September 2, 2007 - Firewall

 Lynnette helped me rivet the gasolator reinforcing plate to the firewall.  Easy job with two people. 
 
Then I bolted the gasolator to the firewall, hopefully for good.
 
I  temporarily screwed the AN fitting into the gasolator through the firewall.   Yes, you guessed it.  A fuel line will run from the aux fuel pump (lower left) to the gasolator AN fitting. 
 
I decided to tackle something I had been putting off for some time.  Yes, it was time to drill the two inch diameter hole for the heat valve.  Drilling a two-inch hole through stainless steel was going to be tough.  I decided to go with the two-inch hole bit.  I used a very slow speed with my Dewalt electric drill and used lots of Boelube. 
 
I took my time an was done in about an hour. 
 
The hole came out very nice. 
 
Looking from the front.  It wasn't too bad a job; just took awhile.  Now I have to wait for my heat valve from EPM.EV to show up. 
 
I trial-fitted all my switches and LED indicators to make sure I hadn't missed anything before the panel painting.  Sure enough,   I discovered I had forgot to drill a hole for the 5A Alt Field circuit breaker.  So I drilled a hole under the trim indicator.   The panel is now ready for final painting.
 
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