Lots of little odds-and-ends were accomplished during the past two weeks - I can certainly understand the phrase "90% done, 90% to go!" On one hand, I feel like this plane should be flying in a month - on the other hand, every time I think that, I find 10 more tasks I need to accomplish. Oh well - I can't believe I'm still having as much fun today as I did in July 2018 when I started this project! I also wish the building part will never end (BUT, I want to fly again soon, so not really). Time to start scheduling my eye exam, get my Basic Med signoff, get current with a CFI, and put my name on a waiting list for transition training. Here are the details for the past 2 weeks:
- installed one more scat hose
- installed penultimate scat hose for heating air vents; played around with wiring and hoses for rest of avionics and engine install (complex!)
- installed Airwolf remote oil filter; installed a few more FWF oil/fuel lines and other misc. stuff
- installed oil pressure sensors and oil pressure switch (had to disassemble manifold bar on firewall to do so); installed a couple oil lines; deburred and primed parts of oil cooler; installed breather tube
- oil cooler mount and other related items were installed or prepped
- Finished installing oil cooler; installed p-mag manifold pressure tube, routed and temporarily attached Aircraft Specialty manifold pressure lines (not tight yet); wired p-mag control plug/harness and installed to p-mag (difficult as shit to reach in there)
- installed hoses to oil cooler; dabbed more red RTV to seal holes in oil cooler shroud; routed some avionics wires (temp.); accidentally knocked identifying shrink tubing off of CHT1 and CHT3, and had to disconnect several avionics bundles and unscrew left shelf, strip wires, do a conductivity test, and then relabel wires and reassemble everything (PITA!); final-torqued and installed manifold pressure lines; installed wires to manifold pressure sensor
- enlarged holes and installed control cable bracket; routed and partially installed throttle, mixture, prop, and alt air cables; rerouted some avionics wires (esp. the big wire bundles/connectors, which needed to go aft of the horizontal rudder pedal bar)
- installed cabin heat cables to right and left heat vents; continued installing throttle cable and cable guide;
- installed the throttle bracket/cable and mixture bracket/cable
- rerouted some of the avionics wires to go through the center firewall passthrough; drilled holes for ANL fuses and shunts on firewall; installed “forest of tabs”
Scat hose connected between the two heat muffs:
