With the end ribs in place, I worked on some of the cleanup items that needed doing before the tanks are sealed. One of those items is a Van’s service bulletin that calls for safety-wiring fuel pickup attachments. Fortunately, the pre-made flop tube I bought from Van’s already had a safety wire hole drilled in the flare nut, so all I had to do was attach the flop tube to the bulkhead fitting – using the proper torque, of course – then safety-wire the assembly.

Looks like this…

I was definitely out of practice with the safety wire pilers – took me a couple of tries to get a nice, tight twist on the wire.