One little job to do today was to install an overflow pipe from the water expansion tank to the water bottle mounted on the firewall.

The aileron trim motor is connected to the wire installed in the wing. The ends are stripped and tinned.

Heat shrink tube is slid onto the wires before the soldering is done to make sure that they are well insulated.

The colours don’t match between the trim motor and the wing wire so that will have to be documented in the aircraft wiring diagram.

A heat gun is used to shrink the tube over the wires and then a bigger piece (yellow tubing in picture) is slid over all the connections.

The wire is kept in place to stop it moving in operation with a spot of glue.

The strobes are next . Very important to mount the correct one on the correct side. Red is being installed on the left wing.

The same method is used to solder and secure the wire joints.

The strobe position is not marked so it’s important to get the right angle. I haven’t got any M3 rivnuts so will have to get some and do this tomorrow.

So the right wing is put on stands and I can now start on the landing lights and strobes for this wing. The pitot/AOA probe is installed on this wing but I don’t have the mount as it’s with Farry. So a 5 hour trip is required on Monday to get that and the most of the rest of the outstanding items.

The spade connectors are crimped and inserted into the connector block.

The landing light is installed. It’s upside down as the wing is upside down!

The installed landing light ready for the cover which I’ll do tomorrow now as I’ve run out of time.