It seems I’ve misplaced my cut for the oil door, pushing it too far inboard. At the same time, I don’t see how I could have aligned it more outboard. Because of the prefabricated dimensions of some parts, the actual door is now misaligned with my cut, and therefore cannot function. I’ll be forced to […]
I don’t know how much detail I’ll add here, as there will be ample documentation in the videos, but initial fitting of the oil cooler, oil cooler mount, oil cooler plenum, and oil cooler door has begun. Most of this was purchased or provided by ShowPlanes, who were great at talking me through the needs […]
Baffling is something, based on build logs, I anticipate to be working on for a while. That said, so far progress has been swift, with much of the rear baffling already fit. Slight modifications were made to some of the parts to account for variations between the Lycoming castings and the Continental that I’m working […]
Now that I’m in the weeds trying to figure out the ancillary components of the engine, I’m realizing how little I know about all of this. The fuel servo came separate, and I can’t even tell which way it is supposed to align. Images from the cable bracket manufacturer don’t match images from Van’s or […]
One of the first operations was installing the governor and cable mount. This required reclocking the governor, which required adding safety wire back in–my first foray into the skilled trade of safety wire. I think I have it set up correctly, but won’t know until control cables are passed through the firewall. For that I […]
Starting with the glamor shot–the engine is hung. It took a few hours, and careful movements, but all-in-all was not that exhausting of a process. The scariest part is having $50,000 hanging from a bargain engine hoist. I’m incredibly excited to be at this portion of the build, and to keep the momentum up. Time […]
It has arrived. An added day delay by the freight company meant another day lost at work while I stayed home to unload and sign for this engine. However, it’s here now, and I’m blown away. Mostly by how little you get for $50,000. Kidding. The engineering is solid, and the new engine smell is […]