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Finish Kit Update February 2011 Updates February 21, 2011 EFII Fuel Pump Fabrication ..... - 10.0 hrs Well after looking at this thing yesterday I came up with an idea last night. The concept is to mount the pump in the middle of the center floor section. This should allow me to make hard fuel lines since they will be longer. Then the only difficult one will be for the filter back to the pump. I plan to install the kick plate on top of the pump as a floor to rivet the filter brackets I fabbed up on top of the pump. The pictures will show the plan. First I layed the parts out on the floor panel to be sure thing fit correctly. Next I wanted to bend the tube that will feed from the output of the filter back around to the input of the pump. If I can make it fit while the parts are loose I can move things around a bit and not be tied to the exact bend in the tubes. The tube came out ok as you can see in the first picture. Since I am mounting the kick plate on top this will allow for the filter brackets to be riveted in place holding the tubing firm. Next I marked the outside edges of the pump to center it and the tubing hanging off the left edge in the center. I used the existing pump box as the outline. Next I use the large holes in the kick plate as a jig to mark the drill holes in the floor panel and drilled them with a #30 and enlarge with the step drill. These holes are just a bit oversized to allow the bolts to not bind since they are tapped in the pump housing. Next I cut 2 3/4 inch angles to mount the pump onto the floor. This will lift the pump up a bit and also provide a stiffener for the base since it is thin aluminum. I had to cut down 2 notches to provide clearance for the in and outlets of the pump. I bolted the pump in place and installed the tubing. With that in place I marked the brakets for the filter and drilld 2 #30 in each and used AN470 rivets to rivet the brackets in place. Came out great so far. Last I indexed the old pump cover with the rear valve box. I cut the front off at the front of the box where it started to angle down. This just happens to be the just right height to clear the top of the fileter. Next I can cut 4 inch aluminum srips for the sides and continue it on to the front of the floor pan and effectivly create a box around the pump and tubing. When it comes time to replace the filter I can just remove the cover and unscrew the 2 connections and lift out the filter and drop in the new one. Should be an annual replacement part. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.