Hmmmm.......Sucky! We all do it though.
So, I've made a couple of silly mistakes with the car along the way and have done some dumb things here and there. Tonight, however, I made an utterly bonehead move. I was getting my fenders mounted up and had to make new holes for the lower mount in front of the bottom of the doors underneath the rocker panel. I was drilling through the new metal I welded in where the stock pinch weld previously rusted away. All was well until I broke through the other side of the plate and suddenly had fuel pouring all over my garage floor. I completely neglected to remember that I have the fuel lines running along that pinch weld. I managed to drill right through the return line. Easily the dumbest thing I've ever done. It's nothing that 2 fittings and a union can't fix, but it's still something that shouldn't have happened. I was completely sober too.
Hmmmm.......
When was the last time "we all" drilled through a fuel line????
Checking,.......checking,........checking.... When was the last time I drilled through a fuel line??
Uhh Never.
Evidently, you and Scott are the only ones drilling through fuel lines around here.
Our local station was testing @ 78% And that's what people were doing (adding methanol that is).local guys around here fill a 55 gallon drum and if it is less than 85% they add straight methanol to make up the difference.
The fuel pump should be back on its way to me this week. Looks like Fuelab just took care of the problem for me and did the repair on their dime, even with it being 3 months out of warranty. I'm quite excited about that.
I'm adjusting the turbo drain a bit to reduce the amount I have it clocked. I can't get it perfectly straight up and down, but I can get it close. I'm also replacing the rubber drain line with a piece of PTFE line I have left over from my fuel lines. The coefficient of friction for PTFE is about 1/8th that of rubber, so the oil should drain much quicker. I had to order 2 new fittings along with fittings for the fuel line I massacred. They should be here next week. Hopefully I'll be able to take the car for a spin around the block next weekend.
Scott, you might want to check your setup with the e-brake to make sure yours is up high enough.
I did double check the clearance when the driveshaft went in and it seemed okay. My e-brake cables have a few thousand miles on them from when I did my 5 lug conversion a number of years ago, so they shouldn't sag anymore. I do need to tighten them a bit though. The e-brake is a bit weak.