Fuel lines Part 2

Now the fuel lines are in situ I can my attention to connecting the front of the lines onto the swirl pot.

This is achieved via rubber fuel hose which is jubilee clipped between the plastic fuel lines and the swirl pot.

Cut the fuel line to your desired length, insert some brass collars to re-enforce the end of the fuel line where the rubber hose will insert onto and apply a jubilee clip to the rubber hose/plastic fuel line as well as one at the end where it connects to the swirl pot (remember to orientate the jubilee clip so it is accessible from above)

At the moment, I have kept the rubber fuel hose probably longer than needed, subject to space I may revisit this later in the build and adjust accordingly, being a fully paid up member of the school of measure twice cut once - we generally learn the hard way with these details!

I also want to get a plastic cradle / cable tie riveted to the driver side transmission tunnel to provide a further anchor point for the fuel line as it drops down from the brake line.

**update

As alluded to earlier, a change of plan with the hose routing and as usual the answer is obvious! - I have re-routed the top pipe to nearer the brake line thus splitting the red/black fuel lines higher up. A fixing is still needed for the red fuel line but overall more happy with this arrangement (probably still need to shorten the other fuel hose at some point..)

High pressure fuel pump

Now the low pump arrangement is in place, attention turns to the front and a nice quick job of installing the high pressure fuel pump which feeds fuel from the swirl pot.

Looking at the fixings and how substantial the pump is I am skeptical of the fixings being strong enough for the fuel pump, this has been installed as per the factory suggestion so who am I to critique however I cannot help but think a more robust solution maybe needed...time will tell on that one i guess!

back to the installation, its held in place by cable ties and plastic cradle riveted to the drivers footwell panel. Simple installation, 3.2mm drill bit, two rivets, x2 plastic cradles with the cable ties threaded through the cradles, fixed in position ready for the pump;

The pump is tightly cable tied into position but be aware to ensure the top cable tie is below the lip of the outer casing of the pump as when you come to fix the rubber fuel pipe into the base of the pump the whole pump wants to push up and pop out of the cable ties! - again this feeds more skepticism that this is the best fixing solution....

Once this is in position you can now fix the rubber fuel hose from the base of the fuel pump to the swirl pot, quite straight forward only need to be aware of ensuring there is no kink in the curve of the hose between the pump / swirl pot and also to ensure when tightening the jubilee clips holding the hose in place to make sure the screw is accessible from above!