ENGINE MOUNTING DAY!

ENGINE MOUNTING DAY!  Bill Hughes (A&P/IA) was kind enough to come over and lend a hand mounting the engine.  We had some trouble getting it maneuvered into the mount then getting the alignment correct to get the mounting bolts in properly.  After some choice words of encouragement (aimed at the engine) we had it mounted in about an hour.

Engine and Mounts Ready

Engine Accessory Installation

• Attempted to mount the starter but the B&C starter will not fit with the fuel injection servo.  Need to do some research on fitment.  
• Mounted fuel hose between fuel pump and fuel servo.  
• Mounted oil in and out lines for oil cooler.  
• Removed magneto studs and attached new shorter studs for the P-Mags.  
• Mounted P-Mags.  
•  Mounted the fuel injection servo. 

Fuel Injection Servo Linkage 

Prep for Engine Mounting

Started prepping engine for mounting.  Mounted primary and back-up alternators.  Mounted propeller governor and re-clocked control cable arm.  P-Mags will require shorter studs than the original impulse magnetos so determined correct size and will order them.  Mounted control cable mounts and mixture arm to engine.

Firewall Mounts

Mounted heater valve on firewall.  Attached fuel sensor hose to FW.   Fabricated and mounted mount for fuel flow transducer and mounted with hoses.  Attached engine mount to FW.

Firewall Pass-Throughs

Finished drilling holes in firewall for pass-throughs.  Mounted control cable eyeballs and drilled out inserts to match control cable diameter.  Mounted alternator regulator and starter relay.

Mounted Landing Gear Posts

Spent 2.0 hours mounting landing gear to the fuselage.

Rotated fuselage inverted so that the forward portion of floor panel was level laterally and longitudinally

Filed a radius on the corners of the gear legs so that they nested flush into the inboard main gear attach brackets.

Three outboard main bolts were inserted from inside fuselage vertical tunnel to facilitate ease of access during bold torque inspections.  Attached brake line from the fuselage to the landing gear.

Pilot/PAX Headphones & AOA CPU Bracket

• Wired up mic and headphone jacks for pilot and rear pax.
• Connected wires to roll servo.
• Installed brackets on front storage door for mounting AOA CPU.

AOA CPU Brackets