---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 01/27/10: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:41 AM - Re: Re: Oil dipstick door installation on Lightning cowls (Rick Discher) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:41:20 AM PST US From: "Rick Discher" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lightning-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Lightning-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lightning-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lightning-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.