Log for N43387/SN-7046

November 2007

11/11

Pick up Airplane Fuselage and assorted parts

11/15

Mount Control Column –  Do SB2007-002 Inspection

11/16

Inventory & install some pulleys.

11/17

Make cardboard pattern – fwd. Floorboard.

11/18

Make cardboard pattern – aft floorboard
Mount instrument panel

11/19

Made after floorboard from plywood.
Mounted & Drilled Instrument Panel.

11/22

Work on Floor Boards.

11/25

Word on Floor Boards.
Go through boxes to find anything I can use now.
Evaluate Condition of Lower Cowling. (Bad)

December 2007

12/02/07

.Two coats varnish on floorboards

12/03/07

Made holes in instrument panel, airspeed, tachometer, altimeter

12/07/07

Painted last coat varnish on floorboards, cut-out for glove box in instrument panel.  Did logbook entry on Wing Strut Attachment Service Bulletin 2007-002.

12/09/07

Make glove box for instrument panel.

12/10/07

Filled out A/C Registration and Bill of Sale.  Jim Breuer signed for the Northwest Antique Airplane Club.

12/11/07

Mailed A/C Registration and title forms to FAA.

12/17/07

Cut out oil temp, oil pressure gauge holes in instrument panel.  Made and installed glove box to instrument panel.  Cut out hole for ignition switch.  Installed control wheel shaft bushings.

12/18/07

Final fitting of all instruments into the panel.  Installed glove box latch.  Primer painted instrument panel.  Permanently installed control yoke.

12/19/07

Made template for instrument panel placards.

12/24/07

Painted primer coat on rudder pedals.  Final color painting of instrument panel and rudder pedals.

January 2008

01/01/08

Worked on wheels and brake problems.

01/03/08

Worked on wheels and brake problems.

01/04/08

Determined how to fix the stripped holes in the left brake assembly.

01/07/08

Installed instrument panel in airplane.

01/08/08

Install left side aileron sprocket to control wheel.  Get steel for rudder pedal clamps.

01/09/08

Manufactured outboard rudder pedal hold down pivot blocks.

01/10/08

Installed Heli-coil inserts into stripped holes on left brake holes.  Rudder pedal installation.

01/11/08

Shim brake pedal pivot cross tube with 9/16” washers.  Manufacture special forming tool to make rudder pedal hold-down brackets.

01/14/08

Rudder pedal installation.

01/17/08

Rudder pedal installation.

01/18/08

Rudder pedal installation.

01/20/08

Installed instrument panel placard.  Cleaned, inspected, tested, and installed engine tachometer; oil pressure and temperature gauges.

01/22/08

Manufactured bushings for aileron chain and aileron pullies.

01/22/08

Manufactured bushings for aileron chain and aileron pullies.

01/30/08

Aileron pulley control system.

01/31/08

Went to PCC and manufactured a new aileron control pulley.  Manufactured 3 aileron system links.  (Cabin overhead links).

February 2008

02/01/08

Pulley installation in cabin area

02/04/08

Pulley installation in cabin area

02/05/08

Completed pulley installation in cabin area.

02/06/08

Started fitting control wheels to control yoke.  Paint and install control wheels.  Started making brake system pulley brackets.

02/08/08

Manufactured pulley brackets for the brake system.

02/11/08

Manufactured pulley brackets for the brake system.

02/13/08

Tack-welded brake system pulley brackets.

02/14/08

Finished welding brake system pulley brackets.

02/19/08

Installed aileron cables behind the instrument panel.

02/25/08

Synchronized control wheels.

02/28/08

Tack-welded center brake pulley brackets to the fuselage cross-tube.

March 2008

03/04/08

Welded left side brake pulley bracket.

03/05/08

Completed and mailed form 337 for fabric cover job.

03/06/08

Installed altimeter.

03/07/08

Welded right side brake pulley bracket in place.  Burnt a big hole in the fabric!

03/13/08

Went to FAA.  Asked the question!  May we use the form 337 that approved the C-85 installation as approved data to allow us to re-install the C-85 onto this airframe?  (See Attachment “A”.)

03/14/08

Final hook up of left brake cables.

03/17/08

Final hook up of right brake cables.

03/18/08

More work on right brake system.

03/18/08

Install rudder pedal return spring.

03/24/08

Made and installed right and left rudder cables.  Ordered new airspeed indicator from Chief Aircraft.  Installed rudder pedal cabe fairleads.

03/25/08

Cleaned and installed fuel tank on/off valve.  Leak tested with 3 gallons gas.

03/26/08

Placarded airspeed indicator with V_RC, caution range, and normal operating range arcs.  Installed throttle.

03/27/08

Installed airspeed indicator in instrument panel.

03/28/08

Manufactured & installed fuel valve shut off clip in accordance with AD51-09-03.

03/31/08

Test fit boot cowl to fuselage.  Check doors for fit.

April 2008

04/01/08

Permanently screwed forward door jams to fuselage.  Removed fuel tank cross brace rods, cleaned, primed and and re-installed.

04/03/08

Cleaned boot cowl, removed really ugly repair section on bottom of cowl, manufactured patch for the left side of boot cowl.

04/04/08

Finish making left side boot cowl patch.