I did some reading today in the manuals that came with the engine to determine where various sensors are installed. This is the spot for the oil temperature sensor (which is included with the Dynon probe kit). Fortunately, Aero Sport included the crush washer under the orange cap that was in this spot. I haven’t torqued this down yet because I’ve been unable to find a torque value for this fitting.
I also took off the cover plate for the prop governor mounting pad. I put a thin coat of grease on the gasket and installed it on the pad.
Finally, I installed the PCU 5000 X governor on the pad. I haven’t torqued these either since the cable mounting bracket will have to attach using a couple of these bolts. It looks like there will barely be enough threads showing without that, so I’ll have to ask about whether I can just back these studs out a couple of turns or not.
I also took the cover off of the back of the magneto and installed the wire harness. These use T20 screws, and I wouldn’t have had enough room to get my torx driver between here and the firewall if I had waited until the engine was hung.
I also shaved a few thousandths off a couple of AN960-10 washers to allow this center control piece to pivot freely. The bearings used in the control mounts are very sensitive to side loading. Even 5-10 thousandths of an inch difference between the mount spacing and the spacing in the control piece was enough to make moving this have some noticeable friction. It’s completely frictionless now.
