Fuel Lines & Rear Pedals

Hours this entry: 5.
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Continued work on the fuel lines.

Fuel Pump to the firewall and from the pump back to the fuel selector.

I am putting my fuel filters in the wing, so I went straight from the pump to the selector.  I also added a plate  (not shown here) on top of the selector so that the panel that gets bolted over the selector is flush.

I finished up the work for the rear pedals, adding in the the supports for the rear pedals.

Additional nutplate:

 

Rudder Pedals, again..

Hours this entry: 3
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Match drilled the rudder cable tie-downs with the doubler on the firewall.

Installed the F-8118 idler brackets for the rear-seat rudder pedals:

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I  drilled and riveted the rear Rudder Pedal pushrod. I was pretty careful so that I wouldn’t have to do any painting, but I ended up slipping with the squeezer on the last rivet and put a little indent in the paint. Oh well..

Installed the Grove brake reservoirs on each master cylinder, with a little Permatex to seal them up nice.

Fuel Lines, Roll Servo, misc Fuse Tasks

Hours this entry: 4
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Started working on the fuel lines and figured I would try out one that looked “easier”, so I start with the line from the Fuel pump to the firewall:

Also put in the Auto-pilot roll servo. I wasn’t able to do this while we still had the stick controls in:

Clecoed in place:

Riveted:

Servo test mounted:

Also match drilled the tie-down brackets. Right side:

Left side:

Rudder Pedal Work, Fuse misc

Hours this entry: 3.5
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Started to work on some pieces of the rudder pedal again, specifically the lock pin and handle.

I didn’t like the while “tying a knot” process for the cable, so I decided to cut a piece of stainless tubing and crimp it on the end. It still slides up nice into the handle and won’t pull out.

Fitting the fuel pump bracket on the floor and match drilling it.