Remade / modified the forward portion of the #2 cyl baffle. (Twice, I bent it the wrong way the 1st time!) The problem is that the Van's bracket is .032" and is stiffened by a boxlike structure that provides some ridgity to the piece. The Prop control mounting bracket gets mounted to this piece, and with it being too flexible, I was concerned about unwanted variations in the prop pitch with flexing of this piece. With the plenum there is no place to fasten / stiffen the forward portion. So I decided to remake the forward portion from some .090" 2024 that I had. .062" woulld have probably worked, but I wanted it to be as stiff as possible. It was 'fun' getting the .090 to bend to the 30 degree angle required ! Once done, I matchdrilled it to the cross piece, then cutoff the front of the .032" and sandwiched it in between the cross piece and the .090" I cut the saftery wires and loosened (not removed) the screws on the face of the prop governor which allowed me to reposition the governor arm forward instead of aft. Tightened and re-safetied the screws, and then determined the position for the prop control bracket. Marked that, cut out the sides of the bracket (to allow screwdriver to access mounting screws on side of engine case, and wrench to tighten stop nuts). Then riveted everything together and mounted it all on the engine. Looks like eeverything is aligned and there is NO movement/flex of the prop mont as the control is exercised.
Fwd portion of #2 cyl fabbed from .090"
Complete #2 Baffle assembly
#2 baffle mounted to engine w/ prop control in place
