Lately, most of my free time has been taken up by house chores and other pursuits, leaving little time for the airplane. Today I did manage to redo the fuel plumbing that I'd previously discovered was interfering with the center tunnel runs.
I replaced the straight bulkhead fittings with 45-degree ones:
A view of the new plumbing run on the left side:
Right side:
There's sufficient clearance between the wiring and plumbing now:
Here's what it looks like from the aft side, once the fuel pump/valve/filter assembly is removed from the airplane. Lots of intertwined pipes here and not much room to fit them.
After changing the angle of the banjo fittings on the fuel selector valve, I tightened and safety-wired the nuts:
This is a common sight when you're working with rigid tubing. Cut a line too short, or overbent it, or kinked it, or scratched it? Toss it and start over. My recycle bin has plenty of 3003 aluminum in it this week.
