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Fuselage April 2008 Updates April 6, 2008 Taking off the Ryton Sump.... - 2.0 hrs I couldn't talk Derek into coming to the hangar today so I just worked for little bit taking stuff off to make the sump switch. I started by taking a close up pic of the fuel injector for when I do the AD on the gasket replacement. I got an email from Alan from Precision that he was going to put a gasket in the mail to me before he left Friday for Sun-n-Fun. I also got the exhaust sent off to Vetterman on Friday. Next I removed the intake pipes from the sump. I took some pics from the bottom with everything clear and open. Next I reinstalled the hose clamps on the new intake pipes with the new rubber hoses. Last I drained out the storage oil. There was not that much in there to drain. This stuff is a really sticky type of oil more like an STP. Very think and sticky. I used tiewraps on the FI to keep the spacer adapter in place. Tomorrow after work I will drop the sump and install the new one. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.