Friday

Brake & Fuel Lines...Part 1

Today i made a start on my brake & fuel line mounting.
I intend to keep the VE HSV Fuel pump and mount in tank, it has the regulator built in and as such has no return line from the engine, so all I will run from front to back will be Rear Brake Line, Fuel Line, Canister Purge Line, and Battery Cable, (encased in an aluminium tube).


Designed the brackets on Sketchup to mate with the 4 inch diameter chassis tubes.

Brake tube and battery cable down the right hand side,
Fuel tube and Canister purge tube down the Left

Billet aluminium brackets with plastic insulators, and 5mm Stainless steel 5mm Allen key button head bolts.



I bent up the Battery Cable tube with the cable already in it, this also helped the 16mm tube keep its shape through the bends.

After getting the tube profile right, i marked up the bracket hole positions on masking tape on the chassis, the tape stops the paint from chipping.

I'm using 5mm rivnuts, so a 7mm drill bit is required.




Hole #1.













Rivnut #1 in place,
with the mandrel still attached.











The Rivnut tool.
You can see my aluminuim tube laying across the chassis rails.









Bracket #1 in place with Tube weaving around the seat mount bracket on the chassis.











Another View.
The top hole in the bracket is for the Rear Brake Line.

























All Right Hand Side Brackets in place with the Battery Cable tube.









Brake tube next.