After getting the valve all placed to my satisfaction I tried to install the lines to the fuel filter.  There was just not enough room to get it all the bends needed the the vertical space I had provided.  A  T fitting has to be placed between the valve and the filter for recirculating the fuel through the pump.  After ordering 3-4 different fittings and trying different pipe bends I finally found a combination that would work. 

First a 90 deg fitting with 1 male and 1 female end.  Attached to a T with a female end and 2 male ends.  This put the pipe too far forward to attach directly to the fuel filter as it needed to be down about 1 inch and over about 1 inch, so I used a spiral tube to attach it.  Even so the filter needed to be moved forward, so there was not enough room for a tube to the pump, so I ordered a female-female junction and attached the pump directly to the filter.  Several of these parts had to be special ordered, which took almost 1 month to get them in (even though they were "in stock".)

Finally got the Andair 180 degree fuel valve extension.  Now I see why it is so expensive.  It is not just the extension, but a new mounting plate and handle (slightly larger then the standard one for some reason).  The Extension mounting plate also mounts with 4 screws instead of 3, so it comes with a different cover plate as well.  Still ends up being a very pricey valve when you add the cost of the extension in.  Also, ordering direct from Andair it too about 3-4 weeks to be delivered since they are in England.

 

Once I started to try to fit the Andair extension I found that my mounting bracket was not quite parallel with the tunnel cover.  I first spent several hours trying to shim the screws in the mounting bracket to get the extension to align.  I thought I had it, but then when I connected the fuel lines to the value, they put a little tention on it and the mounting bracket flexed, then causing the extention to have a lot of sideloading on it.  I decided this was not acceptable, and the main problem was the mounting bracket I had made.  So out comes the drill and I drill out the mounting bracket.  (Which involves removing all the fuel lines and the value, and is further complicated by the fact that I have the control linkages already installed)

 

I then made a new bracket out of angle and part of the Van's insurment panel (much thicker then prior bracket).  This I really took my time with and made sure it fit the tunel precicely, although I was so focused on this that I had it installed before I realized I had not primed it at all.  Oh well  That will be my reference piece to see if my plane would have corroded away if I had not primed.  I mounted the new valve mounting plate about 1/2 inch lower as well.  This gives move virtical clearance between the controls and the fuel lines, and keeps the fuel lines from having to bend as much.

 

I pushed the fuel lines further into the tunnel, causing them to do about a 120 deg bend, going all the way to the edge of the tunnel instead of and 80 deg bend.  This gives the controls more clearance.

 

Also added bushings to hold them in place.  This required expanding the holes in the supports with a unibit and installing XXX bushings.

I liked the idea others had presented on minimizing the number of connections of the fuel lines in the cockpit.  I went with Bonaco fuel lines that are continuious from the fuel tanks to the fuel valve.

-6 Teflon w/ Clearcoat 38" long center to center with 90 degree fittings on each end, clocked 12 & 3 (right wing)