May 20, 2007 - Fuel Lines

In an effort to figure out how to bend the fuel lines running from the wing tanks to the fuel selector valve, I searched the Vans Air Force forums and looked at a bunch of builder pages.  I wasn't having much luck but then one builder suggested breaking the line in half and joining them with a Union fitting.  Yeah, that works! 

I fashioned the portion of the line that runs from the fuel tank hrough the fuse side, then Z-bends alongside the main spar.  There it will union to a line running alongside the main spar to the fuel selector valve.   

The left side.
Right side.
I screwed in the blue aluminum fittings into the fuel selector valve for good, coating the threads with EZ-Turn. 
I painted the flap push-rods and canopy latch rod with the hammered Silver. 
 
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