Finished baggage panels, started cabin covers
I started out the evening by installing the seat belt cable wear blocks on to the baggage panels. The notch didn't appear to be big enough for the cable to pass through, so I made it a bit longer.

Notch before enlarging.

I started to think about mounting the gear leg attachments but decided against it for now. I think I want to tackle the fuel line routing before I attach things, hoping to do it all at once.

So I moved on to the forward cabin covers. I dug out all the 982 cover related parts. Drilled the holes in the 982E access plate for the throttle/mixture/carb heat cables. Drilled the 982D heat baffle to the 982C cabin cover. Did some dimpling and some priming of the parts... about as far as I got.

982E Cover

982C Center cabin cover.

I noted earlier (and to Paul) that I installed the 972B-L/R floor stiffeners backwards. Instead of facing out, mine are facing in. I thought this worked to my advantage because it allowed one of the arms in the gear leg attach bracket to not interfere. Now it has come back to nibble on me. Thee 782A cover plates cover the center section and have a notch cut out for the floor stiffener. Since mine are on wrong, the plate doesn't fit. Not a big deal, as I'll just cut a new notch to fit around the floor stiffener. Oh well.. :-)

(Time: 2.5 hrs)
- posted by Matthew @ 8:42 AM