| When I measured and marked the subpanels for the instrument panel I obviously flubbed up on getting the 'level/water line' |
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| accurate for the co-pilot subpanel, In my exuberance to get the panel installed I didn't notice it initially, but over the months, it has |
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| grown to become a MAJOR irritant! Fixing it has been on my to-do list for some time and today it's priority rose to the top! The |
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| practical reason apart from the aesthetics is that the slip skid indicatior is off by more than 1/2 ball. So I leveled the plane using a |
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| level on the center spar. I double checked the Primary/pilot display and it's good. I removed the co-pilot EFIS, and then rigged up |
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| a level which would fit across the opening and marked 'level-lines' at three different places on the old subpanel. I used the old |
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| panel as a template for cutting the new panel from some .090' 2024 that I have. I cut it (outline) out using an electric |
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| grinder/cut-off wheel. Filed and trimed it to match the old one and then test fit it into the panel. Using all 3 of the level lines I |
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| marked the outline for the EFIS mounting box, I also raised it so that it would be at the same level as the pilot EFIS, cut it out, |
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| filed and trimed it to fit. Then drilled and countersunk#27 the holes to mount the panel, and remounted the panel and checked |
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| the level, Looks good. I drilled off the old mounting alum angle and then flush riveted them to the new panel, filed, sanded, |
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| primed , sanded tohide the rivets and then painted the new panel. I'll leave it under the halogen lights tonight to harden and then |
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