Tonight I switched out two engine case bolts for longer versions. These are specific bolts, ordered from Lycoming, and are 1/8 longer than the originals. The Vans plans have you place a washer and a cushion clamp on these bolts (one on each side), and there aren’t enough threads showing if you use the original bolts. The clamps hold the starter lead on the left, and the alternator power wire on the right.
Replacing the bolts was fairly easy. The cushion clamps always a pain, but I was able to get enough fingers in there to make it work. The nuts are torqued to 96 inch pounds per Lycoming.
