I need to know if the bolts that attach the engine mount to the lower
   corners of the firewall can inserted from the back with nuts on the
   engine side? thanks, Jerry

   Jerry
   I don't know, off hand. I have my bolts installed with the heads on the
   engine side. I suppose you could reverse them, I don't recall if they
   are nyloc nuts, which is a no-no in the engine compartment. How far
   along are you?

   Brian Trubee


I think that you can get all metal lock nuts. I don't think there is any
practical reason that you couldn't have the bolts inserted from the
cockpit side. I am only speculating that it wouldn't be a good idea to
have the nyloc nuts exposed to the engine compartment heat. But even if
they were, you could probably use them and put some sort of insulation
on them if you were concerned about the heat.  I beleive that there is a
regulation out there that prohibits nyloc nuts in an engine compartment.
I am at work, when I get home tomorrow, I'll try to find and cite the
regulation.

Brian Trubee



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