Firewall forward: 3.7 hours

Finished baffle sealing, installed prop oil line, and O2 sensor. Secured EGT wiring and remaining EFII harness wiring. Installed flywheel and prop spacer hub.

Engine baffles: 4.6 hours

Installed remaining baffle rivets. Torqued engine baffle screws. Began sealing baffles to engine.

Added more foam to baggage door and sealed corners with RTV.

Inspection

Technical Counselor Jerry Fischer came by to put some official eyes on my rig. Got the green light to proceed to the finish line!

Fabricated and primed additional angle to better secure canopy switch.

Baggage door would not latch. Found forward latch block upside down. Had issues getting canopy hinge pin fully inserted. Ended up using some lube to get into position. Installed avionics Bay cover and test fit with canopy operation. G2G.

Canopy

The original cover plate I fabricated was catching on the aft latch rod.

Replaced aft canopy latch block cover plate with one .040 thick. I widened the hole about a 64th to remain clear of the latch rod to prevent any binding. Did the same with the forward cover plate. Lubed latch rods, opens and closes nice and smooth now.

Sealed snorkel bracket corners with RTV.

Various

Installed battery tray, secured various adel clamps, checked battery bus for correct fuse sizes, and checked area for general condition.

Installed canopy. Having some latch interference issues which I assumed I would.

Added proseal to antenna bases.

Seat floors and various: 4.5 hours

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Installed seat floors and riveted forward and side floor platenuts. Those were tough to buck. Began riveting floors to ribs.

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Installed baggage door closed cell foam. Home Depot window seal 1 1/4 x 7/16 double layer seems like it will work.

Tested electrical system for interference, tested ELT, and voltage regulator protection circuit.

Adjusted control column fore/aft attach point heights.

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Added required Experimental placard, passenger warning placard to canopy cross beam, and canopy handle operation placard.

Replaced lower valve cover bolts with longer ones supporting adel clamps. Added fill primer for low spots on the canopy rivet line. Torqued flap actuator jam nut.

The CO detector was not alerting on the G3X. I found the CO alert pin installed to a high discrete and moved to a low. Works fine now.

Removed floors and vacuumed to remove any FOD. Double checked for general condition.

Ready for a tech counselor inspection. Hope to set one up next week so I can complete engine baffle sealing.

Various

Redid EFII panel switch labeling to match indications on the controller. Tested G3X start warning function that alerts for a stuck starter. Rerouted cylinder one and three injector wiring for more cowl clearance.

Installed replacement EGT #3 probe. Installed aft seat shoulder harness.

Secured battery buss 2 contactor wiring.

SL-00014 tailcone stiffener

Riveted stiffener angles to tailcone skin.

Cut out and installed high temp gasket for vacuum valve saddle mount.

Installed magnetic drain plug and #3 exhaust pipe heat shield.

SL-00014 tailcone stiffener

Decided to knock out the service letter for tailcone skin buckling.

Fabricated angles, match drilled, dimpled, and primed stiffeners.