---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/12/05: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:50 PM - Firewall Recess undersized (Andrew Olech) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:50:58 PM PST US From: "Andrew Olech" Subject: RV7-List: Firewall Recess undersized --> RV7-List message posted by: "Andrew Olech" I'm just starting to match the F-601K recess to the firewall (RV-7) and am having difficulty aligning the holes. The top sides of the recess (airframe coordinates) on the upper section, where the metal is formed using bends at two different angles, is crinkled slightly...but the bends were made such that the overall width of the recessed piece is undersized ~ 0.150. I'd expect someone else has had this problem, hopefully; I'm debating using a wood block and a hammer to try and take some of the bend out but I'm afraid of either overdoing it and not being able to bend it back (after cold working) or crinkling the sidewalls such that other holes won't line up. I suppose you can't really see it unless you're looking for it... but I can wait to see if there are any tried and true tricks to widening it. Any thoughts would be appreciated, Andy Olech, RV-7 Ellington, CT