Engine comes home, a 190 hour used Jabiru 3300.
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Me and Kent move it into position. The only engine stand I had that would work was bolted to the front
of my plane.
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Quick, get the four bolts in before we drop it!
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Ha, you thought we would actually drop it?!? Give me a break...
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Uh, Dad, you might want to fix this. Let me know if you want me to tell you how to do it right.
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The "other" business end. You can see the Bing carb, mags, distributors, and alternator.
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Partial battery install.
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Homemade "clearance" bracket to keep the throttle cable off the nose landing gear.
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Mag switch wires. Single shielded wire. Switch connects conductor to shield. Shield is grounded beside
the mag.
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Prep for first run. Note it is tied at the tail to our truck.
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Final installation will have a different oil cooler, and obviously cowling and a spinner.
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One of many "final" checks. Caught a loose bracket, but then missed the screwdriver on the following FOD
walks. Luckily it just fell to the ground and caused no damage.
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Hit on 4th blade and ran like a top!! Resolved squawk of CHT gauges mis-wired. On the probes, black goes
to positive on the gauge, red to negative. I had it the other "usually" correct way.
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Awesome! Neighbors thought so too; it was a "community event" and as a bonus, no cops showed up.
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