Dec 5 2003 - The prop governor arrived from Whirlwind, so I mounted it up and ran the cable as well.

Ignoring drawing 21 for cable placement, here is a good location for the prop cable if you are using the Jihostroj governor and Vans VA-183 cable bracket. I can only guess that the McCauley bracket is very different since I can't imagine the cable location on Dwg 21 working with this bracket. Inside, the feedthru plate rests just below the horizontal stiffener.

Here is another view of the routed cable. This is the 48" cable as called for and the fit is excellent. There is quite a bit of room between the brake fluid reservoir and the cable. I'm probably going to abandon the reservoir and use the cylinder mounted versions instead. Nonetheless, this is a good reference for the feedthru placement.

Dec 6 2003 - I continued with the control cables. All three have been routed.

Here is a shot of the firewall feedthrus. I did not follow the plan location for the mixture cable. It is the lower left cable and runs right to the bracket with little bending.

The throttle cable bracket is complete. I fabbed the cable angle and then trimmed the AFP supplied anodized brackets to remove the extra material.

Here is the mixture bracket. The cable is not installed because I ordered the 60" mixture cable as suggested. Turns out this cable needs to be a 48" cable to fit well. If you have a vertical sump AFP injection system with the Jihostroj governor, here are the lengths:

Governor Cable - 48"
Throttle Cable - 60"
Mixture Cable - 48"

Dec 9 2003 - The shorter mixture cable arrived from Vans. The fit is good and all three cables are now installed and connected. Like many others, my prop control throw is insufficient for full travel, but setting it against the high RPM stop and getting whatever you get on the low RPM end is typical.

A shot of the interior cable routing. Plenty of clearance for the fresh air tubing.

Dec 12 2003 - I installed the sensor manifold after first installing the sensors and fitings. I placed a .062 spacer behind the manifold to keep the sensors from touching the firewall.

Evidently Vans no longer anodizes the manifold, it is now just bare aluminum.

Here is a wider view with the hose and wire routing. The hose going left is the oil pressure line. The center line going downward is the fuel pressure line. I also installed the fuel hoses from the firewall to the pump and from the pump to the servo.

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