I finished up the inner baffle connecting rods. Here’s the one on the left side of the ending. Getting to the nut on the aft end of this rod is probably the toughest part of installing these.
And here’s the inner connecting rod on the right side of the engine.
Next, I got started fitting the snorkel. The engine air inlet on this engine is in the front left ramp. The air will flow through an air filter and then down through the snorkel and into the fuel injection servo here. I took off the cover plate and measured the size of the hole.
The hole in the snorkel is 2.400″. I took a roll of electrical tape and added some masking tape until this was just under that size.
I then taped the roll of tape to the front of the servo so that I could temporarily fit the snorkel.
The aft face of the snorkel isn’t sitting flush with the face of the fuel injection servo.
This is part of the problem. The lower right lug on the starter is interfering with the snorkel.
And this is the rest of the problem. Because of the shape of the snorkel, it interferes with the alternator mount.
I took a cutoff saw and removed most of the offending starter lug. I’ll probably end up pulling the starter and removing the entire lug or lugs once I know for sure which ones need to be trimmed.
I also roughed out the cutout that needs to be made to clear the alternator mount.
I ended up having to cut even more from the snorkel to clear the alternator bracket. I’ll cover this with glass once I know the final shape.
Finally, I spent a little time trimming the top of the snorkel. I still have a bit more to do to shift the opening far enough inboard to clear the conical gussets.
