Fitting Cowling

[Cherrybark]

Whoops, I meant to say "vise grips". I have them ground down but maybe should check to see that the faces are completely flush. Haven't figured out how to use the vise grips on the oil door.

[Shadowrider]

Yea the oil door was a little more tricky. I didn't use the vise grips on the oil door. I used two punches and a hammer. You just need something solid pressing against the rivet and on the other side hit it with a punch and a hammer. Best with two people but I was able to do it by myself. Basically I just watched some videos on how a solid rivet is set and tried to come up with something similar. I used a piece of scrap fiberglass and countersink and practice setting some flush solid rivets. Then I tried the oil door and they came out good. The cam locs I had a few rivets bend to the side slightly but as long as you squeeze them good they will not go anywhere. When I set the camlocs in the boot cowl that attach to the footwell I just used pull rivets there.

[jrevens]

You can install your Camlocs and nut plates with 3/32" pulled rivets also. Additionally, if you dimple all of the material that a Camloc or nut plate are installed on, you have to have countersunk or dimpled mounting ears on them.