Thanks. Zombie thread brought back to life.
The manual says there were 16 spot welds there, so maybe it matters for integrity. I thought of trying to pull things together with temporary 1/4" bolts, then remove and plug weld one by one. Just hate to drill into the nice new inner cowl. I hadn't thought of using spacers and filling the gap later. It's not as if the original factory join sealed the cowl area from rust anyway!
Last edited by wurlitzer46; 06/12/2021 8:27 PM.