Assemble And Install Wheel Pants - Top Flite CESSNA 182 SKYLANE Instruction Book

4. Tape the Cowl on the front of the fuse.
Extend the centerlines you drew in step 2
forward to the line on the Cowl. Drill 1/16" pilot
holes into the Cowl Mounting Blocks at each
intersection. Remove the Cowl and enlarge the
holes in only the Cowl to 3/32".
5. Install the needle valve. If you will be using
a 4-stroke engine, install the choke control wire
as well.
6. Use thin cardstock or a file folder to make
location templates as shown in the photo. In
the case of a 2-stroke engine you will need
templates for the glow plug access, needle valve
and muffler exhaust. Larger 4-stroke engines will
also require a template for the cylinder head and
choke button. Tape these securely to the fuse
behind F-1.
7. Remove the control extensions (and 4-
stroke engine if that is what you have chosen) but
leave the templates in place. Slide the cowl
under the templates and fasten in position with
#2 x 3/8" sheet metal screws. Use a pen to trace
the openings on the cowl. Remove the cowl, then
use a Moto-Tool and grinding stone (or power
drill and a round file) to cut the openings.
8. Put the engine back on the mount with a
couple of screws, then check the fit of the cowl
openings. Make adjustments as necessary, a
little at a time.
9. Drill a 3/8" hole in the cowl between F-1
and the engine's carb to install an optional fuel
filler valve (GPMQ4160).

Assemble and install wheel pants

1. Trim the upper and lower Wheel Pants
to the cut lines. Sand the edges smooth with
150-grit sandpaper.
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2. Position a Main Landing Gear strut in the
recessed portion of the lower section of the
Wheel Pant, 5/16" above the bottom edge.
Mark the axle hole through the Landing Gear.
3. Drill a 3/16" hole through the mark you
just made and also through the index mark on
the 1/16" die-cut birch ply Axle Support.
4. Glue the 1/8" die-cut balsa Wheel Pant
Spacers to the ply Axle Support as shown. Test
fit the support assembly inside the Wheel Pant,
then sand the balsa Spacers to match the
contours of the Wheel Pant.
5. To align the support assembly, insert the
8-32 x 1-1/2" Axle Bolt through the hole in the
Wheel Pant. Slide the support assembly onto
the bolt and glue it in position to the inside of the
Wheel Pant with medium CA.