Started three related projects:
* Remove old ELT and bracket. The antenna came off easily enough inside the baggage compartment, but taking off the ELT mounting bracket from the aft side panel required removing that panel, which required removing the front panel and some of the baggage floor and the bottom baggage bulkhead. All that can wait till annual when the baggage bulkhead comes off anyway.
* Thought about drilling out the -9A boarding steps but that would require that same panel to be removed, as well as its twin on the other side. Still looking for a chrome plating shop.
* The ELT is programmed to accept Garmin 9600 baud aviation format which is available from the GTN but not the G3X Touch, where it's connected now. When the vendor opens shop in a few hours, I'll call and ask how to reprogram the ELT to 4800 baud NMEA, which the G3X can output. Why not connect it to the GTN? Getting access to the connector basically means removing the entire center radio stack, including the trays.
So after taking out a half dozen screws (and stripping one), I put things back together and called it a day. Besides, not a flyable day.