It's been a long time since I updated this thread. I did my first engine run on Tuesday! The picture isn't great, but that's all I have.
Now for the rest of the story. I ordered an E-Mag back in November and the it was on back order through the holidays. I didn't get the magneto until mid January.
Last Saturday I tried to start the engine for the first time and was unsuccessful. The screen on my G3X went blank and the ignition wasn't firing at all. I was pretty sure that my essential bus wasn't getting enough voltage during the start. To fix it I am temporarily using a small 12 volt sealed battery to power the essential bus during the start and it WORKS! I need to make it a permanent installation.
On Tuesday I did a 12 minute run and everything appeared to be working and indicating fine. I just chocked and ran it in place. There were only two small problems. The ammeter was reading backwards; that was a 10 minute fix to reverse the wires at the shunt. The second thing was a small fuel leak at the fuel filter, which I have repaired. There was a manufacturing defect, a little dent in the face where it seals. I took out the defect by refacing it on some crocus cloth.
Yesterday I did the second run with the goal of taxiing. Again, no problems. The braking, steering and breaking the tail wheel loose all worked great. I also conditioned the brakes.
Today I am planning on doing a third run to calibrate the magnetometer and check the fuel pressures on the fuel injection system. If everything is OK there is probably going to be a first flight on Saturday. Woo Hoo!