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Engine Compartment Clean Up Continued

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Engine Compartment Clean Up Continued

TLDR

  • WIP clean up hoses and wire routings in the engine compartment
  • Made vinyl sticker to mark the static ports

Details

Wire Clean Up

I am still waiting for my aviation grade zip-ties, so there was not much cleaning up I could do today. I just checked all nuts and bolts for loose fittings.

And I found one. a worm-clamp connecting 2 coolant silicone hoses was loose. I used a 7mm ratcheting wrenge to tighten it up and applied torque seal. I also inspected the hose’s surroundings. I did not see any signs of coolant leak there.

Static Port Markings

The static ports on my airplane is behind the baggage door and they are pretty hidden, so I wanted to make some markings so they are not accidentally damaged during plane wash or whatever.

The markings were created on my Cricut sticker maker. I used permanent vinyl as the material. After cutting the vinyl I applied them on the airframe. They looked pretty nice.

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