Oil leak fixed
During the process of changing the oil, I removed the oil cooler and took out the elbow fittings. I re-installed them with teflon paste this time instead of fuel lube and put 6 quarts of mineral oil back in the engine. I ran the engine for 10 minutes or so and checked for oil leaks. None.
The weather wasn’t looking so hot yesterday, but was good enough today. Ceilings were about 6000′ with a slightly blustery wind. I went up for an hour of burning up the skies at 24″/2400 RPM. I definitely went up another notch on the comfort scale today. I did a few stalls with and without flaps. They are very tame. I also did a few steep banks. The plane is just plain fun.
Racked up another 1.0 hour running down to Pierce County and a bit south of there. It’s amazing how quickly you get into the boonies down that way. I think just a few more hours of running at high power settings and I can finally get into the formal flight testing.
The landing wasn’t beautiful, but not bad for my first crosswind in the 7A. I still tend to over-control. The stick is very sensitive. Very small inputs are needed.
Took off the cowl and confirmed that the leak at the oil cooler is fixed!!