C172 Bolt Holder Replacement Teamwork!

As mentioned in the intro post, I am a member of a flying club.  While the club is not without it's intensity (try managing a group of aviators, who are naturally independent!), it is overall an awesome community of practice, and our set up wherein we are all part owners of the club's aircraft AND we pilots do some mechanics-supervised maintenance on our fleet of planes, is economical and fun! 

At our monthly maintenance in September, I (currently on a Cessna 172 crew, as the C182 for which I crewed was sold) and a crewmate were assigned by our crew chief the task of putting new bolt holders on the airframe, holders in to which the new bolts for the cowling would be attached.  It was close to 100 deg F that day (crazy LA weather this fall!), which added to the challenge.  But Eric and I worked out a good team approach to this, once we realized we needed different screwdrivers and wrenches for taking off the old bolts and holders vs. putting on the new ones. We got silly at one point from the heat, but water breaks kept us on track. I am happy crew chief Dave (who is a great, low key, leader, I am finding!) put me on to a task I'd never done before!

Here is a link to a set of bolts, with the holder thing we installed at the bottom -- it is a black composite holder with 3 holes, 2 for attaching it to the airframe, and one for the cowling bolt to connect.  The link is from Aircraft Spruce, a big supplier for general aviation, so I'd best not copy the image here!