Fuel line wrangling
I realized a while back that I never finished the fuel lines. There’s still a chunk missing from the the Airflow Performance boost pump to the firewall. It’s a fairly tricky line as it has to do an extended 180 degree turn under the pump and then another 90 up to the firewall fitting. I wish I had done this one when I was doing the others. I’m a bit out of practice. However, at the time I didn’t know exactly where the firewall fitting was going to end up.
I made an initial stab at the line and almost messed it up right off the bat. I’m not sure how, but the 180 degree bend ended up too wide. That mistake actually turned out well as I just tilted the line a bit and it lined up with the firewall fitting even better. My old nemesis eventually bit me in the end. I flared the tube without putting on the nut and sleeve. Dang it. Cutting off the flare left too little left to redo the flare. Luckily I had just enough extra line for a second attempt. I know I bought a bunch of extra 3/8″ aluminum soft tubing a while back, but I’m getting down to the end of it. I started making a replacement. It was just so nice outside that I didn’t get much further. Went on a walk to the store for ice cream with the family and chatted with some neighbors until fairly late.