There’s more…

Late yesterday afternoon, before I tackled the undercarriage link refit that I wrote about below, I fitted the electric starter to the engine. Mark had removed it because originally he was looking to sell it separately, but I bought it as part of the total package because I need the whole engine with its ancillaries.

The engine has the carbs and exhaust manifold already fitted so it weighs a goodly amount but not too much to lift. So I moved it to where I could do the job and then carried it back into my garage afterwards.

I first noticed yesterday evening that I was feeling a bit stiff but this morning I could hardly move because obviously I’ve managed to pull a muscle in my back. Just my luck! The weather forecast for today (Saturday) and tomorrow is perfect for me to get lots done on MYRO and that’s what I’d hoped to do. But in fact, today I’ve been able to do almost nothing at all. OK, not quite nothing – because I couldn’t do any physical work I thought it would be a good idea to nip down and take a look at MZEL to check that I’ve refitted MYRO’s pod correctly. Let’s face it, if I installed MYRO’s instrument panel together with all the instruments and electrics and then had to take them all out again, that would give me a really bad day, so it was well worth doing 😕

All looks deceptively simple under there doesn’t it? I could hardly stand up again after taking the pic but in fact all was well and it also gave me a chance to talk microlights for an hour or so down at the strip, which was nice. I just hope that my back isn’t as painful tomorrow and that I can get a few things done. I have in mind a little bit of light painting to finish off the tubes 🙂