Messed with exhaust
I stopped my Sears earlier in the day and picked up a few socket wrench gizmos that I thought would work on the hard to reach exhaust pipe nuts. I ended up using a 1/2″ 6-point swivel socket and 6″ extension bar. I used the one for a 1/4″ socket wrench (and then a 3/8-1/4″ adapter since the torque wrench is 3/8″) only because Sears didn’t have the 3/8″ in stock. It probably would have worked as well. I tightened up all the exhaust pipe nuts to 120 in-lb.
I dinked around a little bit with the cabin heat muff and looked at a few web sites to see where people tap off the aft right baffle wall. I also had trouble tracking down my 2″ hole saw. At that point I wasn’t feeling so hot for some reason, so I worked on the computer for a while.
I used Excel to make a list of everything that’s left to do on the plane. I’m sure I left out 1/4 of the tasks, but I’ll keep adding to it as necessary and crossing things off as I get them done. I thought it would be depressing to see how long the list is, but it’s not bad. It helps to condense some items like “Wiring”. I’ll expand those once I start working on them.