Started fitting the flaps
Went down to the hangar after work and started messing around with getting fuel to the engine in anticipation of starting it this weekend. I put a few gallon in each tank. No leaks. That’s good. I drained a bit out of each tank via a filter and didn’t see any junk. That’s good. Put a bit more fuel in the left tank. Disconnected the fuel line from the fuel servo and directed it into an empty gas can. Put the fuel selector on left and turned on the fuel pump. Nothing. Right tank, nothing. Tried more fuel in the tank. Nothing. I tried several more things including checking that I had the voltage to the pump correct. Still nothing. Frustrating.
Instead of burning the whole night on it, I decided to move onto something else. I started fitting the flaps. I first made up some hinge pins, although I’m about 3 feet short on pin material. I made do for now with a shorter piece. I did several iterations of marking the inboard edge of the flap where it abuts the fuselage, removing the flap, removing material with a Dremel, re-install, repeat. I also drilled out the starter holes for the flap push rod, and attached both push rods to the flaps.
I like that the plans spec a star washer in addition to the nut plate for the flap push rod attachment. Belt and suspenders. I soon got weary of the flap trimming and started packing up for the night.
One last thing I did was safety wire the oil plugs. Forgot to do that before.