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4) Double check to make sure that the engine is pointing exactly
straight forward, and then mark the locations of the engine
mounting holes onto the beams of the Engine Mounts.
5) Unbolt the engine mounts from the firewall and drill holes thru
the beams of the mounts at each location. We recommend that
you secure the engine mounts in a vise while you drill the holes.
Also, if at all possible, use a drill press to drill these holes. You can
drill them by hand, but if you have access to a drill press the job
will be much easier and the holes will be straighter.
NOTE: We have provided 4-40 x 1" Mounting Bolts and 4-40
Aircraft Lock Nuts and Washers for mounting your engine to the
Engine Mounts. Unfortunately, engines in the .40 to .46 size range
are right at the break point between using 4-40 size or 6-32 size
mounting bolts. In other words, some .40-.46 engines have small
holes in their case for 4-40 bolts only, while other .40-.46 engines
have holes large enough to accommodate 6-32 bolts.
If your
engine allows 6-32 bolts, and you want to use that size, you will
have to obtain those bolts and nuts from your local hobby shop.
Drill 1/8" dia. holes if you are using the 4-40 Bolts provided.
Drill 5/32" dia. holes if you are using 6-32 Mounting Bolts.
6) When you're finished drilling the holes, bolt the engine to
the Engine Mounts. Then bolt the entire engine/engine mount
assembly back onto the front of the Firewall. Tighten all bolts and
nuts securely.
SPINNER
1) Choose the correct diameter Prop Shaft Adapter ring to fit your
engine's crankshaft. Press the adapter ring into the hole in the
middle of the spinner Backplate.
2) Slide the spinner Backplate on to the engine’s crankshaft,
followed by your Propeller, then the Prop Washer, and finally the
Prop Nut. Tighten the Prop Nut just finger tight for now.
3) Slip the Spinner in place and check to see if the Propeller
clears the openings. If necessary, loosen the Prop Nut, reposition
the Propeller, re-tighten the Prop Nut, and then check again.
Adjust as many times as necessary to make sure that the Propeller
comes out the center of the openings. THE PROPELLER MUST
NOT TOUCH THE SPINNER! When you have it in the right
position, tighten the Prop Nut.
4) Install the Spinner to the Backplate using the two small Screws
provided.
FUEL TANK
Notice in the following photos that the correct orientation of the fuel
tank in the airplane is on its flat side with the neck towards the right
side of the airplane.
1) Open the bag containing the fuel tank parts. Inside the tank is
a piece of flexible fuel tubing. Reach inside with a tweezers or
needle nose pliers to get a hold of the fuel tubing and pull it out.
CAUTION: Don’t squeeze too hard and put a hole in the tubing!
Now shake the tank a few times to make sure there is no dirt or
plastic shavings inside!
2) Take a close look at the rubber stopper. Notice that it has two
open holes and one closed one. We will only be using the two
open holes. Leave the third hole closed.
Assemble the front metal clamp, the rubber stopper, and the rear
metal clamp with the bolt. Screw the bolt in until the parts just
touch each other - do not tighten at this time. Rotate the front and
rear metal clamps until their holes line up with the two open holes
in the rubber stopper.
You should be able to see daylight
completely through the two holes.
3) Use the shortest of the three supplied aluminum tubes for the
tank fuel feed tube. Use the longest of the supplied tubes for the
tank vent tube. Carefully poke the aluminum tubes through the two
open holes in the stopper assembly. Keep pushing the tubes in
until 3/8" of tube sticks out in front of the stopper. PLAN AHEAD:
The two aluminum tubes should end up horizontally opposed to
each other at the top of the stopper. The short fuel feed tube
should be on the left side, and the long vent tube on the right.