May 1, 2006 - Seat Tunnel and Forward Covers |
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| I drilled the cover to the seat tunnel cover brackets. Pictured at the bottom is my new Snap-On screwdriver. Someone had posted that they work really well for screwing #8 screws into nutplates. So I ordered one. And you know what? The poster was right. It works great! A most valuable addition to my tool kit. | ||||||
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The cover is flush-riveted to the brackets so I had to countersink the
cover. The next step is to prime the brackets and cover, then
rivet them together, and the seat tunnel cover is done.
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| Next, I turned my attention to the Forward Cover. First I clecoed the heat baffle to the Center Cabin Cover and match-drilled the holes. | ||||||
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After removing the blue vinyl, edge-smoothing, counter-sinking and
dimpling, I riveted the heat baffle in. I also installed nutplates
on the main Center Cabin Cover.
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| I edge-smoothed the Fuel Valve Plate and riveted nutplates to it. It slides under the right forward seat floor. Screws go through the seat floor, the F-704 forward flange into the Fuel Valve Plate nutplates. | ||||||
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| Then I slid the Fuel Valve Cover (blue vinyl still attached). I slide the Center Cabin Cover forward so it mated with the bottom of the Fuel Valve Cover. | ||||||
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