Fitting the right tank fuel vent line - 2 hours

One of the things that I should have done before I disassembled the tanks was to fit up the fuel vent line. I was not keen on doing this part as in my mind it was going to be difficult. It actually went fairly well. I had re-cleco'd the tank back up.....again. Next I used my table to roll out the 1/4" soft aluminum tubing. It rolls out fairly well, not straight as it tends to arc a bit. But if you gently work at it, it straightens out. Once it was rolled out. I cut it to rough size and gently polished one end on the deburring wheel. A delicate deburr of the inside and I was ready to flair.

I used the parker roto-flair tool from cleveland tools. Again. thinking it was more tricky than I thought it would be. I flaired the tube. It fit in the hardware very nicely.


Now....The most important part. I made sure the blue collar was on the tube BEFORE I bent the tubing. Bending the tube was guess and test. I picked a couple of random points looking off of other build sites and began the required offset bend. First I started with double 20 deg, very shallow. So again, again again I bent. Test, Check, so on. It finally worked out to a bend just shy of 45deg was the magic number.


I had the tube so it lined up nearly perfectly without connecting it to the fitting.
Next I had marked the opposite end to be cut just short of the end rib.

Now...I was curious how my vent clip would work. I cleco'd it on and the vent clip is just forward of the vent line. But....once the clip is riveted, i can push it back and it will line up perfectly with the vent line.



I'm pleased with how it turned out.