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Remote Mount Oil Filter

Remote Mount Oil Filter

Bye bye, oil screen. Hello, oil filter.

As mentioned in previous posts, oil changes were not an easy task on my Tailwind mainly because of the removal, inspection, and reinstallation of the... read more

Author DorianPosted on Thursday, Aug 24, 2017Sunday, Mar 1, 2020Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Remote Mount Oil Filter

Removing the Continental O-200 Oil Screen

Removing the Continental O-200 Oil Screen

This is super simple. The screen is soldered to the threaded cap. Once you’ve removed it from the engine, simply heat up the solder with a blowtorch and work it free. I found this easiest done... read more

Author DorianPosted on Wednesday, Aug 23, 2017Saturday, Feb 29, 2020Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Removing the Continental O-200 Oil Screen

Oil Access Door

Oil Access Door

I designed the oil access door in SolidWorks. Using the large, flat piece of material that was cut out of the bottom of the cowl, I... read more

Author DorianPosted on Monday, Aug 21, 2017Monday, Mar 9, 2020Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Oil Access Door

Air Intake Section

Air Intake Section

The cowl is mounted, but it’s a long way from finished. The next task is to work on the air intake section of the lower cowl. The previous cowl had a snorkel-type system which required fiberglassing... read more

Author DorianPosted on Saturday, Aug 19, 2017Monday, Mar 9, 2020Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Air Intake Section

Exhaust Hangers

Exhaust Hangers

The new exhaust system consists of four individual pipes, each between 28-32″ long which means they definitely need support at both ends. Using some 1/8″ all-thread and some 16-gauge (1/16″)... read more

Author DorianPosted on Sunday, Aug 13, 2017Saturday, Feb 29, 2020Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Exhaust Hangers

Mounting the Lower Cowl

Mounting the Lower Cowl

I intend to reuse the four existing cowl mount points on the fuselage.

I started by making the new mounting hardware: a 1.25″ 1/4-28 bolt welded to a 1″ washer.

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Author DorianPosted on Wednesday, Aug 9, 2017Saturday, Feb 29, 2020Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Mounting the Lower Cowl

Another Heat Muff

Another Heat Muff

Now that the new exhaust is installed I can get to work on a new heat muff that hopefully works (unlike my first one). I... read more

Author DorianPosted on Saturday, Aug 5, 2017Sunday, Apr 15, 2018Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on Another Heat Muff

New Exhaust

New Exhaust

A new exhaust system wasn’t required for my Continental O-200, but one thing that my airplane needs is some cabin heat. Unfortunately, the old exhaust wasn’t fashioned in a way that (easily)... read more

Author DorianPosted on Tuesday, Jul 25, 2017Sunday, Apr 15, 2018Categories MaintenanceLeave a comment on New Exhaust

Fitting the Cowl

Fitting the Cowl

A local gentleman in a neighboring town is building a Wittman Tailwind W-10. He bought a fiberglass cowl and was unhappy with it so he told me if I can make it work for my W8, then I can have it.

Perhaps... read more

Author DorianPosted on Sunday, Jul 23, 2017Saturday, Feb 29, 2020Categories Maintenance4 Comments on Fitting the Cowl

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