Hydraulics!

The hydraulic powerpak arrived from its overhaul today, all nice and shiny.  Installation went much more smoothly than removal, probably because I khow everything fit together.  I was able to pressure check the flaps and the gear down lines and everything checked out ok.  I need to put the plane up on jacks next weekend and hook up a mule (electric hydraulic pump) to swing the gear and work all the air out of the system.  Thus far, no leaks!  Once the gear is swung, I’ll be able to remove the straps securing the gear and move the airplane around, which will be helpful when it’s time to paint the flaps and ailerons.

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I finished drilling out the holes for the circuit breakers from the new support panel and made sure everything fit.  It all looks good, although I need to make up some new labels, as I decided to move the landing/taxi and navigation light fuses to the bottom row and move the transponder and autopilot from the bottom row to the middle row so everything on the avionics bus is in the middle row, making the bus bars a bit easier to run.  I’ll strip everything back apart this weekend and paint everything before putting it all back together again.  Sigh.

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