This morning I began to work on the fuel shut-off valve. I removed the blue film and prepped the aluminum parts for priming. I primed the parts and began to assemble the valve. First I installed
the red ball on the handle and attached the handle to the valve handle. I installed the fluid fitting to the rear of the valve body and held the valve body and bracket together while I installed the forward fluid fitting. I then riveted the valve retainer to the bracket. The valve is now ready to be installed.
Then, by holding my mouth just right and crossing my fingers and with a little blue tape, the law of gravity and some major good luck I was able to get the valve bracket clecoed to the floor of the fuselage. I then final drilled and installed the rivets. The fuel shut-off valve is now installed.
This afternoon I began to bend and flare the tubing for the fuel system. I bent and flared the section from the tank to the fuel pump. I also started the section from the fuel pump to the shut-off valve.
I installed the section from the tank to the fuel pump. I pushed the fuel line through the snap bushings and aligned it to connect to the shut-off valve. I also installed the fittings to the FT-60 flow sensor and installed it onto its bracket on the bottom of the fuselage.
Next I put the fittings on the gascolator and mounted the gascolator to the firewall.
