Ignition wire seals
Decided to install the seals I bought a long time ago from Aircraft Spruce. These seals allow the ignition wires to pass through the baffle. I could have used snap bushings, but these seals look cool and cover a larger area that will allow the wire to be installed/removed while keeping the bulky terminals intact.
The big drawback is that the seals have a really odd-shaped cut out. It took quite a while to figure out how to do it. In the end, it was fairly easy. Drill four holes in a line. The two outer ones get drilled to #10 for the AN3 bolts. The two inner ones get drilled out to 3/4″ each. I was worried about using the Unibit to enlarge the overlapping holes to 3/4″, but it ended up not being a problem. I just applied sideways pressure on the drill to keep the Unibit from catching in the overlapping area. I made a template out of stiff paper of the desired cut out shape and used that to draw an outline on the baffle. That helped quite a bit for coaxing the Unibit in the right direction. A little bit of filing to clean up, and they turned out great. Another item crossed off the list.
I spent a few hours while watching TV trying to figure out the innerconnects between the avionics. Talking to Carl down in NZ kind of confirmed my worries that Stark only hooks up what you tell him to. I’m figuring out what each line on each unit does and whether/where I want it connected to something else.