One quick job this morning now all the other pipes have been fitted is to run a piece of piping from the water expansion chamber to the water bottle.

I have been given templates for the insulation so I can cut them to size without too much effort.

Some notches, cuts and holes need to be made to make sure it sits properly on the firewall.

It’s a tight fit behind the rudder pedals which makes it difficult to handle once the backing paper has been removed.

The final pieces are fitted around the heated inlet.

The finished insulation, hopefully this should reduce noise from vibration of the firewall and the engine.

Now the servos brackets are in position the servos can be fitted. First the roll servo.

It’s very fiddly and would have been much easier to fit the servo to the bracket whilst it was out of the aircraft.

The pitch servo with the movement limiting bracket fitted which stops the motor running over centre. I still can’t finish the installation as there were items missing from the kit supplied to me – very frustrating as I can’t refit the controls until I fit the roll servo arm.

A first fit of the centre console in readiness for the fuel selector. Need to check with the instrument panel in place to check that the flap control cable is long enough to fit on the panel otherwise is will need to be mounted here instead which I would like to avoid.

After fitting the insulation need to reconnect and tighten the brake hoses before filling.

The brake fluid is filled from the bottom so some plastic pipe is wire locked onto the brake calliper nipple so stop it slipping off. The nipple is unscrewed to allow the fluid to flow into the calliper.

An oil can that has been thoroughly cleaned is filled with Aero Shell 41 and the plastic pipe is fitted to the nozzle.

The filling commences after releasing the park brake valve.

When the fluid reaches the brake oil bottle the brake calliper nipple is tightened and the process is repeated for the lefthand side brakes.

Filling complete but some air bubbles are present. They will need to be purged before use otherwise the brakes may not operate properly.