It was a day of troubleshooting. I first tried to track down what was wrong with the CHT2. I removed and cross tested the wires. CHT1 wire worked on both sensors, so it had to be a wiring issue. I checked the wire with a multimeter from the sensor connection to the pin on the FWD fuselage harness and it seemed to be fine. So there must be something going with the control module or GEA. It is over my head so I will need to solicit some help in figuring it out.
I then tried to figure out why the transponder wasn't showing. It had when I had originally configured it. After a few minutes it just started working. Maybe it just took some time to connect.
I removed the plastic on the canopy. Doesn't it look pretty? I also did the ADAHRS pitch, calibration. Once I did that then the autopilot showed up on the G3X. I tested the autopilot engage and release. Everything worked fine.
I hooked up the carbmate and then attempted with the 2nd engine start. Engine started and the oil temp soon had a big X again. The fuel PSI flucuated into the red some again, but after a couple minutes seemed to stabilize in the green. The CHT2 is still an X. I did some adjustments of the carbs. Each time having to turn off the engine since by myself. After a bit the battery voltage seemed to be low, so I decided to give the engine a break and charge up the battery again. I checked the lifter and there were a few that were soft. This is what I showed: Cyl 1 - Aft lifted, Cyl 3 - Fore lifted., Cyl 4 - Lifed a little, Cyl 1 - Lifted a little. I decided to go ahead and try running the engine for 5 minutes at 3500 RPM as per SI.
The 3rd run up went ok. I warmed the engine up again, not really knowing what oil temp was since X'ed out, but figured it had to be high enough after running it for several minutes. I increase RPM to 3500 for 5 minutes. I noticed on the carbmate that it was in sync even at the finest setting, but when I lowered the RPM again to 2200 it showed a little off. I will fine tune this at a later date. I checked the lifters again and still showed soft lifters on all cylinders. I may need to go through the purge process again.
A few screen
Time: 4.75 hrs
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| Canopy Plastic removed |
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| Lifters Cyl #1 |
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| Aft lifter Cylinder #1 |
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| Fore lifter cylinder #3 |
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| Carb sync at 3500 RPM |
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| Carb sync at 2200 RPM (sorry for blurriness) |
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| Carb sync at 2200 RPM, finer setting (again sorry for blurriness) |
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| No oil temp, Fuel PSI low |
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| No Oil temp |
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