Hangar 9 Solo Instruction Manual page 31

Section 9: Assembling and Installing the
Fuel Tank
Note: It's important to make sure the fuel tank clunk doesn't
touch the rear of the fuel tank. If it does, simply cut a
small portion of the silicone fuel tubing until the clunk
no longer reaches the rear of the tank. A sample cut-
away of a typical fuel tank is shown in the photo
below.
9. Select two of the longer pieces of music wire and insert both
into the fuselage through the hole in the firewall. Do not insert
all the way. These pieces of music wire will serve as guides for
passing the fuel tubing attached to the fuel tank stopper into the
fuel tank compartment when installing the fuel tank.
10. Cut the fuel tubing (not supplied) into a 3-1/2'' piece and a
4-1/2'' piece. Attach the 4-1/2'' piece of fuel tubing to the vent
tube. Attach the 3-1/2'' piece to the fuel tank pickup tube. To
make identification easier, attach a piece of masking tape to the
fuel vent tubing to distinguished it from the fuel pickup tubing.
Or, you can simply remember the fuel vent tubing is the longer
piece (4-1/2'').
11. Place the foam fuel tank collar around the neck of the fuel
tank.
12. Slide the fuel tubing of the fuel tank over the two pieces of
music wire in the fuselage
13. Press the fuel tank firmly against the firewall until the
stopper inserts into the hole in the firewall. The rubber stopper
of the fuel tank will be nearly flush with the firewall. The fuel tank
should fit snugly into the compartment held in place by friction
against the fuselage formers.
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