Yesterday, I got the center console top plate back from Midwest Panel Builders, who will powder coat and laser etch it for free when you get a panel from them. The console for the throttle quadrant looks GREAT so I was able to finish up that piece.

The fittings were hard to screw into place, so I am hoping that means they are pressure and leak resistant, not that I broke them by forcing them where they shouldn't go. The only real tough ones were on the parking brake valve. They went on OK on the piston.

The nuts and bolts were also a little bit of a challenge to put in since they were buried so deep in the handles, but I was lucky to have a socket that would fit them.

All the cotter pins are bent, the bolts are tightened and torque stripe is in place, and this is ready to go! Actually, I didn't put the Locktite on all the individual M4 screws because their heads tend to strip easily (to the point where I just went out and bought a lot more stainless steel M4 screws of different lengths), but if those screws somehow vibrate loose, I'll put some Loctite in then.