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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

FOD Damage

25 Feb 2008.
What a bad day. Took the Piaggio in for inspection and this is what they found. FOD damage. Something went through our left motor and damaged the compressor. As you can see from the initial pictures this engine has to be rebuilt.



Engine stripped and ready to be removed from plane.

Off plane and getting ready to be sent to the East coast for repair. This sucks. I'm glad it did'nt fall apart in the air.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Day 17 Project Iron Wolf Pt.2

Feb 9 2008.
After spending about three and a half hours grinding I came up with this little pile of hangers. One step closer to getting my four link put on. I think I just went over a hundred hours of work on this little project.

Missing one hanger from this pile. Front left is still on the frame. Grinding wheel is now too short or small to get in and grind out weld.

I have to find out if I need to relocate the bumpstops on the front. That is why they are still there.

Rear right front spring hanger gone and body mount remaining. I think IHONLYNORTH has a newer version and may change them out.

Aft left spring hanger gone.

Day 17 Project Iron Wolf Pt. 1

Feb 9 2008
Another great day here in St. George. The temp is 62 deg. The frame is rolled out and ready to meet Mr. grinder. Today Im getting the frame preped for a four link suspension system. Away goes the old leaf spring hangers. Once I get these hangers off I will be cleaning up the frame and laying some rust encapsulator down that got from Eastwood.

Fwd Right hanger.


Right side fwd hanger.

Throwing sparks. How fun is this.

Day 16 Project Iron Wolf Pt.2

Feb 8 2008

Couple views of the V345. What a pain in the butt it was finding a engine stand for this little jewel. Even my third try was a nogo. I had to get a mounting bracket made to accomodate the width of the block.

Little by little I'm getting it cleaned up.

As soon as I power wash it a few more times I will be removing the carb and intake manifold.

Get that old grime off. and put a fresh coat of paint on.

I will be changing out the cam, lifters, starter, alternator, intake and exhaust manifold with new stuff like ISKY cams, lifters, Hight output alternator, aluminum intake, Stans exhaust, and putting in a fuel injection system to make this baby really talk.

Day 16 Project Iron Wolf Pt.1

Feb 8 2008

Worked all day to get axles off.

Big pile of Dana 44's.

Front view of my frame. I made a dolly for the frame so I can move it around the garage.


The new motor mount that I got from IHONLYNORTH.


View from the rear.

Day 15 Project Iron Wolf

Feb 6 2008

I have Iron Wolf loaded up and ready to take it to the hanger for temporary storage.


Day 14 Project Iron Wolf

Feb 5 2008.

After the city of St. George gave me my citation, I had to move Iron Wolf into the garage. My wife was not happy.

Starting to pull the Engine so I can work on the frame and get it ready for paint.

Not very much room.


Ready to swing away.



Saturday, February 2, 2008

Journey to IHONLYNORTH

30 Jan 2008. I was in Sacramento getting our aircraft maintance done and realized that the guy in charge of IHONLYNORTH were not too far away. Took some time off from the airport and went up the hill to introduce myself and check out the shop.
Jeff and Chad in front of a customers binder.

Jeff's very nice Scout.

Another awesome Scout in front of the shop. Thanks for the visit. If you need some good parts this is a good place to go. www.ihonlynorth.com

Day 13 Project Iron Wolf continue

Still the 26 Jan 2008.
Starting the teardown of the king pen. Top cap off, spring and bushing exposed.

What a pain in the ass it was to get the lower pen out.

Lower pen out. It took me about two hours to get this little guy out.

With upper and lower king pens out the knuckle came right off. The next step is to knock out the bearing retainers, get the king pen rebuild kit, clean up the knuckle, paint it, and rebuild it.

Only thing left is to get the top top king pen off. Get the other side done. Remove the gears, finish cleaning up the axle, and get some paint on it.

Day 13 Project Iron Wolf

26 Jan 2008. Getting back to that Dana 60.
Well here is the 3" nut that gave me such hardache. After going to the parts store two times to get the right axle socket; I never got the right size. The largest they had was 2 15/16 and I needed a 3". Had to use a small chizzle and lightly rap on it to get it moving in the right direction.

With the nut off and all bearing out this baby slipped right off.


One more piece and then its time for the king pen.

Start tearing down the king pen and I should have the knuckle off.

It was nice to see I had 35 spine axles. I will be using these untill I break them.