Working through all these little "someday" items is enjoyable because the long list of stuff to do in the back of my mind is getting smaller. For the 100hr engine maintenance, all fuel filters had to be replaced. The one on the firewall wasn't too fun, but also won't need changing again for another 200 hrs. :) The filters before the pumps exposed some other concerns that I'm glad I found. When running Pump #2, I noticed it was leaking on the outlet and making a nice little 100LL puddle. Maybe this is where the smell of fuel was coming from :) I found that the crush washers on the pump needed to be replaced and everything needed to be tightened up. Swapping out the prefilters was also a shocker. When I pulled the filters, they had a bit of fuel left in them which spilled out onto the floor revealing how much CRAP was inside of them. Boy I'm glad I'm the type to follow the maintenance schedule. All new filters were now in, and the leak was fixed. :) Having some time left over, I decided to install a small brass nipple just aft of the engine intake scoop. This will be attached to a small 1/8" hose that will route to the ECU where there is a nipple meant for reading the baro pressure. This is how the ecu determines Fuel/air mixture and most people leave this nipple open to the air. HOWEVER, since I'm flying over 200mph with ram air, apparently I have to connect the ecu this way in order to get accurate MAP data to it. Kinda ghetto if you ask me as I think UL Power should have already solved this issue for us fast flyers. Oh well..
