Right battery buss

Finally got my screws form Spruce. Installed ANL holder and reinstalled buss.

Fire extinguisher mount: 1.0 hours

Finished fabrication and install of fire extinguisher mount. Tucks nicely under seat ramp, clear of stick, and easy to access. It’s off center but on the balance point.

Installed and torqued prop spacer hub and adjusted alternator belt tension.

Replaced heat shrink for injector power connectors and confirmed ECU select switch wiring correct.

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.

FWF Electrical: 5.3 hours

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Installed O2 sensor and secured wiring.

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Secured O2 controller wiring. Torqued starter selonoid wire. Secured various zip ties.

Drilled left gear tower for McFarlane oil cooler control cable.

Engine wiring: 4.7 hours

Finished routing EFII harness wiring. Lengthened engine temp sensor wiring. Clocked oil cooler fittings for proper hose clearance. Torqued oil line case fittings. Secured various adel clamps.

Oxygen sensor: 1.4 hours

Finished installing O2 controller and calibration. Working well at 19.4 free air! Will finish wire routing once firewall forward wiring is complete.

Wiring and fuel lines: 2.2 hours

Installed terminals and ran starter and B-lead wiring. Need some spacers and adel’s to complete later.

Began planning fuel injection fuel line routing. Not much room have just enough to meet minimum 2.5″ bend radius.

Electrical: 5.6 hours

Confirmed GEA24 J242 and J243 connector pins, aft stick connector pins , and EFII display connector pins. Finally all connectors verified and complete.

Installed cabin heat servo controller and finished left and right gear tower harness securing.

Confirmed all firewall forward wiring in position to run after engine install.

Installed avionics shelf for hopefully the last time. Organized ECU wiring for splicing to system32 wiring. Need to order a Raychem splice tool to finish install. I don’t have much room and the miniature butt splices will work perfectly.

Baggage door & aft stick: 2.8 hours

Trimmed baggage door forward and aft edges for proper fit.

Adjusted aft stick wiring to final position. Added stick pin lanyard.

Added EXPERIMENTAL placard to side panel.

Electrical: 3.8 hours

Secured right console wire bundle. Secured ground bus wire bundles.

Terminated GTR 200 connector shield grounds.

Spent time planning engine sensor wiring runs and firewall penetrations.