Originally Posted by Waveski
In my opening line I said ”Almost”. The almost part is I still need to come up with with a good way to release the 2 spring steel hold downs. I can get the aft one with a screw driver style pry bar , but the angle of attack to the forward one doesn’t allow that. I’ll need to fabricate a special good , which is doable.

I second the 'nice job' on this project. A clean simple solution.

I had a similar problem with mine, and found that a regular brake adjustment tool works perfectly to release the hold downs. It has a nearly 90 degree bend on one end and that allows me to remove and install the hold downs.

Mark