Gidday,
I have my instrument panel such that it sits on small rubber mounts, the type
that
is a 1/2 wide rubber mount with a flat washer either side, which have centrally
located threaded 1/4 shanks out each side. These ones are pretty hard though,
hard to tell if they would do much. With these in place my panel will be
suspended on them, and sit somewhat on a small soft rubber pad on top of my
tunnel.
I am wondering if I should be bothered, whether I should ditch this idea
and mount the panel to the firewall directly like I believe the instructions
dictate. Im keen on knowing what people think of attempts to isolate the high
frequency vibration, whether it's worth the effort. I am going to have an
electronic
panel as best as I can, and my sub panels screw straight onto lugs on
my panel carcass. Ive also been advised to cut the lip off the top of the panel
which I have addressed by building an inverted, internal flange, so I can do
this, but other than weight saving Im wondering if that is a common thing to
do. It wouldnt hurt to put my panel forward an extra 1/2 but its not an
imperative,
and I do already have the mounts attached to the firewall, albeit with nylocs
on the engine side, to be changed for conventional nuts before I go too
far and forget.
Any tips gratefully accepted.
Regards
Tony Renshaw
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