79FT - Chickenhouse Charger Log

Project "Chickenhouse Charger" total time logged: 570.71 hours

Electrical Rebuild

570.71 hours

Log entries:

Jun 12, 2021	{2021-06-15-done/d.rst W&B, replaced fuel tank drain, wheel paints, finished?!}	4.00 hours
Jun 11, 2021	Finished installing cowling	1.50 hours
Jun 10, 2021	Continued installing cowling	2.00 hours
Jun 09, 2021	Installed fuel pump drain hose, finish installed prop, started putting cowling back on	2.50 hours
Jun 07, 2021	Oil chainge, filter change	1.00 hours
Jun 05, 2021	Finishign things up firewall forward	3.00 hours
Jun 04, 2021	Checked fuel system screens and installed fresh gaskets	1.00 hours
Jun 02, 2021	Finished reinstalling left wing int. fairing	2.50 hours
May 31, 2021	Reinstalling wing interseciton fairings, fixing up antenna and pitot lines routing	3.50 hours
May 30, 2021	Reinstalling right wing intersection fairing - almost done	2.50 hours
May 29, 2021	Assembling things - cover plates and fairings	3.50 hours
May 26, 2021	Reinstalled removed pedals interlinks, caulked firewall holes	2.60 hours
May 19, 2021	Some paint, closing things up	1.50 hours
May 16, 2021	Failed at attempt to paint rusted tubes, lubing hinges and trim and fixing under-wing control system cover plate	3.50 hours
May 13, 2021	Lubing trim jackscrews and chains	1.50 hours
May 09, 2021	Closing things up and trying to level the tail for weighing	2.50 hours
Apr 12, 2021	Greased most of the fittings, engine run and tweaking idle	2.00 hours
Mar 17, 2021	Got back, engine run and greased some fittings	2.50 hours
Jan 27, 2021	Caulked gaps and holes with RTV	1.00 hours
Jan 27, 2021	Caulked gaps and holes with RTV	1.00 hours
Jan 25, 2021	Finish installed baffle seals	0.50 hours
Jan 25, 2021	Misc stuff here and there	2.00 hours
Jan 20, 2021	Baffle seals and retainer strips, fitting finished	1.50 hours
Jan 14, 2021	Baffle seals and retainer strips, cont'd	2.00 hours
Jan 13, 2021	Baffle seals and retainer strips, cont'd	2.50 hours
Jan 11, 2021	Baffle seals and retainer strips, cont'd	1.50 hours
Jan 07, 2021	Baffle seals retainer strips, cont'd	2.00 hours
Jan 05, 2021	Baffle seals retainer strips, engine ran to final test new oil cooler hookups	2.00 hours
Jan 04, 2021	Baffle seals retainer strips attempts	0.50 hours
Dec 16, 2020	Working on new baffle seals, cont'd	1.50 hours
Dec 09, 2020	Working on new baffle seals, cont'd	2.50 hours
Dec 03, 2020	Working on new baffle seals	2.00 hours
Nov 18, 2020	Test run with the new cooler	1.40 hours
Nov 16, 2020	Finish installing and priming the oil cooler	1.50 hours
Nov 13, 2020	Multiple sessions of painting, about 0.5 hour each, throughout the week	4.00 hours
Nov 05, 2020	And more painting	1.00 hours
Nov 04, 2020	More paining of dings	2.00 hours
Nov 02, 2020	Painting prepped fabric	1.50 hours
Nov 02, 2020	Prepping oil cooler for reinstall	1.00 hours
Oct 25, 2020	Painting prepped fabric	2.50 hours
Oct 20, 2020	Prepping chipped fabric paint, cont'd	2.50 hours
Oct 19, 2020	Prepping chipped fabric paint, cont'd	2.00 hours
Oct 16, 2020	Cleaned up the plane to find dings better	2.50 hours
Oct 13, 2020	Removing paint and silver around paint chips, cont'd	2.00 hours
Oct 09, 2020	Removing paint and silver around paint chips	2.50 hours
