I mentioned in the last post that after getting the wheel pants on Betty, the airplane was ALMOST ready to fly. The reason it wasn’t fully ready was during the wheel pant installation I removed the cowl. When I removed the cowl, I found this floating around inside the bottom cowl. When I initially foundContinue reading “Oil Cooler Replacement”
Category Archives: Oil Cooler
Carpe Diem
Today was such a beautiful day here. One of those days you just have to take advantage of. Plus, May 2nd is a day I am reminded not to take my time for granted. So how better to ‘carpe diem’ than going for an airplane ride. My buddy Dru picked me up in his beautifullyContinue reading “Carpe Diem”
Hosed
It was a short session today in the workshop, but I was hosed from the get go. Literally, and figuratively. in accordance with a suggestion from Scott Spencer, I decided to seal the ends of the fire sleeve with RTV to prevent the fibers from wicking up oils, solvents, etc. They make a product toContinue reading “Hosed”
Back from Vacation, and the most looked forward to day of the year
That is right, today was the first day I could work with the overhead door open in the shop. There have been other days with the temperature high enough, but I was either gone, or it was too windy. Man is it nice to ‘be outside’ while working. 🙂 Just after opening up the garageContinue reading “Back from Vacation, and the most looked forward to day of the year”
Thanks to followers, we get a better product
One of the cool things about blogging about this project is that I have quite a few builders following. Builders who are still building, and builders who are flying. It is always nice to have those people watching over what you are doing and giving you tips, suggestions, and keeping you motivated. One of thoseContinue reading “Thanks to followers, we get a better product”
Flying and Installation
This morning Greg and I were going to go flying to maintain his instrument currency. Unfortunately, his Tiger had an inoperative right brake, so instead we took his Long EZ out for a while. That was fun. Incidentally, he keeps both of his airplanes in a standard T-Hangar. Kinda cool that you can squeeze twoContinue reading “Flying and Installation”
It’s time
to get the firewall on this beast. That is all that is holding up remounting the engine. Which is what is holding up the remainder of engine hook ups like throttle and mixture cable. Which is what is holding up first engine start. This project is a big domino effect, and I can’t wait toContinue reading “It’s time”
Let’s catch up
So since the last post a lot of things have made some progress. I didn’t blog about them at the time, but here are some things that happened, including what got done today. I got the oil cooler duct fitting better and also drilled to the aft baffle to finish securing it in place. EricContinue reading “Let’s catch up”
Surprise Victory
Last week I was disappointed that the oil cooler exit duct didn’t fit. I spent some time while I was on the road for work thinking about it. I realized that I only installed the oil cooler with one of the two mounting brackets and the oil cooler could be out of position. When IContinue reading “Surprise Victory”
Oil Cooler Issues…
… Not just for the Polen during Oshkosh week. I was otherwise occupied today doing repairs to tile floor grout, which didn’t leave much time for the workshop today. What little time I got was disappointing. I started trimming the oil cooler exit duct. When I put it into position, it was clear right awayContinue reading “Oil Cooler Issues…”
the Garaggio 