Xpress H18 Wire access area

[Chelsea FC]

Hello, I have a 2012 H18 and I am trying to run a new transducer cable and some other things. I have seen other Xpress boats where this entire side panel comes off for easy cable access.

I have removed all of the screws on the top, removed the panel for the shifter, and removed 4 screws that connect the cockpit to the side panel. The entire thing seems to be one piece, I can go to the front and back and lift it and it seems ready to lift up but the main wire harness/steering cables are blocking this. What am I missing here? It seems like it should just have a notch in it to slide down over the main wires so that the whole thing could lift off, but I can't get it

any help!?

[ddement]

It does not have a notch. It has a hole drilled in it that the wires and cables are ran through.

[Chelsea FC]

Correct, so how do you actually remove the whole thing to get access to the wires that are in front of the steering wheel ?

I have seen other Xpress boats where this entire thing comes off

[tyandle]

I just done a 2001 x-21 an I removed the all the dash an gauges to access. Now I rewired the entire boat but I do know that you can access from the rear an front boxes to pull the cables through text me an I can send some pics

[ddement]

Correct, so how do you actually remove the whole thing to get access to the wires that are in front of the steering wheel ?

I have seen other Xpress boats where this entire thing comes off

You have to unhook all the wires and steering and pull them back through. Mine also had a screw or two on the very bottom edge but I don't know if they were original. You can unbolt the console from the floor and move it all over 6"s or so without unhooking everything.

[ddement]

It's a pain in the rear the way they made it.

[Chelsea FC]

I was looking at the screws for console and thinking surely I don't have to take these off and move console just to access this side panel