My first difficult fuel system hose was from the sump outlet to the Andair on/off valve. Then the fuel goes onto the pumps, filter and then to the engine.

I tried making this short hose out of aluminium hard line. I got it bent and with fittings eventually. I was not happy at all. There seemed to be a lot of pressure at the joins to make it fit and I had no trust this would never leak. It MUST never leak.

I bought some teflon hose with the SS braiding and made up a short hose for that. This is pic 2. HEY! I’m still not happy. That hose has quite a bend in its short travel.

Lets face it I have put the outlet and the on/off too close together. Why? Well when I did the hardpoints I didn’t know where the feed pipes were going exactly so I stayed forward of that area. Now the pipes are in I can go right next to them. Yes I can move that hard point although its going to be a bit of work and it MUST not leak.

Pic 3 shows I’ve made the inlay, I have an aluminium hard point tapped for the fitting AND I’m going for a straight fitting rather than the existing 90 degree one.

Seems like a short hose

I’m not happy

Moving the hard point