After a week traveling overseas on business followed by a week at AirVenture 2016, I finally got back to the actual building process. During the off period I had ordered #2 Tefzel wire for three battery cables running from behind the baggage area to the firewall. Two were for hot leads for the dual battery, dual alternator configuration I am building and one for a solid ground lead. My concern before final riveting the left seat and baggage floors was being unable to pull the heavy/stiff wire through the already installed black plastic conduit (see previous posts on these). So after receiving the wire, a test pull was in order.
A cheap ($20) wire grip was purchased from Amazon for this test. Though inexpensive, this one has an end swivel to help guide the head assembly through the conduit. This picture shows beginning to thread the wire mesh from the grip onto the #2 Tefzel wire. Eventually about 2″ overlap was achieved.
No pictures are available from the test pull, but the Tefzel went through the conduit with no problems. Now having peace of mind about cable runs, I proceeded to use a pneumatic puller to set the rear floor and baggage compartment. Here all the central pop rivets are in place.
This view show all the edge rivets and nut plates squeezed along the main tunnel. The baggage frames and support angles are clecoed in place ready for Eric’s availability to drive while I buck. There some final adjustments to the baggage door itself I want to complete before final assembly of the frames.
The right side wire cover is also clecoed in place waiting for final installation. Next up on the to-do list is deburr and prep the tunnel covers.