Installed brakes, sealed firewall, finished cowls and baffles

Sealed up the firewall pass throughs. I followed the Van’s instructions on the left side using fire sleeve and RTV. It was challenging to get the fire sleeve stuffed into the fitting around the wire and also to safety wire the outer sleeve in place. Big hands. Small spaces. On the right side, there was no way I was going to be able to get my hands into the space necessary to take this same approach. I was able to form a cone around the cables/wires with tape. I then used a calking gun to fill the void with 3M Fire Barrier 2000+. The tape on the forward side formed a mold to force the sealant between all of the wires. Made a huge mess but it worked.

Installed AN fittings into brake calipers. Fabricated the brake lines and installed.

Finished installing the baffle seals on the cowling and installed the cowling back on the airplane.

I also spent some time tidying up the wiring under the panel and installing the adel clamps and wire ties on the control cables.

Today’s Time (hours):	10.0
Finish kit (hours):	323.0
Total Time (hours):	1057.0

Finished Snorkel, Installed Baffle seals, Installed control cables

Installed the alternate air door in the snorkel.

Formed the right air ramp cone and the cone in the air filter cover and installed them.

Installed the baffle seals.

Installed ignition wire pass-throughs, the blast tubes for cooling the mag/ignition, and sealed the baffles to the engine case with RTV.

Clamped the clamping strips in place on the lower cowl air inlets and filled the gaps with flox.

Installed the throttle, prop, mixture and alternate air control cables.

Today’s Time (hours):	20.0
Finish kit (hours):	313.0
Total Time (hours):	1047.0

Installed baffles and snorkle

Installed the aft baffles.. Pretty straightforward. Only thing I needed to trim was a path for the Manifold pressure line form the number 3 cylinder.

Installed the forward baffles. Also straightforward. Needed to trim a bit where the left baffle meets the case just forward of the #2 cylinder.

Decided to go with safety wire to tie the bottom of the baffles together rather than the rods. After a bit of research this seems to be a tried and true method and it’s a lot easier to install and remove.

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Fit and trimmed the snorkel. clecoed/bolted it all in place and bonded it to the air cleaner frame with epoxy and flox.

Connected up the SCAT tubes for the oil cooler and cabin heat.

Today’s Time (hours):	8.0
Finish kit (hours):	293.0
Total Time (hours):	1027.0

Started Cowl Baffle (Section 47)

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Picked, Inspected, and deburred all of the cowl parts.

Trimmed and deburred the cylinder baffle doublers and riveted to the cylinder baffles.

Installed nut plates and oil cooler flange and assembled aft baffles. Added strips of RTV to the mating surfaces.

Trimmed the air cleaner frame, added nut plates and fit to the inlet ramp. Assembled the left inlet ramp.

Attached the SCAT tube flange and screen for the heater air inlet to the right inlet ramp. Assembled the right inlet ramp. Added RTV strips to the mating surfaces of the inlet ramps.

Today’s Time (hours):	8.0
Finish kit (hours):	285.0
Total Time (hours):	1019.0

Prop prep, cabin heat, and sniffle tube

Uncrated the prop.

Match drilled and clecoed the spinner plate doubler to the spinner plate. Marked and cut out the center of the spinner plate with a skill saw. I cleaned it up with files, and a bit of emory cloth. I scuffed and primed the plate and the doubler then riveted them together. I attached the spinner plate assembly to the back of prop and re-torqued the bolts. The prop is now ready to be mounted to the engine.

Installed the heater muffs and associated SCAT hoses.

Fabricated and installed the sniffle tube.

Today’s Time (hours):	8.0
Finish kit (hours):	231.0
Total Time (hours):	965.0

Installed the fuel injection servo and exhaust system

Installed the fuel injection servo. A gasket, four nuts, and two fuel lines. pretty straightforward.

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Installed the exhaust system. Slightly less straightforward than the fuel servo but not too bad.

Today’s Time (hours):	5.0
Finish kit (hours):	209.0
Total Time (hours):	943.0

Installed heater control cables

I ran out of heat shrink labels. So wiring came to a halt. I decided to install the cabin heat control cables yesterday. I figured it would be easier while the fuselage is still on its side.

I ran the pitot, AOA, and static lines through holes I drilled in the sub panel.

This evening, I reinstalled the radio racks and instrument panel in preparation for wiring the GDU’s, G5, and panel switches.

Today’s Time (hours):	4.0
Firewall Forward (hours):	4.0
Total Time (hours):	872.0

Received the Finish kit and Firewall Forward kit

Received the Finishing kit and Firewall Forward kit this morning. Spent the whole day inventorying. There are a shitload of parts in these kits.

Today’s Time (hours):	7.0
Finish Kit Time (hours):	7.0
Total Time (hours):	700.5

Primed and started riveting the rear spar and Ordered Engine and Prop

Had an awesome time at Sun N Fun with Jared, Wes, and the Family. That’s me ordering an engine and prop in Van’s tent! And that’s me and Remy sitting in the RV14 at Van’s booth. Suddenly this is getting more real.