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provide cooling air off the engine baffling to such items as mags, alternator, vacuum pump, etc.  It is really simple.</div> <bR> <div> Head down to your local hardware store and buy some lengths of 1/8" diameter brass rod.  Also track down some 6-32 brass nuts.  Buy some of Van's corrugated plastic tubing that he sells for routing electrical lines.</div> <bR> <div> At the appropriate locations in the baffling, use your Vari-Bit tool to drill a 7/16" hole.  Use a 6-32 die to cut threads into one end of a 1/8" brass rod make the rod long enough to reach from the baffle hole to the point where you want to direct the air.  Bend the 1/8' diam rod into a 180 degree bend at the threaded end.  Drill a hole for the rod next to the 7/16" large hole to hold the rod in place in the center of the hole (using the #6 brass nuts on either side of the baffling to jam the rod into place).</div> <bR> <div> Bend the rod such that it will point to the location you want to direct the air.  Install the plastic tubing (the corrugated tubing will fit tightly in the 7/16" hole) such that the brass rod is in the center and you can easily direct the rod exactly where you want to direct the air.  Simplicity itself!!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="12b57c10.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>NOTE:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >  In this photo you can clearly see standoffs holding the MP line and primer lines in place on the engine mount tube.  Use a nylon Ty-rap and a small piece of Nylock tubing or simple auto fuel line hose.  Simple and cheap and easily replaceable.  </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>El Cheapo RV jack</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The photos are pretty self explanatory.  The jack came from Wal Mart.  Whip together from pipe, get some threaded eyelets, do a little drilling.  When you jack up the airplane, securely bolt the jack eyelet to the tie-down ring.  The jack will move and center itself as you jack up the wing.</div> <bR> <div> Cheap and easy!!!!!!!!!</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="316f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="317f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="319f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31af4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>