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Tuesday October 30th
John Whelan couldn't find the locking wire he was going to let me have, but
Paul Dean, CFI at the Frieze Farm strip I'll be flying from, came up trumps for
me. He even went to the strip to get it then brought it round to my house. This
sport is full of top blokes!
So now I can get the engine mounted, which is going to make it much easier to
work on!
Hours effort today: 4
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It felt like another milestone today, as I heaved the lump
onto the back. Jesus - I've had lawnmowers with bigger engines than this! |
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Here it is from the other side - still a loose fit with no
wire locking or safety straps in place yet.
The two round yellow things are blanking plates on the intake ports.
The carbs will go there. |
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Here's the safety strap, in case the main engine mount bolt
lets go. The bolt is also wire locked, and rather neatly too, if I say so
myself. |
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It's not at all obvious how the throttle cables connect to
the carbs: you have to unscrew the top and remove the components you see
here. The cable then threads through them all, to locate in a hole in the
bottom of the piston next to the needle valve. |
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You can see the hole where the cable comes through, before
being pushed over next to the needle to lock in place.
A word of warning: don't forget to unscrew the original brass cable
mount from the very top of the carb. The cable supplied with the kit has
it's own screw fitting which goes in it's place. |
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Here's the carbs all mounted up with the throttle cables in
place. They had to come off again, because I left those brass bits I
mentioned in place, which has the effect of shortening the cable to the
point where the throttle won't fully close!
Compressing that spring two pictures ago, when you try and thread the
cable through is tricky, to say the least! |
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Loose fitting the main loom now. Tomorrow, I'll be on the
phone to Flylight, as the loom has many more cables in the plugs then are
on the engine, and the engine wire colours don't seem to correspond to the
wiring diagram.
(Update: If only I'd RTFM'd the phone call would have been unnecessary!)
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Bummer of the day
Having to snip off all my nice tidy wire locking, after realising I'd got the
washers in the wrong order on the main engine mounts. Also, having to strip the
carbs down again because I forgot to take off the brass bits!
Wonder if I'll have a day with nothing to write under this heading? |
