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Jim Mayfield

Solution to seized up cowl vent pivot 1938

Not too shy to talk

I wanted to pass along a solution to a seized cowl vent. I tried PB Blaster and heat from a propane bottle without success. What worked was to grind off the rivet heads and remove those two arms to drill out what remained of the rivets.

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