Month: January 2016

Fuel Lines and Rudder Fairings

Today I extended the total fuel line foot count by a few more inches. First I hooked up the fuel valve on the passenger side and extended it to the next compartment Where the fuel lines come down from the…

Pilot Side Fuel Line

On studying the effort of the previous week Allen thought, and I agreed, that the 90 degree fitting on the seat channel put the fuel line too close and it would be better to use a straight bulkhead fitting and…

Arm Rests, Doors and Fuel lines

Another ‘several visits in one’ post. In order to get a proper look at the fuel line installation, we needed to get the windshield and nose skin off to get behind the firewall. Before doing this we got the latch…

Doors

While waiting for parts to come, we revisited the doors which just needed their rear latch pins installed. Allen showed up with what looked like a cheese grating board but it turned out to be an ingenious device for holding…

Engine Install – Firewall Forward

I hope, dear reader, you had a very merry Christmas and that 2016 brings all manner of good things your way. For my part, I had the entire time off between Christmas and New Year so you might think I…