Saturday, May 2, 2026

Oil Shutter Control Cable

I had always figured I'd be drilling another hole through the firewall for the oil cooler shutter cable.  After a lot of contortions trying to figure out how to route the cable without interfering with anything else, the obvious solution hit me - just route it through the existing penetration on the right side firewall where all of the wires go through.  I clamped the cable to the right rib and wrapped the portion in the firewall passthrough with spiral wrap and silicone tape to keep it from chaffing wires.

I put an adel clamp on the baffle as well as the engine mount.


I still don't love that the push/pull direction is the opposite of what it would ideally be (push to close, pull to open - I'd prefer it to be push to open since that's where it will be 90% of the time), but reversing it would have been a real pain.  I'll get over it.  I'll have to figure out how to change the label on the panel without causing too much damage though.