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Author Archives: pclifton
Lower cowl hinge drilling
So while I’m still not 100% sure what I’m going to do for my cowl pin covers, I’ve decided that figuring that out doesn’t need to stop me from moving forward on getting the hinges in place. So a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Cowl
Hours Logged: 1.5
Lower cowl sanding and head-scratching
Hello, my name is Philip, and I suffer from analysis paralysis. That’s the main theme for this weekend. After getting the lower cowl shimmed to my liking, it was time to start fine-tuning the joint between the cowl halves. A … Continue reading
Posted in Cowl
Hours Logged: 2
Lower cowl trimming and shimming
Once again, this is a post covering a few days. I’ve been trying to be productive on the weekends, but it sure is tough after, oh, about 11 AM or so. Anyway, on Sunday I got the upper cowl in … Continue reading
Posted in Cowl
Hours Logged: 2.5
Injector line reroute
From the other side, we can see how the nice billet mount was reused to secure the line: This was very satisfying, but it left one more question: supporting the rear baffle. Normally, there’s a brace that goes from the … Continue reading
Posted in Firewall Forward
Hours Logged: 1
Injection servo mount fix
This led to a surprisingly long and tortuous discovery session. You see, at a glance, it looked like the studs I ordered were too short to fully engage the sump while also providing enough length for the servo and the … Continue reading
Posted in Firewall Forward
Hours Logged: 1
Lower cowl attach do-over
Yep, I’m back at it. I didn’t do a lot – in fact the stuff I’ll write about here happened over the course of a couple days – but it’s something, right? I’ve been thinking about this change for a … Continue reading
Posted in Cowl
Hours Logged: 1