01-10-2009 and 01-11-2009:
This weekend I installed some nut plates to hold the oil reservoirs. I put them on the back face of the nose gear pivot support box, which is out of the way but easy to inspect during the pre-flight, and also conveniently very close to the master cylinders.
To do this I marked and drilled out the locations where nut plates would go, then used temporary bolts through the reservoirs to hold the nuts plates in position while I floxed them in. I did this on Saturday. I used wax in the bolt holes to protect them. On Sunday, I removed the reservoirs and put a layer of BID across the face, then a sheet of plastic, then clamped the reservoirs back on so the BID will cure in a flat layer to support the reservoir mounting brackets. Next time I'm at the hangar I'll drill the holes back out and permanently install the reservoirs with their final (short) bolts.