| I thought of a way to increase the clearance between the Ram control arm and the cowl. Instead of using a AN 3 bolt, I picked up |
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| some short clevis pins today. I also cut off another 3/32" from the control arm rod, remounted the arm, applied locktite to the set |
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| screw, then safetied the set screw. This shouldl give me another 1/8" clearance between the arm and the cowl. I sanded a bit |
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| more of the recess, and checked the thickenss again using the home-made calipers, then applied 3 layers of 6 oz bid to the |
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| 'recess' area. Hopefully it will cure over night. looking at the punch list. I have an item to 'fix' the adel clamps holding the exhaust |
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| hangers. Because of the Faux firewall there isn't enough room for the rubber cushion on the back side of the adel clamp that |
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| wraps around the lower engine mount rod. The front is cushioned, but the back sits directly on the engine mount cross tube. I'm |
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| sure that with the exhaust vibration that in time that will cause wear on the engine mount. So Today I finally figured out how to |
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| fabricate some alternate exhaust hangers. I 'borrowed' a 4" piece of 2" x 1 1/4" alum angle, and cut two 1 3/4" pieces from it. I |
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| then cut matching 1/2" c 1/2" pieces of angle and riveted them together. I'll mount these to the firewall above the engine mount |
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| cross tube. I'll have to get a hold of John Forsling and purchase a couple of new hanger straps from him as the old ones are now |
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