This has not been the most productive month. I spent a week in Vancouver, and "wasted" way too much time just enjoying the spring weather.

The Light Speed electronic ignition system uses two ignition coils, each firing two spark plugs. The system comes with a light weight aluminum coil bracket which is intended to be bolted on top of the engine using one of the bolts that hold the case halves together. The supplied bracket probably works very well on a carbureted engine, but I found that the coils, or the bracket, would interfere with the fuel injection lines on top of the engine. I couldn't move the coils aft, as there was no more room before hitting the rear baffle wall.

I made a taller bracket (pictured), but there really wasn't enough clearance between one of the spark plugs wires exiting the coil and one of the tiny fuel injection lines. This looked like trouble in the making, so I made an even taller bracket, to increase the clearance. I discovered that while I now maybe had enough clearance to the fuel injection line, the coils hit the aluminum plenum cover. Arrgh.

I decided to move the coils aft, on a bracket attached to the engine mount. I made a bracket, then discovered that while most of the engine mount tubes are 3/4" diameter, the one I wanted to use was 7/8" diameter, and that meant that this beautiful bracket wouldn't work. So, I made yet another bracket, and this one looks like a winner. I will need to purchase longer ignition wires though.

This week I made a concerted effort to attack the smaller items on the To Do list. Not too long ago that list was about a page and a half long, but now it is almost down to one page. I had hoped to have it done to less than a page by tonight, but Terry discovered that we had a minor flood in the basement from a leaking hot water tank. I shutdown the tank, drained it, and mopped up the water. Tomorrow I hope to have the tank replaced. Cold shower tomorrow morning. Ugh.