Tonight I installed the two heat vent cockpit controls. These are push/pull controls that are mounted on the instrument panel and open the heat vents, one pilot side, and one passenger side.
No real challenges installing these controls. I was careful to ensure I had a 1/16 cushion gap when the vents are fully closed. This will be more critical on the other controls, but it was good practice.
In the process of reading through the plans I made a couple of realizations. One is that I have the wrong version of the control mounting bracket. The version I have is labeled as the updated part number with a -1 at the end, but it’s actually the old version. I emailed Vans to confirm, hopefully I can get a new one quickly. I could just make a new one, but locating the holes would be time consuming. Unfortunately I’m blocked on the rest of the control cable install steps until I have that bracket in-hand.
The other realization is that my panel wiring harnesses are going to be interfering with the control cables. I can probably make it work, but will need to look out for chaffing problems in places where the wiring bundles and control cables are touching.
