Today I went to Harbor Freight today and
purchased some Crow's foot wrenches. I
was unable to torque the upper engine mount bolts because I was not able to get
my torque wrench in the space to make it
work. I used the formula to calculate
the torque settings and proceeded to torque the upper bolts.
When Arlene got home from work I had her sit
in the cockpit. Using a ratchet with an
extension she was able to hold the heads of the lower bolts so I could torque
them.
After torquing the bolts I inserted the
cotter pins and bent them into place.
I then began working the installation of the
cooling shroud on the rectifier. I
deburred the edges of the shroud after removing the blue vinyl film. I filled the corners and seams with gray RTV
and allowed it to cure. I removed the
rectifier from the engine shelf and match drilled the fins to the holes in the shroud.
I riveted the shroud onto the rectifier and
reinstalled the rectifier onto the engine shelf. In the process of removing the rectifier I
had to remove the fuel pressure sensor from the firewall. I replaced it after reinstalling the
rectifier.
