So the last time I worked on the fuel system, I did a lot of pondering. This time, I actually did the work. The EFII fuel boost pump is getting mounted on a pair of mounts made from two pieces of angle aluminum. There are going to be nutplates in the angle which will allow the pump to be bolted down. The angles are going to get riveted directly to the fuse bottom skin in the tunnel.
The hardest decision for me was where to mount the fuel filter. I was considering mounting a fuel filter outside the fuselage in each wing root. In the end, I decided to stick closer to the plans and mount a single filter after the selector valve. This way, if I need to change the filter, I can turn the fuel valve to off, and not have a bunch of fuel pour out.
I mounted the filter directly over the pump using another piece of angle aluminum that will be held down with two of the bolts that are holding down the pump. I’ll have one fuel line that may be interesting to build, but it’s mostly simple bends in the system as it’s laid out now.
