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Well I haven't been making much progress, but tonight I got around to working
on the final flaring of the fuel lines. This is kind of a pain since once the flaring
is done, these lines are trapped by the brackets they pass through. I almost forgot
to put the bracket on before doing this flare, but felt pretty proud of myself for
remembering and not screwing this up.
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...that is until I realized I hadn't installed the bushing. Arggghhhhh! Time to bend
a replacement line. Brain...not...functioning...
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After bending up a new line, I had the tee installed and was able to see where to cut
the 1/4 inch purge line.
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Some time later, it was cut and flared as well.
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The line leading to the bottom of the swivel tee runs to the fuel filter. Unfortunately,
the one I had previously bent interfered with the line running in from the right tank to
the Andair fuel selector valve, so I had to modify the design slightly and fabricate a
replacement. Next, it was on to cutting and flaring the lines that lead from the left
tank to the fuel selector valve. There will be a union installed between the two brackets.
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Well, ya might not think it possible that I could make the same boneheaded mistake of flaring
before installing the hardware, but you'd be wrong. I'm fully capable of such a thing and here
is the proof. Grrr. Another line in the scrap pile.
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Well I bent up a replacement and the dang thing is 1/8 too short.
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...so I bent up another one...this time I extended it by 1/8 inch. Guess what? Yes, that's
right...it's 1/8 inch too long. All I've gotta say is WTF?!?!
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I was able to make it work, however, by tweaking a couple of the bends. So in summary, I worked
all day to accomplish a grand total of (drum roll, please) FIVE flares. Sigh. It's looking more
and more like it's gonna be a challenge to finish this project before I die of old age.
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