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Category: The Upgrade
Interior Carpet Installation
Finally – a lot of headway was made on the installation of the carpet in the plane. Here’s a brief recap: At home I have been working on re-finishing the doors. I ran out of screws and one of the plastic paint colors! The side panels need to be installed, then the seat belts, then…
Plastic Painting
I had removed all of the interior plastic trim from the cabin area so that I could give it a good clean, and then paint it to freshen it up and match it with the new interior. So – out with the rags, some mild cleaning detergent solution, and the plastic parts all got…
Carpet Removal Part 2, Plastic Painting
After a several week sabbatical from aircraft work, I managed to spend a day off work continuing the carpet removal and preparation process. One of the trouble points was to remove the screws which fasten the seat attachment plates to the floor. Several of these screws were stubborn and had to be coerced out…the ones…
New Rear Seat Belts
I am still waiting for the new front seat belts which include an inertia reel system for the shoulder straps. These are on order from B.A.S. Inc.
Firewall Painting + EDM-830
Since the firewall had been primed – it was ready for painting. I used Dupli-Color Engine Enamel with Ceramic, DE1615 ‘Aluminum’ color, spray paint. Dupli-Color is made by Sherwin-Williams – the same brand that I used for the primer paint. Two coats later (I waited an hour between coats) the firewall is ready to…
Firewall Preparation
After investing in some additional Scotch-Brite circular pads – the rest of the paint was removed. The heater box was also removed, along with all of the firewall plates around the cables. The brake reservoir was emptied and removed (this is just looks like a modified solvent can….). I then covered the heater box and…
Upgrading the Engine Monitor
The new JPI EDM-830 arrived from Aircraft Spruce. Since this instrument uses the same transducer harness as the existing EDM-700, I only needed to make a new mounting plate and run the new wires for the manifold pressure and RPM transducers. The first step was to remove the existing EDM-700 unit and mounting plate,…
It’s a tail dragger!
The boyshave been busy at Auburn Airplane Works – Michael and Eric pulled the engine and the engine mount. The engine mount has been sent out for overhaul, so this leaves the firewall nice and exposed. Since the heavy weight of the engine has been removed, the plane sits as a tail dragger. However, the…
Parts Arriving
As one of my friends warned me – get ready for all of the shipments to arrive, soon you will know the Fedex and UPS delivery drivers by first name… A Fedex sticker was left on my door stating that a signature was required for a box shipped from Alaska. So – off to Roseville…