| I began the installation of the seatbelts. The belts came with a bushing inserted in them from Hooker, However the bshing is the |
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| wrong size, so I foind some bushing material (alum rod) from the 'parts' and cut 8 of them, then cleaned them up w/ scotchbrite |
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| wheel, etc. I installed the rear shoulder harnesses 1st. Then installed the rear seat backs, and then the lap belts for the rear |
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| seats, fillowed by the rear seat bottoms. The belts are made so that the lap belt with the rotary clasp needs to be positioned on |
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| the right side. (It took me a time or two to figure this out) . After getting the rear seats and belts installed, I climbed in back and |
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| 'adjusted them so that they will fit me, I realize that might be a bit large for most folks, but its a place to start. The belts are a bit |
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| bulky, The shoulder pads are removable, we'll find out after flying if they stay or go. Before installing the front seat, I started to |
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| install the aftermarket under seat positioning lever I purchased from Greg Hale. BUT !!! I found 2 problems. 1. The instructions |
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| for where to drill the aft hole are not accurate, I'm going to have to put a doubler in the misdrilled hole and then redrill. 2. The |
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| underseat lever which attaches to the latch pin, has 1/4" holes drilled in the sides, BUT only a #6 clevis pin goes through the |
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| pin!!! Fortunately I found Jerry at his hangar and he's going to machine a couple of shoulder bushings out of nylon that should fix |
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| that problem. I trial fit the pilot seat and the overhead O@ console to see where to position the seatbelt hanger, and got that |
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