Operator wrote:Sure, but I don't get back into town until Monday.
Cool, just let me know when you're available.
Did a little more work on the FD today. Got the low oil level sensor connected since the original harness plug for it got stripped off during the engine pull (forgot to disconnect it) so I cut the harness connectors off and crimped on a female/male spade terminals so it can be disconnected in the future if needed.
I also grounded the last grounds of the engine harness and the chassis harness and verified they were good with the trust multimeter.
While under the car, I also zip tied up the oil cooler -10AN hoses, re-did one of the radiator clamps on my v-mount that wasn't on correctly, and ran a 3/8" hose for the drain of my catch can. I tucked the drain hose up on the stock radiator mount so it's secure and out of the way, and then whenever I need to drain it I just simply need to jack up the front end and pull the hose down into a container, turn the petcock on the drain fitting on the catch can and I'm done.
I also think I came up with a solution (with the help of Matt) for how to fix the downpipe. The flange it angled so the bottom it contacting the turbine housing before the top can, and no amount of torquing on the bolts will fix it. I was worried it would be a complex fix, but then we came up with the idea to cut the downpipe about a 1/4"-1/2" behind the flange about 80% of the way through the pipe. This will allow the pipe to be positioned properly and the top flange to flex into place. I can then have my fabricator weld up the gap is causes.
Should be pretty easy (I hope), I just need to un-wrap part of the downpipe and remove it from the car to cut. Now I'm just left debating if I should do it now or just wait until later to fix it since the leak won't be horrible...I think if this oil neck is going keep delaying me, I'll just get it fixed now since I can, but if the neck and injectors will be here this week, I'll wait so the downpipe doesn't hold me up.
Lastly, I made a "duct" or cover template out of cardboard, to be transferred to some aluminum sheet metal, for cover the front gap of my v-mount, and, more importantly, cover the GodSpeed branding on the intercooler
Surprisingly didn't take too long, I got a template whipped up in about 15 minutes, I'm really happy with how it looks, just how I had envisioned it would. Now the hard part- replicating it out of sheet metal...
Anyways, a pic of the cardboard template:
