10-03 04  .5 hours  /  32.7 total

Installed the new rudder and left aileron.  Also fought the leaking oil fitting at the front of the oil cooler.  I tried using a seal on it, but that didn’t work.  I ended up taking the hose off, and inspecting the sealing surface.  It seems the Earl’s (POS) 45 degree adapter that I used to measure oil pressure was poorly made.  It had a ridge on the sealing surface, and pressed that into the soft aluminum bung on the cooler.  I spent some time with fine emery cloth and Scotchbrite polishing both surfaces.  Once that was done, I put on a new seal, and tightened it up.  No leaks! 

I took the plane up for a brief ride, and found there were no problems with the new control surfaces.  This was the first flight with the new intake inlet arrangement, but I forgot to even look at the MAP.  The plane climbed at 6000 rpm at 100 mph, and something like 2400 fpm on the VSI.  I only climbed to about 2000 ft, so it wasn’t much of a test.  Unfortunately, the oil temp was 205 by the time I got there, so I have little reason to believe that thinner oil is going to make enough of a difference to keep me from having to make some other change to the oil cooling arrangement.  I think water is still OK, but no changes will be made until I can do some real testing.  All I really wanted to do was make a quick local flight over my neighborhood today.  Sure are a lot of blue tarps on roofs.  Actual testing can continue now, with 7.3 more hours to go on the restriction time.