Wing gap covers

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I am returning to work on my Champ 7 AC after a long illness. I think I have all the wing gap covers but I don’t remember if there is a single drawing with the numbers showing how they fit together. I have parts from multiple Champs and none of them have the same dimensions. Please let me know if there’s a single drawing with all the information available or another way to identify the parts and how they fit together. Thanks
 
There's a drawing which shows the part numbers for all the individual pieces in your service manual. Each part has its own separate drawing, left and right are the same, just flipped. The front piece always slides over the next piece behind it all the way to the aft piece. The last short top piece has a bend in the bottom of it and captures the aft end of the last bottom piece.
Make your pieces to fit your plane, there may be small variations between different planes.
Be careful with those screws so they don't go into the spars.
 
Thank you for the information. I apologize in advance for all the questions, but I have Wing Gap cover parts for several airplanes (multiple paint schemes), and only one part (3-451) matches the dimensions from the blueprint. The airplane was taken apart in 1999; I was not there; I started this as a basket case, and I am not sure how to verify the left from the right part.

Part # 3-451 (top-first) is the first Wing Gap part. Does the straight end go against the fuselage or the wing? There is a large bend in the part, so I suspect it is bent around the front of the leading edge, but I am not sure where the ends of the part should end on the top and bottom of the wing. The second Wing Gap is #3-452 (top-middle), a straight, flat part that appears to have been attached mostly with silicone adhesive. Is this the way to avoid screws into the spar? The third top Wing Gap part is #3-453 (top-end). I believe this is the part with the fold that you mentioned in your post. Is this all the wing Gap Parts on the top? The second Wing Gap is #3-455 (bottom middle), and it has a flange. How does the flange fit? When lining up #3-453 (top) and #3-455 (third bottom), do they completely cover the end of the wing? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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