Also did some work with the engine cowls. The co pilot cowl had the pivot frame/hinge wired up. Had no idea why until I messed with the pilot side cowl. The rod thet the cowl slides outward on and pivots up into the lock position was missing.
I made a new rod. Since we have nothing to glue aluminum together with, I opted for a tap and bolt together deal. Th aluminum tube was something we had over in the metal storage rack that was, well EXACTLY as the pilots side example! The ID of the tube was too big for 3/8 inch and too small for 7/16 thread but perfect for 10mm/1.5 threads!
I fabbed up the tab for the shaft lock, so it won't slide out and it fits perfectly.
The next issue was the rollers for the slide out/pivot frame. Don't get it. The co pilots side was wired up out of the dirt and rain and are/were stuck solid. The rollers on the pilots side were in the track, in the mud and roll like new. Go figure! After using a bit of heat and a large amount of rust getter, the assembly finally came out.
I tried everything I knew, but the little bastages would not break free. Finally thought, "they were put together, somehow, they can come apart, somehow". I could see that there was a plate/washer on the back of the roller. The fastener fit giid into an 1/8 pipe nipple, resting on the plate, but not the roller. Chucked the pipe in a vice, dropped the roller into the pipe, got the micro torch out and gave it a bit of heat and panther pee pee then proceeded to tappy tap tap on the outer ring, and suddenly, things broke loose!
Those are the SMALLEST rollers I have ever seen! No kidding, MAYBE 3/16 inch long and thinner than a stainless TIG rod. Got the inner race, which is the attaching capscrew and the outer race/roller cleaned up. Cleaned the tiny rollers up as best as I could, re assembled and it turned, but was still a little crunchy. I knew it just needed some exercise, so, I chucked the fastener end up in the cordless, used pliers to hold the roller, and put some miles on it!. Flushed it a couple of times, the grease and oil came out black but cleared up to a nice oil color. Now they are soaking in fogging oil until I go back in 2 weeks.
By then I should have the carb kit for the AFKX!
First pic is a good one and how it is mounted on the cowl frame.