A week later and there's still no indication Van's is sending out my order that included four one-lug platenutes (they really have never really recovered from the disastrous problems of last year) and I need them to continue with the end of the avionics installation, so I ordered them from Aircraft Spruce, which I should have done in the first place.

In the meantime, the long #1 screwdriver showed up so I finished tightening the backplates on the transponder shell. But I can do no more for the moment.

So I did a little more on the AOA installation and decided to just route the tubing along the J channel to the second root rib and squirted RTV in a couple of rib passthroughs to prevent too much chafing. I still don't know if I'll be able to fly this plane but there's no way I'm going to fly it enough for it to be a problem for me. Someone else? I doubt it.

But I can't find any of the rest of the installation kit which includes the drill template for the ribs. Where that's disappeared to I have no idea. I ordered a couple of the items from Van's because I can't help wasting my time.

So now I'm turning my attention to FINALLY getting the two wing wiring connectors replaced. I have a bunch of keys to try to remove those pins but none seem to be working. So I'm going to study how those pins are inserted to see if I can figure it out.

So in other words, I didn't get squat done today.