Jack; Your cowling rail does not need to be supported at the rear. The bumper is all that is there and it (the bumper) is attached to the fuse. There is no manufacturing call for any cowl seal, although I've seen a number of guys put it on to tighten up a 50+ year old aeroplane. Good Luck Al
Jack Lewis wrote: > Hello Fellow Coupers: > > As a new owner, I find myself in need of alot of info before my > first annual. > > One thing I found while working on the cowlings. > > The back of the upper cowling support, (The one that the cowling > hinges sets on.), is not attached to the plane. > > It appears that the design was for three mounding points for this > support, (Ercoupe reference 18-8, page 24 in parts manuel). One at > the front, one at the middle (attached to the engine mount) and > one at the rear (attached under the gas cap). The parts manuel > shows a rubber bumper under the support, but does not show if > it should be attached to this bumpber. > > There is also a hole in the support that matches the screw > in the bumper. > > Do I need to attach the support on top of the bumper, (thus the > bumper becomes a spacer) or is the design for the support to be > free at the back? > > Also, my coupe does not have any cowling seal between the > metal surfaces. Should there be? > > Thanks, > > Jack > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ___ > |__/_ )\__| > ________________| 0 |________________ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^\(_ /^|^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > | | | > ( ( ) > > Jack Lewis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ERCOUPE > SN-1692 415-C > N99069 > Andrews, Murphy NC (6A3) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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