Completed engine wiring, plumbing, oil cooler

Assembled the oil cooler inlet and tray. Trimmed, deburred, and primed all the parts and then riveted them together. Glued the seals in place and sealed all the gaps with RTV. Installed the AN fittings into the oil cooler. Bolted the tray to the firewall and engine mount. Then mounted the air cooler and inlet. Connected the feed and return lines to the oil cooler.

Wired the EGT sensors, CHT Sensors, and Fuel flow sensor.

Created a hose for the manifold pressure sensor using Aeroquip AQP hose and reusable connectors. Ran that hose to the sensor block from the primer port in the #3 cylinder head. Also ran a line from the sensor block to the MAP port on the right PMag. I the manifold pressure, fuel pressure, oil pressure, and oil temperature sensors using crimp on, fully insulated, quick disconnect terminals.

Today’s Time (hours):	14.0
Finish kit (hours):	223.0
Total Time (hours):	957.0

More engine stuff

I wired up the ammeter. I picked up a couple of inline fuses that had mounting holes. I attached them to the engine mount with an adel clamp.

I fabricated a mount for the Garmin GA 27 GPS antenna by modifying the suction cup mount that came with the antenna. I cut it to match the profile of the antenna, bent the mounting tab to a right angle and cut it shorter. I drilled a hole for the mounting screw and viola.

I wired up the left magneto.

I installed the fuel line form the firewall to the fuel pump.

I cut the right angle hose segment and installed the breather tube.

I installed the line to the oil pressure sensor.

I began terminating the oil, fuel, and manifold pressure sensor wires but realized that I didn’t have any fully insulate quick disconnect terminals. So put in my daily Aircraft Spruce order.

I wired up the right PMag.

Attached the upper and lower oil cooler lines.

Today’s Time (hours):	7.0
Finish kit (hours):	204.0
Total Time (hours):	938.0

Got the gear and engine mounted and moved to the garage!

Special thank you to Jared, Wes, Scott, and Remy for all their help on Saturday! We got the fuselage out of the basement, Got the main gear attached and wheeled it around the house, up the hill, and into the garage. Then we bolted on the engine mount and nose gear on.

Mounted the battery and starter relays to the firewall along with the associated fuse and ammeter shunt. Mounted the MAP, oil pressure, and fuel pressure sensors. Jared and Wes added all of the fittings to the Engine and we bolted it to the mount.