Entry 20: 4/30/2024
Been awhile. Got some work done late last winter with the fuel lines / fuel delivery that I forgot to post.
Decided to run hardline throughout the system. I wanted to run 1/2 inch for the entire system but the Tanks Inc. kit I bought back in 2016/2017 has 1/4 inch NPT for both the sending and return ports. There isn't enough clearance initially to step right up to -8AN.
To get it started I went from 1/4 inch NPT to -6AN and NiCopp line. Once space was available I stepped up to -8AN and aluminum line. Running an Aeromotive inline filter. Winter came on quick and I got sick of kneeling on the 15 degree concrete bending fuel line using wire hangers as templates so I stopped once I bent up lines past the rear axel. Picture don't do them justice but boy are they spot on and nice. Some red scotch bright should clean them up nicely after mock up. For the record, I plan on finishing the lines to the firewall and regulator this spring. One of the pictures below is of the diagram with part numbers for all fittings.
I also picked up an access panel but quickly realized that with the original contours of the original trunk pan and where the pump and sending until reside...simply cutting out the pan and adding the access panel accomplishes practically nothing since even in the most optimal location possible...the pump and sending unit are just not easily accessible. And further...there is absolutely no space to screw and unscrew the hardlines to the sending and return ports on the pump. Both of these things facilitated the inevitable access panel project I'm about to wrap up.
I made templates out of plastic card and along with a nibbler, double edge shears, cut off wheel and a trusty die grinder got everything damn near perfect. Tacked everything up minus the top panel this past weekend - ran out of 75A/25C gas. I plan on refilling tomorrow and will hopefully wrap it all up this week with some more grinding, seam sealer, primer and rattle can black.
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