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Cockpit Upholstery & Underseat Cover Plate

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Cockpit Upholstery & Underseat Cover Plate

TLDR

  • Installed the pilot side underseat cover plate
  • Installed side panels
  • Secured the throttle quadrant to the fuel selector

Details

I’ve been putting off a few engine- and avionics-related tasks — mainly testing fuel flow and making the first engine start.

I decided to take on something lighter today, so I kept working on the upholstery after finishing the pilot side underseat cover plate installation.

Upholstery

By lunchtime, I had fully installed the front side panels. I also installed the pockets on the side panel next to the dashboard.

When installing the side panels, many of the holes didn’t line up with the rivnuts for some reason. Maybe I did the initial fitting before the dashboard was installed. There’s now significant interference between the dashboard rack and the top of the leather panel — I actually had to trim about 1 inch off the leather right below the instrument dashboard.

Throttle Quadrant

First I had to drill holes in the fuel selector for the rivnuts that secure the throttle quadrant.

After that, I slightly enlarged the screw holes on the throttle quadrant for a better fit. The screws then went in pretty easily.

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