Firewall done!

February 26, 2014 – Didn’t think I’d get to finish this week, but I squeezed in an hour or so of work today and got the firewall done.

I started out by shooting the right side of the firewall, because I’m right-handed and more comfortable with the gun in that hand. Got all of that side done, then moved on to the other side.

Then my lovely bride LJ came out and we shot some more rivets.

We’ve started to do some remodeling in the house, so that has taken a lot of time over the last 2 weeks. We reached a stopping point this afternoon, so I decided to try to get out and maybe finish the firewall. I figured out how to stand the firewall up so I could get good access, and got everything shot.

Here are some of the details:

Fuel pump doubler. The nutplates and shop heads are on the forward side of the firewall.:

Brake doubler:

Firewall aft (cockpit) side:

Firewall forward side:

The firewall recess stays off for access behind the panel, etc.

Now things get really interesting…

Time: 4:25