Music: The Pretenders – They were the support to Fleetwood Mac on Sunday at Wembley. I’d forgotten how good their music was!
Time for a short break from wiring but not for long before continuing the battle of the wires!
Tuesday 18th June 2019
Category Archives: Oil System
Friday 12th April 2019
Music: Hall & Oates and Simply Red
Due to limited space I couldn’t drill the second set of holes for the retention system. Luckily Ian had a 90 degree attachment the allowed me to drill the holes.
The holes for the rivets that will secure the bracket.
Sometimes you have to leave certain jobs because an immediate opportunity comes up for someone to help you swap wings. This is what happened when I had starboard wing up on the stand so I didn’t get chance to fit the strobe light. So today’s the day to do it.
Once the holes are drilled they need to be countersunk otherwise the strobes won’t fit flush.
Some Loctite 243 on the screws and then they are pinched up, not too tightly, otherwise they will disfigure the rubber mount.
The finished job, let’s hope it matches the other wing!
A job I kept forgetting to do is to add a breather pipe to the oil tank.
Now they can be secured with the drip tray and air intake breather tubes that Andy fitted yesterday.
I wanted to try to reduce the amount of vibration and droning from the firewall and noise from the engine. I purchased some sound & vibration deadening heat resistant foil back foam that will do the job.
After cutting to size, I’ve made the service holes to match the firewall and added grommets to make it a neater job.
I used some thinners to remove the printing on the foil before fitting. Looks a good fit.
I now need to undo some of the work I’ve done on the brakes and fit the front lower panels so I can fit sound deadening on the firewall behind the rudder pedals but run out of time today so will finish this job Monday.
Thursday 21st February 2019 – Day
Today plan is to finish off some tasks that will see the completion of the oil system, exhaust system, NACA duct, and installing the rest of throttle cables ready for the throttle quadrant install.
The hose clamp are added to the oil return line…
and the oil bottle. I’ve tried to position the clamps to make sure they are easier to get to for maintenance but out the way so someone working on in the engine bay won’t snag their hands or clothing on them.
The oil pump to oil radiator pipe is clamped and fire sleeving is added as the pipe runs very close to the exhaust down pipe.
Fire sleeving should protect the oil hose but I will be adding some exhaust wrap to further protect the pipe. The oil system is now complete.
To finish the exhaust system install I need to apply some copper ease to the pipes to enable them to move slightly in service.
and also on the exhaust connection pipe.
After checking the run of the pipes the nuts are tightened to complete the exhaust install.
One of the jobs I can do between other jobs is to paint the rudder pedals. Two coats are needed leaving then to dry for about an hour between coats.
Last coat applied and drying off in the sun.
I had already drilled the NACA ducts but the mastic to seal them was too cold to apply so I had to warm it up slightly to apply it.
When I riveted the right side NACA duct I slipped twice and scratched the paintwork slightly which will need touching up and polishing out at some point. To stop this happening again I applied some asking tape around the rivet.
Right side duct. As you can see a slight scratch on the left rivet.
and the lefthand duct. A better job on this side. The duct install is now complete but still needs the Scat hose to be added for the cabin air vents.
The throttle cables have to be cut and made up. A few drops of oil down the outer will allow the cable to run smoothly and operate better in service.
Ferrules are added to the outers before fitting.
Wire locking is added and a piece of heat shrink tubing is slipped over the assembly to ensure is doesn’t undo.
The throttle quadrant is complete and will be installed when I come back this evening.
Monday 18th February 2019
Today’s tasks included finalising the oil tank pipe run, prototyping the water radiator return hose, installing the fuel pressure sensor Tee and the ‘stand-offs’ to ensure adjacent pipes don’t rub against each other.
The water return hose requires a 22mm elbow to enable it to fit the installation. I’ve used an ordinary copper solder ring plumbing elbow. The solder ring gives a raised ring that allows the clamp to hold the fitting securely.
After running the hoses most need stand offs to make sure they don’t rub on adjacent pipes
A view from the top showing the fuel pressure switch just behind the gearbox and the top oil hose on the left.
G-MLSY 