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Fuselage April 2008 Updates April 16, 2008 New Exhaust and Static Plumbing.... - 3.0 hrs When I got home from work the new Vetterman Exhaust had arrived. Man is this a thing of beauty. It looks like a piece of jewelry. I love stainless welds. Only problem is they forgot to include the install kit. No hanging brackets. Anyway first I starting plumbing up the static ports on the instruments. Got that done and pulled the bird out in front of the hangar. Did a quick cleanup with the vacuum. Powered up the panel and took a few pics to show how well it shows up in the sunlight. Then I as the sun went down to see how things adjust for night vision. A 172 landed and I made a radio call to check the SL-30 Comm since I had not checked it since the final install. The guys said it sounded GREAT! Next I started fitting up the exhaust on the #2 and #4 cylinders per Larry's instructions. He made a not that says the quick drain oil fitting will be in the way of #4 pipe. You can see from the pic it will hit so I will remove that plug in the side and install it there. I need to wait until the hangar kit comes anyway so I will move that next time. 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.