Transponder mounting plate in progress.
Transponder tray attached to the mounting plate.
Transponder tray and mounting plate clamped in place for drilling.
Transponder and backplate attached to the mounting tray and clecoed in place.
Left-side wiring has now been largely cleaned up. The white wire bundle still dangling to the left is Stein’s main buss – I’ll attach it to the forward face of the sub-panel next week once I receive the ANL fuses, etc. required for my dual-alternator configuration. The output wire from the shunt will run to the buss bar’s open post and it’ll just be easier to attach before installing it up on the sub-panel.
The white wire trailing to the right is the OAT probe which will have to be brought down behind the breaker panel and through the central tunnel until exiting the left side of the airplane with the main harness and making its way to the first inspection panel in the left wing. I hope the probe wiring is long enough…
Next up will be pulling the breaker panel, trimming the edges of the support bracket to clear the breaker buss bar hardware on the backside of the panel, and applying some adhesive rubber insulation to the inside of the bracket. Once that’s done, the breaker panel will be reinstalled and the Left & Right main harnesses will be zip-tied up out of the way along with the long breaker pigtail.
Then, onto the right side dangling bits. I’m leaving next Friday for the F1 race in Austin, so Thursday is my deadline to get all of this done. We’ll see how I do…
