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<\/a>The first step was trim the fiberglass door part to fit snugly into the preformed pocket on the upper cowling piece.\u00a0 This involved initial shaping with a Dremel cutting wheel, followed by hand sanding.\u00a0 As with all the fiberglass work done so far, the default fits were just approximations – nothing was square, smooth or level.\u00a0 While I tried to get the door as square as possible, a bit of distortion remained.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n INSTRUMENT PANEL<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DASHBOARD GLARE SHIELD<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The oil door on the upper cowling will be modified from the original vans plans to accommodate a hidden hinge and camlock latches.\u00a0 Also work on miscellaneous components of for the cockpit were started. The first step was trim the fiberglass door part to fit snugly into the preformed pocket on the upper cowling piece.\u00a0 …<\/span> Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rv-10-build-project","category-section-47-spinner-and-cowling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/2824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>Next was measure the inner opening to the engine compartment.\u00a0 I wanted the cut line as thin as possible, so the removed piece could be used to reinforce the outer door itself.\u00a0 At left are the trim lines, at right are the first cuts with the Dremel tool.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>After the inner cuts, the hidden hinge was aligned and drilled. The initial fit was good.\u00a0 Note the pink inner piece attached to the door.<\/p>\n<\/a>The trickiest part of this build was aligning the camlock latches to get proper clearance with the cowling, while still being tight enough to firmly fasten the door when closed.\u00a0 The left photo shows a backing plate made to strengthen the door from pressure applied by the latch spring.\u00a0 At right is an outer view of the finished latches.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Two more views of the camlock latches.\u00a0 Next to complete is a steel strike plate at the latch lever locations to keep the fiberglass rim from cracking or splitting.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Holding the upper dashboard while fitting the instrument panel and electrical system can be a problem.\u00a0 A jig to hold the panel in either vertical or horizontal position was created.<\/p>\n<\/a>Here is the finished jig ready for work on the panel.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>A template for the upper dashboard area was created on a sheet of construction paper.\u00a0 This was then covered in wax paper (for release purposes) and covered with West Marine resin and two layers of fiberglass.<\/p>\n<\/a>After the template has set for a few hours, but definitely before the resin hardens completely, the sheet was placed on the dashboard and sheet pressed into shape to match the curve.\u00a0 Later the hardened sheet will be covered with trunk liner to provide an anti-reflective surface.\u00a0\u00a0 More on that in later posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"