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Re: changing risers..

Can't imagine this but could they be too loose?

J3ff

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Re: Hot day working in the engine room? Crank up some air conditioning!

Well, you knew this was coming. The air-conditioned engine room was so nice that I worked out a permanent solution. Yes, I had to LaRea the crap out of it. Cost was $15 plus 10' of leftover 4" duct from when I recently replaced my blower ducts.

My 370 has an AC vent in the mid-cabin. It's on the port side right above the vacuflush pump. There's easy access by removing a service panel attached with velcro:

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It turns out to be immediately below a settee in the cockpit, and behind the settee is a straight shot to the engine room. So I got a 4" y-fitting and a 4" blast gate normally used for sawdust collection systems:

Y connector $8 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VRJIW8
Blast gate $7 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005VRPQ92

I screwed them to a piece of scrap plywood:

Then I mounted it to the bulkhead next to the vacuflush pump. Boom -- AC in the engine room whenever I want it. Just close the mid-cabin vent, open the blast gate and get to work.