[rebel-builders] Cost of Float fix

[andrew dalgleish]

Hi John the factory float fix is just a couple doublers at the wing
pick-ups. Very easy and inexpensive to do. the only problem is the wings
need to come off to access the area.

Hello,

I have been shopping for a Rebel and have found one that has not had the
Firewall Cutback, or the float fix. There is no sign of firewall cracks or
shearing rivets on the door frame. Were I to buy it, how difficult,
expensive, and time consuming would the the float fix be to perform?

Thanks.

John Davidson
Former lurker

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[Ken]

Also a light U channel or angle across the firewall between the two
upper engine mount points if you have a typical Lyc. engine mount. The
Bulletin should be on line??
Ken

andrew dalgleish wrote:

Hi John the factory float fix is just a couple doublers at the wing
pick-ups. Very easy and inexpensive to do. the only problem is the wings
need to come off to access the area.

Hello,

I have been shopping for a Rebel and have found one that has not had the
Firewall Cutback, or the float fix. There is no sign of firewall cracks or
shearing rivets on the door frame. Were I to buy it, how difficult,
expensive, and time consuming would the the float fix be to perform?

Thanks.

John Davidson
Former lurker

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[Drew Dalgleish]

Ken I thought the firewall brace was for all rebels not just floatplanes?
There is another float fix suggested by Wayne that's a beef up of the rear
float strut attach ppoints.

At 10:51 PM 15/04/2009 -0400, you wrote:

Also a light U channel or angle across the firewall between the two
upper engine mount points if you have a typical Lyc. engine mount. The
Bulletin should be on line??
Ken

andrew dalgleish wrote:

Hi John the factory float fix is just a couple doublers at the wing
pick-ups. Very easy and inexpensive to do. the only problem is the wings
need to come off to access the area.

Hello,

I have been shopping for a Rebel and have found one that has not had the
Firewall Cutback, or the float fix. There is no sign of firewall cracks or
shearing rivets on the door frame. Were I to buy it, how difficult,
expensive, and time consuming would the the float fix be to perform?

Thanks.

John Davidson
Former lurker

Drew



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[Ken]

Hi Drew

My memory is that the "float fix" was actually specified for all Rebels
whether on floats or not and that it included that channel on the
firewall and a doubler on the fuselage around both wing attach points.

Wayne's rear float attach reinforcement is something else and has never
been in a factory bulletin to my knowledge.

Ken

Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Ken I thought the firewall brace was for all rebels not just floatplanes?
There is another float fix suggested by Wayne that's a beef up of the rear
float strut attach ppoints.

At 10:51 PM 15/04/2009 -0400, you wrote:

Also a light U channel or angle across the firewall between the two
upper engine mount points if you have a typical Lyc. engine mount. The
Bulletin should be on line??
Ken

andrew dalgleish wrote:

Hi John the factory float fix is just a couple doublers at the wing
pick-ups. Very easy and inexpensive to do. the only problem is the wings
need to come off to access the area.

Drew



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