Oct 08, 2020	Removing oil cooler and plumbing - prep for rework	3.00 hours
Oct 07, 2020	Test-run the motor again	1.50 hours
Oct 05, 2020	Reinstalled exhaust with Grumman exhaust clamps	3.00 hours
Oct 04, 2020	Prepping exhaust for reinstall with Grumman clamps	2.00 hours
Oct 02, 2020	Took off exhaust, figuring out new Grumman clamps	2.50 hours
Sep 30, 2020	Little things here and there	1.30 hours
Sep 19, 2020	Engine start!!!	5.00 hours
Sep 18, 2020	Final prep for starting: spark plugs and misc	2.50 hours
Sep 17, 2020	Finish mounting exhaust	4.00 hours
Sep 16, 2020	Final mounted carb and airbox	3.00 hours
Sep 14, 2020	Prepping airbox for final mounting	1.00 hours
Sep 13, 2020	Finished alternator and front baffle	2.00 hours
Sep 06, 2020	Alternator mounting and tensioning	2.50 hours
Sep 05, 2020	Starter and alternator bracket finish install	2.00 hours
Sep 04, 2020	Misc here and there FWF: adels, and such	1.00 hours
Aug 30, 2020	Finished wiring and tying behind the panel	1.50 hours
Aug 29, 2020	Volt/Ammmeter and Fuel Gauge, tidying behind the panel	2.50 hours
Aug 28, 2020	Tach wiring	2.00 hours
Aug 24, 2020	3-in-1 wiring DB15, finished pins and tested	2.00 hours
Aug 22, 2020	3-in-1 wiring DB15... messed it up	2.80 hours
Aug 19, 2020	Instruments wiring, cont'd	1.80 hours
Aug 16, 2020	Instruments wiring, cont'd	1.60 hours
Aug 15, 2020	Final passes in the back of the instrument panel	2.40 hours
Aug 10, 2020	Firewall forward: finished tying everything up	1.00 hours
Aug 09, 2020	Firewall forward: engine monitor harness	2.16 hours
Aug 08, 2020	Firewall forward: left side done, tying and clamping	3.50 hours
Aug 07, 2020	Firewall forward: left p-lead	1.00 hours
Aug 03, 2020	Firewall forward: starter contactor	1.80 hours
Aug 02, 2020	Firewall forward: finished right p-leads, continuing to the left side	2.50 hours
Aug 01, 2020	Firewall forward: harness, right p-leads	3.00 hours
Jul 27, 2020	Firewall forward harness finishing	1.00 hours
Jul 26, 2020	Properly installed wing lights	1.50 hours
Jul 25, 2020	Finished side conduit wiring	1.20 hours
Jul 25, 2020	Attempted installing SkyBeacon/SkySensor, messed up	0.75 hours
Jul 24, 2020	Side conduit wiring	2.50 hours
Jul 23, 2020	Fore fuse block wiring, finished	1.60 hours
Jul 22, 2020	Fore fuse block wiring	2.50 hours
Jul 21, 2020	Finished aft fuse block wiring	1.80 hours
Jul 20, 2020	Fuse block wiring	1.00 hours
Jul 06, 2020	Tail nav light re-wiring, cont'd	1.50 hours
Jul 05, 2020	Tail nav light re-wiring	2.50 hours
Jul 02, 2020	Side conduit: tying up, cont'd	2.30 hours
Jun 30, 2020	Side conduit: tying up	2.00 hours
Jun 26, 2020	Side conduit: feeders and final power wires	1.50 hours
Jun 25, 2020	Front panel finished, and routing it into side conduit	2.40 hours
Jun 24, 2020	Front panel, continued	2.50 hours
Jun 23, 2020	Front panel wire routing	2.00 hours
Jun 22, 2020	Ammeter, routing, tidying side conduit	2.50 hours
Jun 20, 2020	FWF: Adels and finishing up shunt wiring	2.80 hours
Jun 19, 2020	Tying up fat wires, and tidying up contactors	2.50 hours
Jun 18, 2020	Starter and alternator wiring	1.60 hours
Jun 17, 2020	Fat wires firewall forward	2.80 hours
Jun 16, 2020	Installing last x-cers and routing instrument x-cers wires	2.50 hours
