I decided to go ahead and replace the Van's static ports (blind rivet with the mandrel driven out and a piece of tubing slid over the body of the rivet. Then a lot of sealant to help it hold together.

First I had to drill out the rivet and then reach in and cut the sealant loose. That was pretty easy. Then I had to enlarge the rivet hole to 1/4" to fit the showplaces.com static port and .030" spacer. The difficult part was keeping the port from rotating when I was torquing the nut. I thought I would try to run some of the tubing and tie it loosely in place by reaching in through small holes. It turned out to be a lot easier to place some foam blocks on the bottom of the fuselage to spread out my weight and keep sharp edges from poking me and then just climb in. It looks more uncomfortable than it was. I did scrape my head getting in and out. While I was in there I decided to clean everything up with a vacuum places in the baggage compartment or on a table next to the fuselage. I wish I had done this a long time ago instead of worrying about it so much.

I had to move the FlyLEDs strobe control board to install the crotch strap mounting bracket. So today I found a new location for it and installed the standoffs and PCB assembly. There is greater than 0.10 inches of clearance between the bottom of the parts on the board and the closest section of the seat rib.