Gearbox installation

Thank you Garrett. I had just found it and am in the process of aligning the crank.

Alan, make sure your torque wrench works counter clock wise before torquing the crankshaft nut.

Okay. It's done! YouTube showed me the plug to remove to access the crankshaft lock port and everything proceeded easily from there. Thank all y'all for your help! I changed the oil and disassembled and flushed the oil filter and saw no metallic debris. First test flight will be early next week.

Alan

The first test flight discovered a whining noise but no vibration. After talking to Lockwood Tech Support and being told that the noise was likely just slightly overtightened assemblies and that more flight time should cause the whining to fade, I flew another hour. Sure enough, the whining sounds significantly less, almost unnoticeable. Yeeehaaa!

In case you're wondering, the second test flight ended with the pool of gasoline under the engine that resulted from the displaced float guide pin.

Interesting event coincidence, but all is now good.

Alan