Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:17:38 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v28.35.) id k.3c.5842868 (3951) for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:25:08 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com Message-ID: <3c.5842868.27833ec4@aol.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:25:08 EST Subject: Oil Filter Clearance and other tight fits To: lancair.list@olsusa.com X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Rob,

You said:
<<I'm laying out the firewall components in their entirety prior to drilling
any holes thru the firewall. >>

I had my engine hung from the ceiling and mounted to the "engine mount" and I
used a piece of 1/8 inch plexiglass (window replacement material from the
local hardware store), cut in the shape of the firewall with the engine mount
to firewall holes drilled in it, as a template. I could then hang the
template on the mount and place various parts, drill mounting holes and also
see what was going on from the cockpit side of the firewall. Ultimately,
this became the template for drilling holes in the stainless steel and the
firewall using the engine mount holes for registration. Once this was done,
I placed nutplates on the firewall so that components and brackets would be
removeable without taking off the forward deck.

Scott Krueger
N92EX