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Section 9: Assembling the Fuel Tank
Parts Needed
• Metal tubes (2)
• Clunk (fuel pickup)
• Fuel pickup tubing
• Fuel tank
• Metal caps (2)
• Rubber stopper
• 3mm screw
Tools and Adhesives Needed
• Hobby knife
• Medium screwdriver
Step 1
Locate the tank parts.
Note:
The stopper provided with the Alpha Trainer has
three holes that are not bore completely through the stopper.
You will only be using two holes: one for the fuel pickup
and one for the fuel vent. Make sure not to open the third
hole, as this will cause a fuel leak.
Step 2
Locate the rubber stopper. Insert the short straight metal fuel tube
into one of the holes in the stopper so that an equal amount of
tube extends from each side of the stopper. This tube will be the
fuel tank pickup that provides fuel to the engine.
Step 3
Slide the smaller of the two caps over the tube on the smaller end
of the rubber stopper. The small end will be inserted into the fuel
tank. The larger cap is placed on the other side of the rubber
stopper that makes the cap.
Step 4
Locate the other metal fuel tube with the Bend in it. This will be
the fuel tank vent tube. Slide the vent tube into one of the two
remaining holes in the stopper from the tank (small cap) side.
Loosely install the 3mm screw as shown.
Step 5
Locate the short piece of silicone fuel tubing and the fuel tank clunk.
Install the clunk onto one end of the silicone tubing and the other
end onto the fuel tank pickup tube (straight tube) in the stopper.