Jun 15, 2020	Front Panel - finished tach harness, and hobbs setup	2.30 hours
Jun 14, 2020	Front Panel - Tach harness	3.10 hours
Jun 12, 2020	Side conduit harness layout - drilling holes	2.10 hours
Jun 11, 2020	Side conduit harness layout - cont'd	3.10 hours
Jun 10, 2020	Routing and laying engine monitor harness on the gauge end	2.30 hours
Jun 09, 2020	Engine monitor harness gauge end retying and pondering	3.00 hours
Jun 08, 2020	Ground wire, and Carb Heat cable, behind the panel	2.00 hours
Jun 07, 2020	Routing and laying out wires in the side conduit	2.00 hours
Jun 06, 2020	Right side: finished hookups, and almost finished routing	3.50 hours
Jun 04, 2020	Right side wire routing and pondering	2.25 hours
Jun 01, 2020	Finished routing wiring on the left side	1.50 hours
May 31, 2020	Routing and fixing grounds for left side	2.00 hours
May 30, 2020	Compass and panel lights wire routing	2.50 hours
May 18, 2020	Installed new switches, all wired up	2.50 hours
May 14, 2020	Running more wires	0.50 hours
May 14, 2020	Fiddling with front tach wiring	1.00 hours
May 09, 2020	Lots of fiddling around with clamping and routing	2.50 hours
May 08, 2020	Wiring right side panel	2.75 hours
May 03, 2020	Wiring left side switches	2.50 hours
May 02, 2020	Mounted left side switches	1.50 hours
Apr 30, 2020	Figured out the Bendix connector, more left side switches wiring	1.75 hours
Apr 29, 2020	Finished making p-leads and tried Bendix connector	2.50 hours
Apr 28, 2020	Starting on left side switches wiring and p-leads	0.45 hours
Apr 27, 2020	Installed Comp. Corr. Card, prepped ground studs, smoke system wiring	2.00 hours
Apr 26, 2020	Finished wiring carb temp probe	1.00 hours
Apr 26, 2020	Laying out and thinking around panel wiring	2.00 hours
Apr 25, 2020	Re-routing left side engine monitor harness, cont.	1.00 hours
Apr 23, 2020	Finished battery box	0.10 hours
Apr 23, 2020	Re-routing left side engine monitor harness	1.50 hours
Apr 22, 2020	Carb temp sensor wiring	1.00 hours
Apr 20, 2020	Lacing and cleaning up engine monitor wire harness	1.50 hours
Apr 19, 2020	Trying foam in battery box	0.50 hours
Apr 19, 2020	Re-doing engine monitor wire mounting	1.50 hours
Apr 16, 2020	Tweaking assembly of new fuel system	1.50 hours
Apr 15, 2020	First assembly of new fuel system, quick leak test	2.00 hours
Apr 14, 2020	Installing new fuel fittings for new hoses	3.00 hours
Apr 10, 2020	Electrical FWF, battery box	2.00 hours
Apr 10, 2020	Setting up new hoses	0.50 hours
Apr 09, 2020	Electrical FWF, battery leads	1.50 hours
Apr 08, 2020	Electrical FWF, fat wires - finally feeling good	1.50 hours
Apr 07, 2020	Electrical FWF, fat wires - re-thinking..	2.00 hours
Apr 06, 2020	Electrical FWF, battery leads and contactor wiring	2.00 hours
Apr 02, 2020	Electrical FWF, cont'd	2.50 hours
Apr 01, 2020	Electrical FWF, fat wires	3.00 hours
Mar 31, 2020	Finished mockups for fuel hoses	2.50 hours
Mar 29, 2020	Electrical firewall forward	2.00 hours
Mar 25, 2020	Electrical firewall forward, tested 3-in-1 motor gauge	3.00 hours
Mar 24, 2020	Mostly plugging holes in the firewall. Removed main tank drain line.	2.00 hours
Mar 23, 2020	Laying out fat wires firewall forward	1.50 hours
Mar 22, 2020	Installed Starter Solenoid	0.20 hours
Mar 22, 2020	Made clamps for Gascolator	2.50 hours
