No flight report unfortunately as I woke up this morning with a 101 fever. Gone now so it was just one of those 8 hour things that are just enough to ruin your day. But, next Sundays forecast is calling for 70 degrees. I'll take it for December! As far as cutting the cowl, thanks for the kind comments. It just takes patience and small amounts of grinding at a time. I did what most people do I assume and made a close cutout in a length of card board that I had taped to the fuse behind the firewall. Remove engine, install cowl and trace on to the cowl. Make the initial cutout just inside the lines. Reinstall engine/muffler and try to fit cowl, taking off small amounts as necessary. Lots of trips in and out of the house to do the grinding outside. I'm on my second marriage and did 21 years in the military, so patience is second nature now.