Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

One other thing I did over the winter was to address the self imposed problem I created when selecting the fuel cell that I did. Ultimately I needed a sip, or two, to deal with the solution!
My cell's dimensions and capacity were right in the ball park I was looking for but it is not baffled. Without having a custom cell built ($=OUCH) I wasn't going to find one either. At the time I said "screw it, I'll deal with it later". Well later finally came when I discovered Holley's HydraMat fuel pickups. I "Summitized" PN 16-102 and mounting kit PN 16-202 and set about installing it in the cell. Hoooweee... let me tell you that was quite some fun. The mounts had to be bonded to the inside of the cell. By cramming my arm through the filler neck opening as far as it would possibly go the tips of my pinkies would juussst reach the back two mounting points. So clean, rough up the surface, clean again, apply bonding agent, position the mounts correctly and then press it home. The mounts have plastic fixtures with double sided tape on the feet to hold them in position while the bonding agent cures. So I wait the required 24 hour cure time and attempted to remove the fixtures by twisting them back and forth to break the tape loose. 4 for 4 the mounts came off with the fixtures. Damn bond never set. Now I know why there was two packets of bonding mix in the box. No mention of why. So let's do it all over again cuz the first time was such a joy. Thank God it worked as advertised on the second go. Don't know how I could ever get any pictures to show you but I thought you might enjoy my pain.