Panel Modification and Misc

 We ordered copper buss bar material from Aircraft Spruce.  We drilled the holes based on the spacing of the Klixon Circuit Breakers (CB).  We quickly found that the vertical spacing between the two rows of CB's would not work.  The bottom row of CB's were too close the the bottom panel edge and too close the the upper row of CB's causing shorting issues.  There wasn't much space to move things around without a major change.  After some back and forth on the best solution we came up with the new location as shown in the picture.

New CB location

You can see the five plugs installed in the old location.  The ELT had to be moved up by 1/2".  The locate the new holes on both the CB's and ELT, Michael printed some drill guides on his 3D printer.  This worked wonderfully.

Top: ELT Drill Guide
Bottom: CB Drill Guide

With the new location, we now have room to start wiring to the CB's.  Due to the thickness of the Buss Bar material from Aircraft Spruce, new 6-32 screws were ordered.

CB's and Buss Bar trial fit

We were using two worm gear clamps to temporarily attach the oil tank in the engine bay.  We finally ordered the correct parts, installed them and safety wired them.

Oil tank straps installed

The position and installation details for the  parking brake valve was finalized. A spacer had to be installed on the firewall to make the Bowden cable function more precisely.

Parking Brake Valve Installation

Hours: 16