May 15, 2006

This evening I stopped by the hangar (briefly) and attached the throttle bracket to the engine. I think I may still need a heat shield. We’ll see how it looks. It’s going to get pretty hot down there.

I also drained out all the preservatitve oil that was in the engine, and filled it up with fresh non-dispersant oil. I got a bunch of oil from Mattituck. I think when I’m at Oshkosh, I’ll sign up for the Exxon oil deal and get some cases of the stuff.

While I was filling it (a slow process throguh the dipstick tube), I calibrated the dipstick. I basically did it every two quarts, and used a centre punch to mark the level. I’ll then make some grooves where the punch marks are and engrave some numbers on there.