FWF Section 49 Fuel and Oil System

RV14 build June 21

Fuel and Oil

Most of the hoses I hooked up before I installed the motor since access was easier. Not that the sensor block is in I was able to hook the hoses to that.

And torque the fuel pump fittings finally.

Somehow Im missing a fitting for the fuel flow sender but I have 1 installed.

Started to work on the oil cooler install.

Cutting the oil cooler spacers.

The mount and inlets are ready to go to anodize.

Back from anodizer time to assemble

Oil cooler with Steel fittings not the aluminum ones that come in the kit

Added some RTV and installed.

Oil cooler all installed

Fuel and Oil System 8.0 Hours

FWF Section 50 Control Cables and Cabin Head

RV14 Build June 21

Control Cables

The control cables finally came in so I roughed them in.

Cables installed and routed.

Getting the spherical grommet inplace ended up being a chore and I messed up the cable outside liner a bit, not happy about it.

My plan is to cover them in heat shrink to help protect them going forward.

Prop cable is hooked up and works! I did have to rotate the housing to get the alignment to the high and low RPM may need adjusted.

Getting the mixture and Prop cable lengths set.

I went with A-700 Push button cables to hold the cabin heat doors closed better. Finally installed them

Can see just the slightest cushion stop on the cabin heat.

Control Cables 8.0 Man Hours

FWF Section 47 Baffle

RV14 Build May 21

Baffle

Starting off I had to make the baffle tension rods. It is really hard to clamp these small wires to tap threads onto them, but I got it.

Tapping threads

Install the tension rods. I think the bend called fr is a little much so I messaged them back, also installed the anti chaff tube.

Fitting the snorkel. A lot like the cowling. trim test repeat. Fitting is all part of OP62 and the work hours for fitting this are recorded there.

The snorkel interferes with the cylinder 2 oil return line. So disconnected it for now.

After I fit the snorkel I realized the baffle was pushed out by the cylinder heater elements. So I removed the baffle and trimmed it. of course I had to start from the beginning on fitting the snorkel since everything shifted.

Finally a good fit.

Drilled holes for clekoes and I fluxed the top abne bottom of the snorkel parts together. 

End of OP62 back to the plans. Drilled and riveted on the air ramps.

Marking the alternate air door.

Drilling the alternate air door.

Fluxing in the alternate air door bracket.

The baffle seals come pre-made and cut. But 2 of them are mislabeled and almost tripped me up.

The right one is one of the mislabeled ones.

All installed. Takes way too long with my crappy pop rivet tool.

Measuring the lower cowling to baffle Gap.

Both sides

Use the gap numbers to set the metal spacing to build up epoxy flux.

Letting the flux cure

Removed the metal and primed.

Measured the flux thickness and installed some on the upper cowling with about the same thickness

Sand the upper cowl flush

Install the lower baffle seals.

RTV the baffle gaps.

All RTVed up.

trimming and re flaring the oil return line.

Really glad I had some practice at this on the fuel lines. Also riveted the alternate air flange and temp installed the alt air door.

Section 47 Baffle 13 Hours

FWF wiring routing and Pmags

 RV14 Build May 21

Emag wiring and FWF

Figuring out how to route the ignition harnesses so they weren't bundles and had a good length.Next several photos just showes how I did it. I purchased some ignition harness wire separators, then ended up being a little large so 1 wrap of rescue tape on the harness clamped everything well.

You have to use a step drill to enlarge the hole of the cushion clamps. These are #7s. I need #8 for 1 since the alternate are cable will pass through it as well.

The harness are a fatter than standard magnetos, so the baffle pass through dont work as they are. TBD on how to fix that.

More routing.

Finally cutting and wiring in the Pmags.

Fairly straight forward. I did end up tinning the leads to help them not frey when installed.

I removed this cushion clamp to get the wires through, not necessary the wires will slide through so save yourself the trouble here.

Before I installed the second pmag I fogged the motor as best I could with ACF50.

Wiring up the second PMAG.

Running the ignition cables on this side.

After re reading the PMAG plans I realized my ground wire was too small so Im replacing this with 14awg.

Connecting the PMAG manifold pressure.

Installing CHT 2 and the fuel flow transducer and connecting to the wirring.

FWF Wire routing 14.0