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Time: 
05:41:20 AM PST US
From: 
"Rick Discher" <rick@trickair.com>
Subject: 
Re: Oil dipstick door installation on Lightning cowls
      
      
      Hello,
      I wouldn't drill through the cowl,  that will certainly print through. Do
      drill through the hinge. I suggest that you clean and completely scuff the
      area around the door opening add several layers of glass or strips of carbon
      fiber around the opening. Then bond on the hinge and a metal reinforcement
      if you want. The adhesive of my choice for boning metal to fiberglass is a
      methacrylate. Some name brands are Plexus MA310 or MA300.  Another is
      Weld-on. 
      
      Regards
      Rick Discher
      Custom Fiberglass Molding 
      -----Original Message-----
      From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com
      [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of selwyn
      Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:11 PM
      Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Oil dipstick door installation on Lightning
      cowls
      
      
      Hi Clive, Steve,
      
      Just so I don't lead anyone up the garden path I thought I'd confess that,
      after reading Steve's, post I'm part way through implementing a similar
      solution to his. (Thanks Steve).
      
      My cowl has also warped around the oil door cutout, particularly along the
      outboard edge and, as you say, will probably get worse over time so the
      metal reinforcement seems the way to go.  That will probably print through
      over time but that seems the lesser of two evils.
      
      I had a chat to my fibreglass guru and his advice is to drill holes through
      the hinge and cowl and bond it on with epoxy and floc so that an epoxy
      "rivet" is formed to help key the metal to the glass.  A layer of glass over
      the top as per Steve will complete the job.
      
      --------
      Cheers,  Selwyn
      Kit 66
      
      
      Read this topic online here:
      
      http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=283585#283585
      
      








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