Mar 19, 2020	Cleaning up the firewall for new fuel system install	1.80 hours
Mar 19, 2020	More FWF electric layout work	0.20 hours
Mar 18, 2020	Finished initial rough hose layout	2.00 hours
Mar 17, 2020	Figuring out the flow xcer hose routing	2.00 hours
Mar 13, 2020	Continued with tinkering with FWF fuel system layout	0.20 hours
Mar 12, 2020	Cleaning white schmoo of death out of fuel system components, and tinkering with the new layout	2.50 hours
Mar 11, 2020	Disassembled FWF fuel system	2.00 hours
Mar 10, 2020	Testing new fuel hoses. Realized I'll need to redo fuel system FWF :(	2.00 hours
Mar 01, 2020	Measuring and mocking up new hoses, readying fuel system for them	4.00 hours
Feb 29, 2020	Fuel lines around fuel pump, removed fuel pump and cleaning white gunk	3.00 hours
Feb 25, 2020	Working on alternator and main buss circuits	2.00 hours
Feb 22, 2020	Made brackets for pressure transducers	4.60 hours
Feb 21, 2020	Finished hookups of carb control cables	2.00 hours
Feb 21, 2020	Mounted ANLs, temp mounted alternator, pondering fat wire routing	2.00 hours
Feb 21, 2020	Test mounting pressure transducers	0.50 hours
Feb 18, 2020	Final routing and attaching of carb control cables to the firewall, figuring out hardware stacks, and hookups	3.00 hours
Feb 17, 2020	Finished the edge on the tailpipe cut	0.75 hours
Feb 17, 2020	Removed cowling, continued working on the carb cables install	2.00 hours
Feb 16, 2020	Finished fitting oil cooler bowden	0.75 hours
Feb 16, 2020	Reinstalled exhaust, fitted and cut off new tailpipe	2.25 hours
Feb 09, 2020	Replaced loose hardware in airbox	0.50 hours
Feb 09, 2020	Started fitting oil cooler bowden	0.35 hours
Feb 09, 2020	Finished installing fuse blocks	0.10 hours
Feb 07, 2020	Did more prep work for exhaust welding	1.50 hours
Feb 07, 2020	Finished shaping and fitting the slot in the airbox for carb temp probe	1.00 hours
Feb 04, 2020	Cut a slot in the airbox bracket for the carb temp probe	0.75 hours
Feb 03, 2020	Finished making switch harness attach brackets	1.50 hours
Feb 02, 2020	Fiddled with figuring out switches' harness routing and attachment. Made first test bracket.	2.00 hours
Jan 30, 2020	Installed finished switch placards. Tapped holes for attachment screws	1.50 hours
Jan 29, 2020	Installed compass and finished light strip wire routing	2.00 hours
Jan 28, 2020	Installed light strip, routed and secured it's wires	1.50 hours
Jan 27, 2020	Finished reinstalling back the instrument panel and prepped for light strip install	1.50 hours
Jan 26, 2020	Reinstalling back the instrument panel. What a mess..	3.00 hours
Jan 23, 2020	Fiddled around with wire routing for panel lighting	2.50 hours
Jan 17, 2020	Relocating fuseblocks	1.50 hours
Jan 16, 2020	Temporarily fixturing exhaust tailpipe to old exhaust	3.00 hours
Jan 03, 2020	Removed and prepped exhaust for re-welding back the tailpipe	1.00 hours
Dec 12, 2019	More fiddling with exhaust extension. Realized ball joint won't work :(	1.00 hours
Dec 11, 2019	Fiddled more with the exhaust extension, calling around and figuring things	4.00 hours
Dec 03, 2019	Fiddling with exhaust extension clocking and positioning	1.00 hours
Dec 03, 2019	Installed fuse blocks	1.00 hours
Nov 22, 2019	Cut off exhaust, fiddling with mock-up	0.75 hours
