Panel refit

[justinmg]

I am taking a couple of days off work to refit the old analog panel of our RV9 with a new modular panel & Enigma.
Do I have to rethread the throttle, mixture, carb heat and cab heat through the firewall? I have looked and cant see a simple way to remove them backward through the old panel.

Any other last minute tips for panel change overs?

[kentb]

The plans show the use of a bracket below the panel. I would just need to unscrew it.
If you mounted yours in the panel itself, I think that your will need to pull them all the way out.

Kent

[Ironflight]

Unless your's are mounted on a modular panel below the main panel, and you plan to re-use the lower panel, then yes, in my experience you'll have to pull them all the way out of the firewall. We just finished a panel change on Louise's airplane, and you can read about some of the trials and tribulations here:

http://http://www.vansairforce.com/c...ighlight=Mikey

We also captured some of the lessons learned here:

http://http://www.vansairforce.com/c...ighlight=Mikey

Enjoy!