I borrowed a friend’s engine hoist and he and I transported the engine to the hangar and mounted it on the plane. Everything went smoothly. I’m glad I kept his hoist for awhile, though, as a week later I realized it needed to come off again as there was a bunch of things that I […]
Main wiring harness
Planning the wiring and installing the main harness that ran down the co-pilot duct was a big job. I will post my schematics at some point, but they are still a live document that I keep updating. In planing the system, I wanted to make sure that I didn’t hard-wire anything in place that would […]
Valve cover cleanup
Tackled cleaning up the valve covers over the last few days. As you can see from the pictures below, it looks like they got hit with some primer over spray. I like that copper color I used on the intake tubes, so I thought I’d go with that color. I also put a coat of […]
Intake tube cleanup
Starting to go through the engine and clean up all the ancillary bits. Here’s the process of cleaning up the intake tubes. They were pretty nasty with pealing paint to start. Wire brush cleanup, paint with high-temp paint, bake in the BBQ for 1hr (don’t tell my wife). I love that color – I think […]
Engine cleanup
I’ve been pulling apart the engine. While I’m dying to tie right into it and do a complete rebuild, it just doesn’t need it and I’d probably do more damage than good! Part of why I’d like to tear it apart is to give it a good cleanup. Its had a couple layers of paint, […]
Engine arrived
I bought an IO-360 C1E6 from a fellow on the West Coast. He had it mounted on a Velocity and has taxied around with it, but it has not flown. Its a 500hr engine that came out of a twin that crashed (over ran the runway). It is noted in the engine log that it […]