many bids did you use? This is what Don Goetz recommended to me, but then why didn't it get discussed way earlier in the book wher we reinforced the engine mount points and added firewall reinforcement? Bob Foxwell Slightly confused as usual. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>