Nov 22, 2019	Painted (horribly) new switch placards with Klass Kote	5.00 hours
Nov 19, 2019	Cut out and fitted switch placards	2.70 hours
Nov 19, 2019	Tested carb temp probe's wires extensions	0.50 hours
Nov 18, 2019	Etched switch placards	2.50 hours
Nov 17, 2019	Making final brass places for switch placards, applying final mask	6.50 hours
Nov 16, 2019	Fiddling with new exhaust routing	2.00 hours
Nov 15, 2019	Messing around with airbox being crooked	3.50 hours
Nov 09, 2019	Continued fitting new control cables	1.20 hours
Nov 06, 2019	Started fitting new control cables	1.50 hours
Nov 05, 2019	Made sample mockup aluminum placards	1.00 hours
Nov 04, 2019	Finished hooking up the new brake line to fuse	2.00 hours
Nov 03, 2019	Re-tying everything around new brake line	3.50 hours
Oct 29, 2019	Filled and bled brakes. Thanks Nick S for helping!	1.50 hours
Oct 28, 2019	Re-installed parking brake and brake lines, prepped for bleeding	1.50 hours
Oct 27, 2019	Cleaned, repacked and replaced left wheel, reinstalled brake calipers	4.00 hours
Oct 25, 2019	Re-assembled previously removed right wheel and bearings, removed left wheel	1.50 hours
Oct 08, 2019	Replaced breakpads	0.50 hours
Oct 08, 2019	Finished first test brass placard	0.50 hours
Oct 08, 2019	Tested template for new switch placards	0.50 hours
Oct 07, 2019	Rebuilt parking brake valve	1.50 hours
Oct 06, 2019	Finish routed side conduit cables and permanently mounted voltage regulator	3.50 hours
Oct 06, 2019	Permanently mounted brake fluid reservoir	1.00 hours
Oct 02, 2019	Painted test brass placards	0.50 hours
Oct 02, 2019	Removed, disassembled parking brake valve	0.50 hours
Oct 01, 2019	Test-etched sample brass placards	1.50 hours
Sep 29, 2019	Rebuilt left caliper	1.50 hours
Sep 28, 2019	Re-assembled right brake caliper, prepped left for removal	2.00 hours
Sep 27, 2019	Removed, disassembled, cleaned right brake caliper	2.10 hours
Sep 25, 2019	Finished fabricating front brake line	4.00 hours
Sep 24, 2019	Work on front brake line, continued	2.00 hours
Sep 23, 2019	Work on front brake line, continued	2.00 hours
Sep 22, 2019	Worked on front brake line , practiced tube flaring	2.00 hours
Sep 21, 2019	Worked on voltage regulator mounting and side conduit bowden routing	2.10 hours
Sep 15, 2019	Practiced soldering ring terminals	2.00 hours
Sep 14, 2019	Set up voltage regulator mounting	1.00 hours
Sep 14, 2019	Practiced soldering ring terminals	3.50 hours
Sep 12, 2019	Fabricated ANLs and shunt backplate	1.50 hours
Sep 12, 2019	Worked on brake line relocation , practiced flares	2.50 hours
Sep 09, 2019	Set up the new compass mount and tested out labels for switches. Cleaned up.	2.00 hours
Sep 08, 2019	Drilled switch alignment holes in the rear panel	3.90 hours
Sep 07, 2019	Pilot's Instrument Panel new components' layout	4.00 hours
Sep 06, 2019	Firewall forward electrical layout	3.00 hours
Sep 06, 2019	Removed front panel hobbs in preparation for it to be moved to rear panel	1.00 hours
Sep 05, 2019	Firewall forward electrical layout	1.50 hours
Sep 04, 2019	Working on Voltage regulator placement	1.50 hours
Sep 03, 2019	Working on Voltage Regulator and fuse block placement	1.00 hours
Sep 03, 2019	Working on Battery hookups	1.00 hours
