Install The Cowl & Dummy Engine - GREAT PLANES Super Stearman Instruction Manual

Install the Cowl & Dummy Engine
1. Locate the plywood cowl ring and the four cowl ring
mounting tabs. Note that the cowl ring has blind nuts pre-
installed in one side.
2. Screw the cowl mounting tabs to the cowl ring with four
4-40 x 1/2" [13mm] socket head cap screw and flat washers.
Position the tabs as shown.
3. Position the cowl ring and the tabs on the reference marks
on the front of the firewall. When properly positioned the top of
the cowl ring should be flush with the top of the fuselage and the
sides should be positioned equally from the sides of the
fuselage. When positioning the cowl ring be sure that the blind
nuts on the cowl ring face forward and the heads of the screws
face rearward. Apply CA to the back of the tabs, place the cowl
ring and tabs in position on the firewall and hold it in position on
the firewall until the glue has cured.
4. Using a 1/16" [1.6mm] drill bit, drill through each of the
four mounting tabs and the firewall. Thread a #2 x 3/8"
[9mm] wood screw into each of the holes.
5. Slide the cowl onto the front of the fuselage. You will
probably not be able to slide the cowl into position
completely due to the engine making contact with the
bottom of the cowl. Slide the cowl on as far as you can,
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