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Engine Update January 2009 Updates January 12, 2009 More Cowling Work.... - 2.0 hrs Got off work and straight to the hangar. Cold... but had to do it. Fired up the heater and started to work. I removed the strip on the right side and rebent the tabs even more on the cam strip. Reinstalled and it fit much better. Next I removed the other side and did the same thing. While I was doing this I looked at the seam where the 2 halves come together and it looked great. I then had the idea to cleco the strip to the outside to see how the tabs followed the curve of the cowl. I reinstalled it and looks good as well. I think I will try and tweak it some more to get a better fit but this is definate progress. Next I will do some sanding on the back edges as well to get a good fit there as well. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.