Stepfan King and his friend Jessie who is an A&P from Tampa assisted me in transporting the engine from the hangar of Peter Burris-Meyer and Bill Davis at the Central Florida airport to my garage in Orlando and mounting the engine.
Although some people report that it takes only an hour to mount the engine, it took us quite a bit longer. In the end, the engine is mounted properly with no issues. The bolts that secure the engine to the mount are torqued to the specified 450-500 inch pounds, which works out to 37.5 to 41.66 foot pounds.
I did not drill holes in the firewall for throttle and mixture cables. That area is easy to acess with the engine on and it should be no problem to drill them after I have installed the fuel injection servo and determined that locations specified by Vans and marked on the firewall are correct for my application.
I used aerosol fog from a can to lubricate and preserve the engine by spraying a 10 second shot in each of the 4 cylinders through the top spark plug holes. I installed moisture absorbing plugs in each of the cylinders.
I was relieved to see that the fuel injector servo seems to have the correct orientation of the mixture and throttle cables, assuming that it mounts in the orientation that it seems to. I have not yet put it on. I did locate the gasket for it but will need to get some gasket dressing. Pete Burris Meyer recommends a spray from permatex. He recommends against rtv.
I spent some time examining the engine to educate myself on the various plumbing requirements and made notes on the connections on the fuel and oil accessories based upon what Stepfan and Jessie explained to me about the connections that need to be made.
