20 more hours this weekend.. Last week it was finalizing the carb/intake/exhaust paths.
This week it was all new fuel lines/fittings, wired up all the remaining efis stuff. Installed the fuel primer pump, routed the primer tubing, and finalized all those fittings (incl silver brazing the last bits of it). Refitted the gascolater with all new seals/gaskets, fittings, o-ring, & hose. New gascolater mount fab & install. Found a yellow jacket (bee) wintering in one of the fuel elbows. New fuel shutoff valve, fuel sight guage (plastic tubing). Fab and install new tank screen. Changed the shutoff valve position so that it also shuts off the bottom of the fuel guage tubing. Discovered I may not be able to hook up the fuel lines to the tank, may have to hire the 140lb neighbor's kid to climb under there and tighten the last flare nuts. Hooked up the manifold pressure guage and the manifold pressure sensor for efis. Trial fitted the carb heat stove (doubles as a heat shield). fitted a temp probe for carb temp in the revmaster by carving some material very near the fuel jet & needle opening in a spot that is under the edge of the rubber coupling hose to the intake manifold. As close to that cold atomizing fuel as I can get without being in the air/fuel mix itself. This kr2 has the wings off, and I have not weighed it yet but seems nose heavey. Sitting on the original stock retracts, I only have to add maybe 10 or 15 lbs to the nose (if that much) to raise the tailwheel off the ground. I am SO close to being able to fire this thing up! jg N611GB Puyallup, WA
