The easiest way I have found to install the wire is to push it in from the rear. It will probably hang up at the junction where it transitions from flex to solid under the fairing in front of the horizontal stab. You can take off the fairing and disconnect the fitting, push the wire through a bit and then reconnect the fitting. It will usually go pretty well until it hits the next transition back to flex. At that point disconnect the fitting and do the same thing and reconnect it. Lubricate the wire as it goes in and you might need to grip it with pliers or something. If you do tape up the pliers so it does not knick the wire.
Replacing the flex in the tail will required removal of the stabilizer. Kevin1 --- In [email protected], "pilotmac818" <pilotmac...@...> wrote: > > The new wire goes through the conduit in the fuselage just fine but gets > stuck in the conduit in the elevator (horizontal stabilizer). I think the > conduit might be twisted. I bought a new conduit from Skyport but I'm > chicken to remove the old one for fear that the new one won't go through > cleanly (there is no opening in the elevator to help guide it; by the way, > how do we check for corrosion when we can't see the inside of the elevator? A > subject for a separate note). I have some ideas of how to do this but I > would benefit greatly from hearing from someone who has actually done it. > > Mac McMahon > N94184 > VKX Friendly, MD >
