---------------------------------------------------------- Beech-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 02/05/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:44 PM - Cowl mod! (Bruce Bell) 2. 01:24 PM - Re: Cowl mod! (BobsV35B@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:44:11 PM PST US From: "Bruce Bell" Subject: Beech-List: Cowl mod! --> Beech-List message posted by: "Bruce Bell" Hi All, Someone on the Beech list said that Beech had a kit to install on the top half of the nose bowl that would let you lift the engine straight up when removing the engine. Anyone with more information on that mod or kit? Best regards, Bruce Bell Lubbock, Texas 1949 A35 N723B ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:24:10 PM PST US From: BobsV35B@aol.com Subject: Re: Beech-List: Cowl mod! --> Beech-List message posted by: BobsV35B@aol.com In a message dated 2/5/03 2:44:52 PM Central Standard Time, rv4bell@door.net writes: > Hi All, > Someone on the Beech list said that Beech had a kit to install on the top > half of the nose bowl that would let you lift the engine straight up when > removing the engine. Anyone with more information on that mod or kit? > Best regards, > Bruce Bell > Lubbock, Texas > 1949 A35 N723B > Good Afternoon Bruce, I don't believe that was ever offered as a kit, but it is the way the factory turbocharged airplanes were built. In addition, if you will look at the S35s and early V35s, you may notice that there is a section of the top of the nose bowl that has been riveted in place. I have heard rumor that some folks have taken out the rivets and replaced them with nut plates and screws. (For what it is worth, those were old style nose bowls for the non-canted engine. When they decided to mount the IO-520 crooked, they modified the nose bowls they had in stock and didn't build a new one until all of the old ones were used up.) I suppose that could be done via a local approval if you had some substantiating data, but I have never seen an installation where that was done. Tipping the engine isn't all that bad. The big advantage to having a removable section is the ability to lift the engine without having to remove the propellor. Happy Skies, Old Bob