Thursday August 7, 2025
Filled Brakes, Trimmed Fuel Vent Washers
(0.5 Hours Center Fuselage, 1.0 Hours Landing Gear)
1.5 Hours Total

Today I constructed a brake bleeder out of a cheap pressure sprayer from HD and some plastic tubing.

I connected the plastic tubing to the sprayer's tubing and secured it with some safety wire.

Then the tubing fit over the nub on the brakes and I used more safety wire to secure them. I filled both sides all the way up to the reservoir. No leaks and the brake pedals feel appropriately stiff.

Then I trimmed these aluminum washers on both sides under the nuts on the fuel vent lines because they were sticking out too far and interfering with the wing root fairings.

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