Well, Alex and I have been working diligently along, there wasn't much to report unless bolt removal excites you. We have removed hundreds!
But, today we made two achievements, the first is we removed the engine off the fuselage in the driveway, mounted it on the stand I built. Humm, I didn't know the bottom bolt is not on the centerline of the airplane. I had to grind the head of the bottom bolt off with a tiny Dremel Tool, hats off to the Dremel company!! And I was so tired from getting the engine off all day, I forgot to paint the stand!
ummmm, where is the free help???
Needless to say, the propeller nut didn't budge, even called in Les Schwab roadside tractor trailer service to pneumatic jack hammer it, not budging! Like everything else, cut it off!!
So, the second big news is that Alex removed the last of the electrical out of the tail of the garage fuselage, now on to the front!
Before and after. Two months of work, done! Congrats Alex for sticking to the electrical AND to his new Engineering internship!!
And lots of neighbors stopped in to say hello, it was 70 degrees so that helped. Including an experienced radial engine Embry Riddle A&P mechanic turned Tualatin Fireman!