23 Nov 2025 - 3 hours

I feel like today was mostly futzing around rather than making solid progress, but I did end up moving the needle in the end. I got the fuel pickups installed on the access hatches. It's a bit finicky getting them torqued down and then getting the right anti-rotation brackets to sit flat but I got it done. Then I had to add some sealant to the fitting and brackets and get them in the hatch. Setting those to rivets was kind of a pain but the slanted edge of my skinny bucking bar did trick. I also smeared some sealant over the shop heads.

Here is the outside with nice beads of sealant squeezing out.

Then I installed the vent lines. Again, a little finicky. I have already installed the tank end ribs which makes this part a bit more difficult, but not too much. Getting the tubing cut to length was slightly annoying as I did it while the tubing was in the tank. Flaring went well and as you can see here in the blurry picture, I dabbed some sealant on the keeper at the far end of the tank to keep it from vibrating or something like that.

Here's the right tank inboard side with the vent fittings installed.

And the outside of the right tank.

Outboard end of the left tank.

Left tank inboard side with the vent fittings installed.

Outside of the left tank.

I think that's everything there is to do on the tanks other than close them up by installing the back baffles!