Well you JUST missed it. Yesterday I finished putting the access panel and trans cover back in place, now sleeping under the carpet until next time. With my luck, that would be sometime this winter, again.
Now here's a pic with the trans tunnel out that may help. Notice the floor, of an ERA, is aluminum, not glass. The "fire wall" directly BEHIND the seats is also alloy about half way down and glass at the top. The access panel is simply a section that is cut out of that alloy at the end of the trans glass trans tunnel. A new cover, slightly larger than the hole in the rear panel, is screwed into place over the hole. The rear of the trans tunnel cover then screws into that rear cover. To access you still have to remove the seats and the rear panel carpet. Unscrew all the cover screws AND the four screws that also go into the rear of the trans tunnel cover. Pull the thin sheet metal panel straight up and out. Voila!!! Easy access to bleed the rear brakes, replace the pads and see that the emergency brake setup is STILL a complete unaccessable nightmare!
