- Joined
- Dec 25, 2002
- Location
- mont, AL
WELL. today was a day that feels like it was wasted (it wasn't, but it feels like it).
got the injectors swapped, jumped the resistor pack, hopefully figured out a way forward for the oil cooler, tbd. Wired up everything else 'pertinent', promptly blew a fuse with the fuel pump (suspect bad relay, but we'll see), jumped the relay (no more blown fuses), discovered leak at the sending unit.
dammit.
it *looked* like it was spraying out of the bulkhead fitting coming off the pump.. looked a *whole lot* like that was where the fuel was coming from...
so I dropped the tank a bit, popped the ring off, and took a look, replaced the clamp on the inside, hooked everything back up (because idiot), aaaaaand still leaking. this time I looked closer and just let it leak for a minute, and the GD hardline for the return hose was spraying up on the fitting for the feed.
dropped everything again, scrounged up another AN bulkhead fitting, found a 90 and a spare -6 or -4 or whatever the hell it was fitting and put the hose on that... problem solved.
this sounds like it should have taken like..30 minutes. in reality, it took a leisurely 6 hours. Glad I went ahead and baked in some extra time.
Oil system primed up and looks good thus far, cooling system shouldn't be a big deal (Famous last words), and running of a couple vacuum lines/wires/etc for the MS hookup, as well as wheel stud install and some suspension adjustments. Gonna be a busy evening tomorrow. I have a couple pics, but.. nothing really all that interesting.
got the injectors swapped, jumped the resistor pack, hopefully figured out a way forward for the oil cooler, tbd. Wired up everything else 'pertinent', promptly blew a fuse with the fuel pump (suspect bad relay, but we'll see), jumped the relay (no more blown fuses), discovered leak at the sending unit.
dammit.
it *looked* like it was spraying out of the bulkhead fitting coming off the pump.. looked a *whole lot* like that was where the fuel was coming from...
so I dropped the tank a bit, popped the ring off, and took a look, replaced the clamp on the inside, hooked everything back up (because idiot), aaaaaand still leaking. this time I looked closer and just let it leak for a minute, and the GD hardline for the return hose was spraying up on the fitting for the feed.
dropped everything again, scrounged up another AN bulkhead fitting, found a 90 and a spare -6 or -4 or whatever the hell it was fitting and put the hose on that... problem solved.
this sounds like it should have taken like..30 minutes. in reality, it took a leisurely 6 hours. Glad I went ahead and baked in some extra time.
Oil system primed up and looks good thus far, cooling system shouldn't be a big deal (Famous last words), and running of a couple vacuum lines/wires/etc for the MS hookup, as well as wheel stud install and some suspension adjustments. Gonna be a busy evening tomorrow. I have a couple pics, but.. nothing really all that interesting.