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Before I could install the gear leg fairings, I had to move the fuel vent outlet. I pretty much guessed where to place it when I first ran the vent line a long time ago, and of course it ended up being in just the wrong spot. I was hoping I could pull the aluminum line back up through the hole and finagle it through a new hole, but I with all the slight little bends and stuff in the line, I couldn't budge it back up into the cockpit. I ended up having to cut the line inside the fuselage and then splice in a new little piece using a short piece of rubber fuel line. It's not as clean as it was but I couldn't figure out any other way to do it!
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| Original vent location |
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| Here's how I relocated it inside |
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| New location that clears the fairing |
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| I cut the end of the vent at a 45 and also drilled a tiny hole in the back side in case it somehow gets clogged from a bug or something |
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