First thing today was to determine what was wrong with the radiator brackets and it didn’t take Allen 15 seconds to point out that I had put the radiator on backwards. The radiator doesn’t have a right way up, but…
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Engine Install – Muffler and Oil Cooler System (3 hr)
For a while there was a plan, a hope, a fantasy(!) that the plane would be done in time for my 50th birthday. Alas, that happened on Monday and as you might guess from previous updates I didn’t make it…
Engines and Instrument Panels (3 hr)
Most of this session was investigating where and how the various hoses go. We put the muffler in place for some ideas and then messed with the various hoses and plugs. One thing I learned is that socketless hoses are…
Engine Install Part 1 (3 hr)
Engine meets plane, plane falls in love. My brother in law very kindly arranged to lend us the use of his Company’s engine hoist and so, after 18 months, the engine was finally coming out the box. Allen offered to…
Panel is Cut
My cut panel is in the mail as of today, here are a couple more pictures I’ve been sent. Once it arrives I will probably find it hard to resist not putting everything in it for a picture but whether…