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.