Finished installing the floor. Primed the inside section of the rudder, vertical stab, and around the light. Temporarily mounted the horizontal stab and the elevators to make sure they fit correctly. 

Added the oil drain and fuel strainer to the firewall. 

These little suckers are $27.50 a pair if you need to buy them. Good thing I didn’t need any. They keep the cables from rubbing on any metal.  You can see the cables running through them in the last photo. 

I found some original Stinson clamps for the heater hose. Yep, it doesn’t take much to excite me.  They work in certain places on the Stinson. The last photo shows the more modern clamps as they work better on flat surfaces. 

One step closer to fabric. Adding the last few cables to it so I can get it covered.  I’m finding there’s a LOT of stuff on a Stinson!

This shows the rudder trim cable attached to the rudder cable. 

This photos shows the other end of the rudder trim cable. 

The original CB panel had auto resetting circuit breakers. To facilitate the re-wiring process I made a temp panel for the newer CB’s so my wire length can be measured. 

Here’s the old and new panels. 

I tried to save the original cover but it is starting to crack.  I found an original new old stock one. 

While waiting on some hardware to finish the cable runs and other things, I started to see if I could polish the engine baffles. The first one seemed to go OK. Will work on the rest now. 

After some polishing

prior to polishing

during the process.

baffle seal is pretty much gone.