Today was a frustrating day. Task # 40 in the flow chart is “construct sump tank”.  Which I did a couple years ago. Then I had to lop off the lower corners because I’m running a Continental engine. There was no specifics on how much to cut off so I looked at what other builders did and duplicated that.

Now that my engine is installed, I discover that the washers for the engine mounts are interfering with the sump.

The sump tank should not be assembled until the engine has been installed. Then the positioning of the sump and the location of the cutouts can be correctly determined. As it is, we had to spend a fair amount of time adjusting the sump to clear the engine mount washers. But once that was done we can start running the fuel lines.

Here the supply lines from the strakes are run to the sump and the vent lines are started.

And a closeup of the copilot side supply line.