Engine Installation (Part 3)

The work, pictures and videos from this post are from September 17, 2021.

During this work session:  Jeff, Roger and I finally hung the engine on the airplane.  It was a very satisfying feeling to finally get the engine out of the box and onto the airplane!  We attached it to the plane’s engine mount using the included EA DYNA BOLT Dynafocal Engine Mounting Bolt Kit.  Here are a several pictures and videos of the install…..

After the engine was attached to the motor mounts, we installed all of the fluid fittings as outlined on pages 43-05 and 43-06 of the build plans.  These fittings included:  the lower oil port fitting, upper oil port fitting, oil pressure port fitting, oil temperature sensor, fitting to the fuel pressure sensor, fitting to the fuel flow sensor, the fuel vent and overflow tube, fuel pump inlet fitting, fitting to manifold pressure sensor, and the IE RC-1 tach drive cap.

Engine Installation (Part 2)

The work and pictures in this post are from September 16, 2021.  This is what the engine mount looks like on the plane ready to accept the engine.

To start this section, the ES PC680 Odyssey Battery is installed into the FF-01403 Battery Box (previously installed on the firewall) and secured with the F-01403A Battery Box Angle.  Then, the WH-P25 2AWG Ground Strap is installed on the aircraft’s firewall ground, but is left disconnected from the battery negative.  Finally, the WH-P769 Starter Relay Power Cable is attached to the battery positive (along with the insulated boot).

This shows the ES 24115 Master Relay (top) and the ES 24021 Starter Solenoid (bottom) attached to the firewall.  Also seen here is the WH-K1066 Relay Interconnect Bar attached (with the installed heat shrink) between the two parts.

Page 43-04 of the build plans includes several electrical connections made to the Master Relay and Starter Solenoid.  They include:  WH-P912 Battery Power Wire, WH-P769 Starter Rely Power Cable, ES Diode Master, ES Diode Starter, WH-P16 Starter Relay to Starter Wire and the WH-P910 Starter Disengage Wire.  These two pictures show all of those connections completed per the plans.

Engine Installation (Part 1)