More fuel lines today. I test-fit a pre-fabricated fuel hose that I'd purchased long ago. The 90-degree fitting fit the bottom of the fuel filter and the holes in the gear tower just fine, but the hose ended up being 1" too long. I guess I mis-measured. One inch might as well be a mile, and there's no way to use it. I'll probably revert to fabricating a conventional aluminum line rather than buying an expensive, new hose.
I decided to tackle what I thought was going to be a tough job -- fabricating the fuel line from the left wing tank to the fuel selector. I thought it would be difficult because it had to make a very close-tolerance set of bends in order to clear the valve, the floor, and the Grand Rapids EIS unit that will occupy the normal fuel selector position. It turned out to be a lot easier that I thought, and I was pretty pleased with the result.
Pre-fab fuel hose looks great, but it won't work.
Grand Rapids EIS unit.
You can see how close the bend in the fuel line is to the EIS. It actually clears by more than 1/2".
