This time, we worked on some fuselage details, as well as landing gear strut overhaul.
Right stabilizer and cuff installed to check fit and alignment.
A few instruments and cardboard radios installed. A guy’s gotta dream!
891JH on display at the Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show, February 2004.
Fuel selector and boost pump positioning check. The mount, pump, and selector are from a K35.
Seats to be used also from a K35. The front seats are adjustable, but don’t sit as high as the commonly used P and later seats – a bonus when you’re tall in the saddle like John & Mike.
The landing gear had years accumulation of crud and grease. After disassembly, washing, and preliminary inspection, the landing gear parts were masked for sand-blasting or glass-blasting. Landing gear parts were then thoroughly washed, re-inspected, then re-masked and sent out for paint. Two coats of epoxy primer, two coats of acrylic urethane paint applied to landing gear components.
Landing gear parts laid out, re-cleaned, ready for assembly.
Assembled right gear strut.