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

Completed Cowling

Drilled the screw holes on the bottom of the cowling

Attached the inlet ramps with epoxy and flox. Filled, sanded and sealed the areas where the baffle seals will seal against the top cowl.

Installed the heat shield foil in the lower cowl and sealed the edges with epoxy.

Today’s Time (hours):	10.0
Finish kit (hours):	277.0
Total Time (hours):	1011.0

Work on cowl continues

Match drilled the top and bottom cowls to the cowl hinges.

I disassembled the cowls, deburred all the holes in all the hinges. I coated the inside of both cowl halves with thin coating of resin to seal it all up.

Riveted all the hinges to the cowl halves

Trimmed and sanded the fiberglass inlet ramps and fit them to the top cowl. They gat match drilled to the cowl core just deep enough to hold a cleco to clamp it in place for bonding with epoxy and flox. I didn’t get any pics of the bonding process and I put it back on the fuse to cure before I could get a shot of the finished product.

I did decide to get the oil door done once the epoxy set up sufficiently. It was a pretty straightforward process.

I reinstalled the spinner. She’s coming along!

Just have to drill the attachment holes on the bottom of the cowl and blend in the inlet ramps and the cowl will be complete.

Today’s Time (hours):	14.0
Finish kit (hours):	267.0
Total Time (hours):	1001.0

Attached vertical stabilizer tip

I final drilled all the holes to #30, dimpled them, machine countersunk the holes in the fiberglass, and blind riveted the tip to the VS. I detached the rudder from the VS and put the VS aside. Won’t be needing it again for a long time.