Moving Right Along

Working on finishing the port fuel tank, one step forward and two sideways...then another step forward..

I started assembling the tank fittings for the engine fuel supply and the fuel polishing system. Here is a view of the inside where the lines come in. The two that appear to go to the left are the suction lines for the engine fuel supply and the fuel polishing. The fuel polishing line goes all the way to the lowest point of the tank. I am hoping it will catch any water that gets into the fuel......The engine suction line ends a little higher up than the suction for the polishing system. The line that moves off to the right is the combined return line. I only need one return per tank. It will be very rare that the fuel polishing system will be running on the tank that is being used by the engine.

My plan was to get the valves on the tank suction, return and vent fitting and install the fill line to the deck plate so I could seal the tank up and pressure test it. That's where we went sideways. The fuel fill will be in the froward outboard corner of the compartment that will hold the heat exchanger water heater. This heater has a coil of copper pipe running inside it that carries cooling water from the main engine, so when the engine is running it heat the water. You can see the though hull fitting which will go in the tank top right where it is standing. It is upside down in this picture. Will I figured I had better glass the bulkhead in first. So off I go to cut and install the bulkhead....

Here it is, all cut to fit, face veneer ground off where it will be glassed on and two coats of resin both side and all edges. Of course this was about 3 hours later.
OK so now I am ready to glass it in......

Except...those 3 little wires sticking out of the top right where I need tp glass....
Off we go to get the soldering iron and wire etc. to extend the existing wires so they will reach beyond the glass work.

Finally. Here is the bulkhead as viewed from the aft side. It is glassed on to the tank top, hull side and underside of the side deck. This will add quite a bit of strength to the hull. Unfortunately I some how forgot to take a picture of the area where the sensor leads are. Tomorrow.

So remember the fuel fill fitting that started this whole detour off?

Here is a shot of the location where it will go, right

where the two black lines cross. So it only took a day of work to get to it.