{"id":1139,"date":"2015-12-27T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2015-12-27T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:36:17","slug":"engine-mounted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1139","title":{"rendered":"Engine Mounted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mom and Dad, David and Kaye, Michelle and Wes were on hand this morning to watch the engine hanging. \u00a0Got it hung in pretty short order but then remembered we needed a big washer on the engine side of the Lord Mounts on the bottom bolts so off it came and on it went one more time. \u00a0With a taildragger you start with the top bolts. \u00a0With an A model you should start with the bottom bolts. \u00a0Torque them fully and then go for the top bolts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1135\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-21-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-21-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-21-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-21-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got it hung and tried to spin on the oil filter. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0The 1.4 inch B&amp;C adaptor is not correct for this installation which includes the B&amp;C SD-30 standby alternator on the vacuum pad. \u00a0We need the 3\/4&#8243; adaptor instead. \u00a0Mounted the Whirlwind spinner kit so that we can get the cowling fitted. \u00a0One note: the oil pressure port should point to about 210 degrees before hanging the engine. \u00a0Connected a few more items and called it a day. \u00a0Now the fun begins, riveting on the F-821-PP skin and then fiberglass work begins. \u00a0Sweet. \u00a0Thanks Pops and David for all the help.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1138\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-24-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-24-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-24-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-24-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom and Dad, David and Kaye, Michelle and Wes were on hand this morning to watch the engine hanging. \u00a0Got it hung in pretty short order but then remembered we needed a big washer on the engine side of the Lord Mounts on the bottom bolts so off it came and on it went one <a href='http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1139' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}