A quick trip to
Star Performance produced the 1/8" NPT to AN-6 Male fitting, and the power steering return is now sorted.
The next project to tackle was this hole in the side of the transmission tunnel.
The hole used to have a cover that had a shifter hump in it to clear the shifter and linkage for the Richmond 6 speed that used to be in the car. With that transmission gone and the 4L80e in its place, a new cover needed to be made.
Here you can see how close the transmission is to the trans tunnel. My body bushings are 20 years old. They are not cracked, but I am sure they have settled some, which is contributing to the lack of clearance.
A quick Google search showed that partial floor pan patch panels were readily available. I called The Parts Place and they had one in stock and had it at my door in two days. You can see that part of the panel includes the needed piece to start making a new cover for the tunnel.
I trimmed it big to start...
Then trimmed it to the final shape...
and started to drill the necessary mounting holes.
Turned out pretty good in the end, without having to do any custom metal shaping, which I don't have the skills to do anyway....
Andrew