Sep 02, 2019	Working on ANLs, shunt, and battery hookups	4.00 hours
Sep 01, 2019	Routing of components in right-side channel in prep for voltage reg and fuse block mounting	1.50 hours
Sep 01, 2019	Template for ANLs and ammeter shunt and solenoids placement	1.00 hours
Sep 01, 2019	Reworked Fuel Sender wiring hookup	1.00 hours
Aug 31, 2019	Figuring out ANLs and solenoids' placement	1.00 hours
Aug 31, 2019	Finished measuring carb control cables	1.00 hours
Aug 31, 2019	Lots of minor things here and there	3.00 hours
Aug 29, 2019	Continued figuring out the carb's control cable routing and lengths	2.50 hours
Aug 28, 2019	Continued figuring out the carb's control cable routing and lengths	2.80 hours
Aug 27, 2019	Painted the alternator pivot arm and the nose baffle support bracket	2.00 hours
Aug 27, 2019	Contiued pondering carburetor and control cables	1.00 hours
Aug 26, 2019	Finished making the alternator pivot arm	2.00 hours
Aug 25, 2019	Fabricating alternator pivot arm	3.50 hours
Aug 24, 2019	CAD and initial mockup of the alternator pivot arm	4.00 hours
Aug 22, 2019	Finishing up and fitting nose baffle support bracket and alternator belt	3.50 hours
Aug 20, 2019	Making new nose baffle support bracket, cont'd	2.00 hours
Aug 18, 2019	Setting up and trying to bend new nose baffle support bracket	4.00 hours
Aug 17, 2019	Fitting of alternator, first attemnts at tracing the pivot arm template	3.00 hours
Aug 14, 2019	Fitting of alternator and baffles	2.00 hours
Aug 14, 2019	Began work on fitting the carburetor	1.00 hours
Aug 13, 2019	Initial fitting of L-40 alternator	1.50 hours
Aug 13, 2019	Removed TBI primer control cable	1.00 hours
Aug 12, 2019	Removed old alternator, checked a bunch of placements	1.30 hours
Aug 12, 2019	Pondered control cable routing for carb	1.00 hours
Aug 10, 2019	Final tweaking and finalizing of the new electrical design	2.50 hours
Aug 08, 2019	Wiring and final load calculations, tweaking and finalizing the new electrical design	3.50 hours
Aug 06, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram, cont'd, started wiring chart	2.60 hours
Jul 15, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram, cont'd	3.00 hours
Jul 14, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram, cont'd	2.00 hours
Jul 05, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram, cont'd	1.50 hours
Jul 04, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram, cont'd	2.40 hours
Jun 30, 2019	Disassembly of current electrical, finished	1.50 hours
Jun 27, 2019	Disassembly of current electrical, cont'd	1.50 hours
Jun 26, 2019	Disassembly of current electrical, cont'd	1.60 hours
Jun 25, 2019	Disassembly of current electrical, cont'd	2.00 hours
Jun 24, 2019	Disassembly of current electrical	3.50 hours
Jun 23, 2019	New electrical diagram	4.00 hours
Jun 23, 2019	Disassembly of current electrical	1.00 hours
Jun 22, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram, cont'd	4.00 hours
Jun 21, 2019	Drawing new electrical diagram	3.00 hours
Jun 19, 2019	Traced wiring for front tach and IVOF front instrument panel	2.00 hours
Jun 18, 2019	tested fuselinks, measured loads, removed and diagnosed turn-and-slip indicator	6.50 hours

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