Ivan's RV-7

Fitting the heat valveTimer icon1h

November 29, 2025

I bought a stainless heat valve and fitted it to the firewall.

Not much to say here. I used a fly cutter tool to cut a hole for the valve.

Drilling the hole with a fly cutter.

The resulting hole has a slight bevel.

The resulting hole.

The valve is fitted in the hole. I put the bolts on the inside to avoid drilling more holes for the rivets holding the nut plates.

The valve is fitted.