I went down in the basement thinking I would install the last rib on the left tank before I realized that I had yet to install the fuel tank vent line. Since I installed the fuel filler tab on the wrong side of the filler flange, I knew that I would have to bend the vent line around the flange instead of it being a fairly straight shot from the rib hole to the tab. The only problem is that I should have installed and bent the vent line before I installed the last outboard rib. Thankfully, the vent line is easy to bend by hand without kinking. It was a sort of a fiddle, but I was able to snake the line in and bend it in the last (outboard) bay before bending the tab to fasten it to the fuel filler flange. I then cut the vent line a little long at the other end. I will have to trim it to final length and then flare it before I can install the last (inboard) rib. I e-mailed Jamie Painter (a 7A builder in our chapter) to see if he still has the EAA chapter 690 flaring tool.
Vent line bent around the fuel filler flange
Other end of the fuel vent line, waiting for a trim and flare
