Wing - Fuel Tank Cover

Ok, so I decided to install the right wing fuel tank cover today. A simple task. So simple the manual dedicates two sentences to it...

14. Top Fuel Tank Cover
AAW-A015

Match Drill all mounting holes in perimeter. After the tank is installed match the filler hole to your tank location.

So, I pulled the cover out, put it in place, measured to make sure it was square. I then clamped it in place on the inboard end and taped it on the outboard side so it wouldn't move. I used my hole finder for the #30 drill bit and drilled out a couple of holes. Because the rivnuts were already in place, I needed to drill the holes I just drilled out to 9/64 for the screw. Once I got several holes done, I placed screws in them to help hold the panel in place

I continued on until I finished both the front and back sides when I noticed that only three sides of the panel had slightly bent edges. The edge that was flat was facing outboard. I thought this was strange but the manual didn't mention anything about it. So, I texted Jak at the factory with a picture and asked which way it should be facing. Of course, I had it wrong, the panel was backwards. Really? Once again, the crappy manual reared it ugly head.

I pulled the panel and took it over to my brake and put a bend in the end where there was none and took the bend out of the side where there shouldn't be one. Fixed. Just another PITA created by the lack of a sentence: Caution: bends face down and the flat side faces the fuselage. Simple.