Rob & Bob,
Thanks for your replies. Very helpful. For all others - if you haven't visited
Tony's web site, www.kaon.co.nz/europa/index.html ,suggest doing so.
Been there before, but somehow this time the detail and organization and
pictures just struck me as being really well done.
Cleve
>
> Aircraft Spruce offers some hardware for this; see their P/Ns 05-16250,
> 05-16252 and 05-16253. I used their Cable Safe II which is a split
> fitting that allows it to be used with the choke and throttle cable
> assemblies for the 914. Unfortunately the Adapter P/N 05-16251
that makes
> it possible to use with 3/16 inch diameter cables is NOT split so I had to
> use that handy Dremel to cut the adapters in half (longitudinally).
>
> These fittings are aluminum but much better than rubber grommets for a
> firewall pass through.
>
> When I sought factory assistance, Neville suggested that instead of
> penetrating the SS firewall I should route the cables over the landing
> gear/engine mount frame and then use lots of RTV to seal the gap. Since I
> would have had to remove so much of the phenolic (or whatever it is)
> firewall to make this work I decided to use the aluminum Cable Safe method
> instead.
>
> The @#$%
* SS firewall is one of those problem areas where it seems that
> everything interferes with everything else. I strongly recommend you check
> out Tony Krzyzewski's web site at <a
href="http://mail.cswebmail.com//jump/http://www.kaon.co.nz/europa/index.html";>http://www.kaon.co.nz/europa/index.html
so
> you can benefit from his experience. I have found that just about every
> factory induced problem (and not just with the @#$%
* SS firewall) that I
> had was already experienced by Tony. Unfortunately I sometimes discovered
> his solution only after independently doing the same thing.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob Housman
> A070
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of clevelee@cswebmail.com
> Subject: Going through the stainless portions of the
> firewall
>
> Collective wisdom -
>
> I have not yet purchased the manual for the engine installation (doing the
> Jabiru 3300). My question deals with the best way to handle running fuel
> lines,
> cables and wiring through the Stainless Steel portions of the firewall.
>
> As an example, the rudder cables go through a slot in the SS portion of the
> firewall. The rudder cable slots are fairly large (allowing for the
> nicopress
> sleeve and tails on the thimbles) Are these 'gaping holes' acceptable?
>
> Which of the SS panels are people running their cables and fuel lines
> through?
> Are regular rubber grommets oK in metal that could reach fairly high
> temperatures in the event of an engine fire?
>
> Cleve Lee
> A198 Mono XS Jabiru 3300
> Detroit, MI
>
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