Installing An Additional 90° Brass Fitting
in completed Kevlar Header Tank
use BVM part # 3097A

 

Remove the alum. fitting and clunk assembly from the front of the tank.  Flush the inside of the tank with Acetone or Lacquer Thinner and clean the outside surface as well.
   
Thinner clean and scuff the outside surface of the brass fitting with sand paper and file.  Check that the drilled passage in the fitting is clear.
   

Mark and scuff an area as shown, then drill a hole with a #21 bit.  Use a vacuum hose next to the drill to collect the fibers.  Self thread the fitting into the tank then remove.

   

Apply Aeropoxy to fitting and around the drilled hole and thread it into the Kevlar.  Orient the fitting to desired direction.

 

 

   

Use a toothpick to position glue for a completely filleted bond.  Allow to cure.

 

   

Plumb each Saddle Tank fuel line to its separate "In" fitting on the top of the header tank.