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Reassembling my cowl vent on my 52 cranbrook


Leo White

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I am putting my cowl vent back together and not sure if I am connecting the vent controls the right way, if I push the lever down to open the vent or try to close it the vent barely moves.  The vent will not seal when closed I have attached a picture of how I thought it want together.

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  • Leo White changed the title to Reassembling my cowl vent on my 52 cranbrook
1 minute ago, Dartgame said:

the portion you show where there is one bolt should have two to keep it from "scissoring" - those flat splines should mate up and overlap each other.

Do you think the arm that attaches to the lever is on the wrong side?

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My Cranbrook has only one bolt and a tang that goes into a hole. Just went out and checked to be sure, there is a hole for another bolt, guess I'll be putting another one in it.

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  • 4 weeks later...
On 8/2/2021 at 7:33 PM, Sniper said:

Check your vent pivots, mine were seized up and the cowl was flexing as I tried to open and close it. 

Hey Sniper....Having the same problem with my '52.  How did you free yours up. Do you know  how to remove the entire unit?

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Mine was stuck open enough that I could loosen the 4 retaining screws and pull the vent screen assembly out.  There is an access to those screws thru the vent screen.  Once I got that out I tried a combination of penetrating oil and finally heat from a propane torch.  Be careful you do not start anything on fire if you use a torch.  I used CRC Freez Off with the torch to shock the corrosion loose.  Heat it up, freeze it, gently try to work the joint, repeat till it worked loose.  Don;t reef on it too hard as you do not want to break the spot welds holding the hinge assembly to the bottom of the cowl. 

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