It would worry me to have to clean out mouse mess. They love the insulation on wire and their urine is very corrosive. D-con and moth balls in the hanger work for me and a friend has made some metal collars to put around his wheels (12" wide flashing tin works well) to prevent the mice from getting in his coupe. Dan C
On Jun 18, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Don Baker wrote: > > All – In the annual corrosion inspection on my Alon, I found it much easier > to clean out this year’s accumulation of mouse mess with the larger holes. I > can get my hand in there and do a much better job scrubbing the affected > section of the interior of the wing with engine cleaner. > > > > Don > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kevin > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Center Section Inspection..... > > > > > > the cover is 415-13280-03 and the ring is 415-13280-01 > > Kevin1 > > --- In [email protected], Chris <chris_...@...> wrote: > > > > I am gearing > > up to do the center section inspection on my 415C (#2297). > > > > > > There are > > two kits offered for this Service Bulletin, SB31, from Skyport: > > > > > > SK-80-1 > > Smooth belly skin. > > > > SK-80-2 > > Beaded belly skin. > > > > My skin is > > smooth. My understanding is that the > > holes for the beaded kit are smaller to fit between the beads. > > > > > > My questions: > > > > 1) Why not use the kit with the smaller holes? I think one could still do > > an adequate > > inspection though a slightly smaller hole. > > > > 2) My interior is completely gutted. I think you could see most > > everything without > > any holes at all. However, I will put > > them in for future inspections. I have > > heard that some of the holes really are not required to see everything? > > > > 3) $270 is a lot of money to spend for some > > plates and re-enforcing rings. If you > > got a really cool template and the cutting tool, it might be okay, but you > > do > > not. Is it possible to source these > > parts without buying the kit? > > > > > > Thanks to > > the group. > > > > Chris > > > > Santa Cruz, > > CA > > > > >
