Installed the tail light and strobe wiring through the fuse aft bulkhead and got it working. I choose to route the wiring through a hole located in the center of the aft bulkhead between the two bolts located on the lower rudder bracket, drilling a 1/4" hole through the center of the tie down bracket.
Finally got around to cutting a slot out of the bottom of the bottom cowl to clear the fuel drain installed in the gascolator. Also started assembling the various antenna cables. Borrowed a great little tool from Ken that makes all the cuts on the cable to install the BNC connector. What a great tool! Not sure where this particular tool was purchased but you can find cable strippers at Radioshack.
Painted my panel two days ago with Jetglo Stone Grey. I am really impressed with the paint itself. My work with it turned out okay. There are a few fisheye bubbles and lots of tiny ones, but they are not very noticable. I am pleased with the end result. I installed most everything back in the panel hopefully for the last time. Now to get it all wired.
Installed two Comant 122 comm antennas on the bottom of the center fuse on the left and right outboard bays about an inch aft of the aileron push tube holes. I removed the primer from the inside of the bottom skin, and riveted the antenna reinforcement plate to the bottom skin and the next to outboard seat rib.
Test fitted my radio stack after finishing installing the mounts. I attached the SL-30 and PS Engr PAR100EX trays together with pieces of 0.040. Had to put a joggle in them because the tray for the PAR100EX is slightly wider at 6.31 inches versus the SL-30 tray at 6.25". Also anchored the SL-30 tray on vertical angles riveted to the subpanel. The whole structure is very sturdy and solid.
Made up my left and right p=leads from shields 18 ga. I used black 18 ga. wire soldered and shrink tubed to the shield for the ground lead at the mags via the method I found on Aeroelectrics website. I installed the mag wires and ran them to the inlet in the firewall. The nut on the mag does not require much to tighten. Be careful not to over tighten. I believe it calls for 12-13 in#.
Bought the SIRE lighted compass from Vans and it arrived today. This marks my first change of heart on an instrument after purchase...and it was on the first instrument I purchased - a pedastal compass. I sent it back to Vans along with the order for the SIRE. It was new in the box, so I was sure they wouldn't mind me trading up to the SIRE. I think the slider mount SIRE will be much nicer. We shall see.
