Since I’m waiting on Vans to report back on the control column, and everything else required too much time to start working on, I decided to start working on the front seats. I can get them ready and put them to the side when I’m done with them. I should Read more
I decided I wanted to go ahead and get the scat tubes installed so I had a good idea of how much room I have left in the center. It didn’t take too long to do as there’s really not much to do here. I just need to add the Read more
I finished the last two lines of the fuel system this morning. The one that took the longest was the short one. Those are seriously the hardest ones to make because there is no room for error, and trying to measure the distance between offsetting lines is difficult because you Read more
The auxiliary fuel pump, filter, and transducer have arrived. I need to get bolts now for the transducer but I used some extra long bolts to at least hold it in place for now while I do fuel lines. Trying to make small fuel lines out of hard lines is Read more
I exercised the system today and got the rod end bearing adjusted as best I could. I’ve never found a good way to accurately measure the middle of a bolt hole on two ends. There must be some tool that allows you to do that or some process but I’ll Read more
I got the bushing blocks cut first. I decided to skip shaping the blocks to minimize the weight of the blocks. They couldn’t weigh more than a pound all four of them together so cutting off all of the optional parts wouldn’t make a huge difference. I cut off the Read more
I got all of the control horns and torque tubes drilled and primed. Next is to get the bushings blocks cut to size and then mounting everything. Then I have to get the flap motor mounted and this section will be done!
Didn’t take too much additional work at this point as I had everything ready. It just took some riveting which luckily they could all be squeezed instead of bucked. And the pins to mount them were easier to install than I thought as well. It all came out great! Next Read more
I got the seatbacks drilled and ready to go. What took the majority of the time was trimming down the F-637C angle aluminum to nest inside the radius of the upper seat backs. It took alot of material removal with a file. I tried using the bench sander but I Read more
I had a chance to talk with John at Van’s about the parts issue for the controls. He said he was going to take the pictures I have and verify the size of the parts they have in inventory. While I’m waiting on that I decided to move ahead and Read more